Ubuntu
xfdesktop4 package

  1. Bug #1335492
  2. Comment #151

Comment 151 for bug 1335492

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In , Mpsrbija (mpsrbija) wrote :

Installed xubuntu 18.04 updated and the icons moved here and then.
The rc files in $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/ directory are created only when the icons move.

I thought that having all those rc files must have borked something, so I made a script that launches on startup that keeps only the latest icons*rc and removes all the other rc files. https://pastebin.com/0HFjZrGi
The script requires inotify-tools package installed and notify-send (to keep track on when the icon positions are saved).

The icons do seem to stay on login/logout, except the Trash that want's to stay in the top-left corner. Sometimes even File System and Home icons move too. They are managed by xfconf, maybe that's why their position is being reset. So I turned them off. If I need them, I can make a desktop file that launches thunar with those paths can replace them.

Now the icons do move if the panel is resized and then logout is made after that.
As soon as the panel is resized, it sets the new panel strut. That triggers a change of _NET_WORKAREA of the root window property, but if the icons are not moved a new rc file will not be created. That is when the icons reset their position on login.