Ubuntu
nautilus package

Desktop icons are placed out of reach if two screens are different size.

Bug #1294472 reported by Jeff Johnson on 2014-03-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #57784: after xrandr desktop icons can go missing. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
	nautilus (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have two screens, 'Laptop', which is 1366x768 and an external monitor, which is 1440x900. The external monitor is on the right.

I have icons on my desktop, when I right click and select 'Organize Desktop by Name', icons are placed below 768 pixels on the smaller screen. This makes it impossible to see them on the desktop and move them manually.

Attached is a screenshot of switching desktops, with a blue icon in the lower right that is unreachable.

"wmctrl -m" says I'm running 'Compiz'.
OS is: Ubuntu precise (12.04.4 LTS)
I believe it is Unity-3D.

I apologize if this is filed against the wrong package.

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Jeff Johnson (jeffjohnson0) wrote on 2014-03-19:

Screen shot of icon too low on left screen. Edit (935.2 KiB, image/png)

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote on 2014-03-19:

I have a similar monitor setup and can reproduce this. Nautilus is the program handling the desktop under unity. It appears it uses the virtual desktop size and not the display size when positioning icons.