Comment 28 for bug 360970
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| Zisu Andrei (matzipan) wrote Re: [Bug 360970] Re: Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display | #28 |
I believe it's in the way multi-screen functionality is bolted on to X11
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, 08:26 Brad, <email address hidden> wrote:
> It would make sense to fix in a LTS release. If the issue is with Gnome
> then I don't see how Wayland/Mir will fix it.
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> Title:
> Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
> resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Fix Committed
> Status in Nautilus:
> Confirmed
> Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
> Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-
> rectangular in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution,
> and their top/bottom/
> are placed in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option
> 'View-Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
>
> See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not
> accessible, and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
>
> Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of
> the Multi-Monitor spec:
>
> https:/
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> [Test Case]
> 1. Set up two monitors side by side
> 2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right
> monitor
> 3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
> 4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize
> Desktop by Name'
> 5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the
> screen) should be visible
> Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged
> columns are not visible on any display
> 6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
> 7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
> 8. Set up monitors one over the other
> 9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays
> with all icons shown
>
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