The "desktop-icons" extension is deprecated and was replaced by "desktop-icons-ng", so this isn't really relevant to the former. For newer releases it seems to be marked as fixed already so I suggest opening a new bug.
** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Won't Fix ** No longer affects: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723117 Title: Desktop icons goes under the Dock, if the Dock is set to auto-hide. Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This bug is found in Artful. Desktop icons goes under the Dock, if the Dock is set to auto-hide. Either the Dock should auto-hide on the Desktop as well, or the Desktop Icons should leave a margin with the same size of the Dock. This happen both horizontal and vertical Dock positions. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/+bug/1723117/+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