[Xubuntu] Can't place desktop icons to the 2nd monitor

[Hattori Susuki]

I am using Xubuntu with dual monitors in extending desktop mode. There is an issue: after setting up dual-monitors, logout and login again, i can't place desktop icons to the 2nd monitor. I can drag desktop icon to the 2nd monitor, but when i release the left mouse, it returns to the original position on the 1st monitor, please check this video for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3gKlDgR05s

I've tested on Xubuntu 14.04, 15.10, 16.04 and Linux Mint 17.3 XFCE, they have the same above issue.

[Rjrich (rjrich)]

Please enable placement of desktop icons on the monitor of choice in a multi-monitor setup.

Currently, because the desktop in a multiple-monitor setup is seen as one large monitor, desktop icons by default appear on the far left-hand monitor.

It would be useful to be able to have the desktop icons appear on any monitor, e.g., center or right, as well as left.

This feature is available in MS Windows and in KDE (Folder View). It has also been implemented in Cinnamon, but in Cinnamon the feature does not work very well as of yet.

Thank you for considering this feature request for the Xfce desktop.

[Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x)]

*** Bug 14534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

This works for me with xfdesktop 4.13.5, and even the following limitation is not reproducible:

https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/commit/?id=f9aee748cd5d3e1587852743b39409ddbac64df8

[Rjrich (rjrich)]

Thanks to the Xfce developers!

Today, I added the Xubutu developer's staging PPA to my Linux Mint Xfce 19.2 LTS installation and upgraded my Xfce to 4.14. Now, I am able to choose to put the desktop icons on the primary monitor. This way, I can see the desktop icons on any monitor in my triple-monitor setup by designating the monitor as the primary one.

This did cause some other glitches, such as not being able to install the trash applet or the screenshot applet on the panel, but I found workarounds for these issues.

I am very pleased that the desktop icons issue has apparently been solved.

I hope that the Mint developers will incorporate Xfce 4.14 soon, so that users will not need to use a PPA.

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Fixed in xfdesktop 4.13.5.