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Title: Desktop icons reshuffle themselves Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons: Unknown Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: It may be a bad habit, but for years I have saved temporary files (stuff I don't intend to keep long & some work in progress) to my desktop, where I won't forget them & they are immediately available. For years there was no problem - icons on the desktop stayed where they were. Since 19.10 things have gone crazy (might have started with 19.04 but I can't check that now). Nearly every time a new item is added or removed, some or all of the other items get reshuffled on the desk! I raised this issue on Ubuntu Forum, with details & screenshots (PLEASE LOOK) here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2435768 I have run comparison tests, using SHA-verified Live USB stick versions of Ubuntu 18.04.3 & 19.10, which I suppose anybody else can duplicate. My test was to successively "Save-as to desktop" 32 tiny LibO files called 01, 02, 03 etc in that order. With 18.04.3, each item was positioned top-to-bottom in a column at left, then in the next columns to the right after each column was full. Once positioned, no icon moved. With 19.10, icons were positioned clustered top-left but new columns were started before previous columns were full. Nearly every addition caused previous icons to be reshuffled. Frequently the number of columns DIMINISHED when a new icon was added. With 19.10, removing icons causes other items to reshuffle. With 18.04.3, removing icons leaves a gap, which is filled by the next item added. I think the behaviour of 18.04.3 is perfect & the behaviour of 19.10 is an unacceptable regression. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-29.31-generic 5.3.13 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Jan 29 14:03:30 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-23 (1923 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2019-11-04T18:03:11.954726 usr_lib_nautilus: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1861280/+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
