I have the same problem on Ubuntu 18.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817269
Title: New Desktop Icons Overlap Existing Icons Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Behaviour observed in Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10 gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 from cosmic-proposed The expected behaviour is for new icons to populate unoccupied cells below the column, or occupy the first cell of a new column, or displace other icons to maintain alpha-numeric organization. The unexpected bevaviour is observed when desktop icons are created, such as when disk or network drives are mounted or files are saved to the desktop, they overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take any specific position through a column, but they will always be within a column (assuming as such, as I always have 'Keep Aligned' enabled). An image depicting a series of screenshots is attached to illustrate the observed behaviour. From left to right, the images depict: first, a single column of organized, aligned icons occupy the desktop; second, a network drive is mounted using Files, overlapping (and aligned with) the uppermost icon; third, a second network drive is mounted, overlapping (and aligned with) the initial and second icon in that placement; fourth, an optical medium is mounted, and occupies a space two 'cells' below the original column; fifth, the desktop icons are arranged using 'Organize Desktop by Name'; sixth, an appimage is moved to the desktop using Files 'Move to...' function, overlapping half (and not aligned with) the top-most icon; seventh, a docx file is moved to the desktop using the same method, overlapping (and aligned with) the icon in the second cell of the column; finally, the desktop is organized again using the same method. Appendum on unexpected behaviour: after the intial creation of this bug-report, a third file was moved to the desktop using Files, occupying the empty cell in the first column, after it was seen that manually moving an icon into that cell was not preserved by 'Organize Desktop by Name'. After moving the file to the desktop, using the organize function moves that file into the second column, emptying the bottom cell in the first column. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Feb 22 00:40:39 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (54 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1817269/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
