The "Keep aligned" option doesn't use the right grid

[Derek White]

Regression:
Text no longer condenses (cuts off) for desktop icons with long names.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 880f1cef728a67d1a58407cc143447d4
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Fri Nov 4 18:54:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-04 (0 days ago)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

that looks due to the icon overlap, could you separate the icons and show the bad behavior? thanks.

[Derek White (d-man97)]

"Keep Aligned" was and is still turned on. In the first pic the icons were as close together as keep aligned would let them be (0 icons worth of space in between). In this new pic, the icons are separated by 1 icon worth of space, again according to keep aligned.

Whether the icon is selected or not, the text never condenses at all.

[Derek White (d-man97)]

Further testing:
The text will eventually condense - I tripled the name of the second (from left) icon and it did eventually condense.

However, not soon enough to make anything readable with the minimum icon separation dictated by "Keep Aligned". I expected it to condense enough to not interfere with neighboring icons, but instead it did not condense and did interfere.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Ok, I can confirm that "keep aligned" doesn't seem to use the same grid that "reorgnanize by name"

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664262