** Information type changed from Private to Public
** Project changed: climage => ayatana-design
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New => Fix Committed
** Tags added: multimonitor precise quantal rls-x-notfixing trusty udp
vivid
** Summary changed:
- adfsfafsd
+ Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical resolution,
icons get lost on the shorter display
** Description changed:
- a
+ On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-rectangular
+ in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution, and their
+ top/bottom/left/right edges are not aligned), desktop icons are placed
+ in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option 'View-
+ Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
+
+ See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not accessible,
+ and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
+
+ Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of the
Multi-Monitor spec:
+
https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit#bookmark=id.yph05n82oeff
+
+ --------------------------------------------------
+
+ [Test Case]
+ 1. Set up two monitors side by side
+ 2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right monitor
+ 3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
+ 4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize Desktop by
Name'
+ 5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the screen)
should be visible
+ Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged columns are
not visible on any display
+ 6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
+ 7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
+ 8. Set up monitors one over the other
+ 9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays with all
icons shown
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360970
Title:
Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
Status in Ayatana Design:
Fix Committed
Status in Nautilus:
Expired
Status in Unity:
Confirmed
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
On a Multi-Monitor setup, where the extended desktop is non-
rectangular in shape (ie. the displays are of a different resolution,
and their top/bottom/left/right edges are not aligned), desktop icons
are placed in non-accessible areas when arranged using the menu option
'View-Organise Desktop by Name' from the Desktop.
See the attached image. The top three desktop items are not
accessible, and can only be seen in the Workspace Switcher.
Please also refer to the 'Non-Rectangular Extended Desktops' section of the
Multi-Monitor spec:
https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1aHvJ-iIw-59bXTYBmIhQqEx0za2h9jpFE_RhZ2VOvJc/edit#bookmark=id.yph05n82oeff
--------------------------------------------------
[Test Case]
1. Set up two monitors side by side
2. Set left monitor to a smaller vertical resolution than the right monitor
3. for i in $(seq 1 50) ; do touch file-${i} ; done
4. Right click on desktop to bring up context menu, then 'Organize Desktop by
Name'
5. Should be: All icons from file-1 to file-50 (or as many fit on the screen)
should be visible
Is: Icons for files at the top and/or bottom of the arranged columns are
not visible on any display
6. xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
7. Verify icons are arranged properly on the external monitor
8. Set up monitors one over the other
9. Verify icons are displayed in long columns spanning both displays with all
icons shown
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