** 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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Title:
Multi-monitor - When using two displays with different vertical
resolution, icons get lost on the shorter display
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