Excuse me if the previous comment was meant to be directed towards
someone specifically, but since it sounds general I'll attempt to answer
it.

When an icon is dragged and dropped, the first thing that needs to be
checked is whether or not the cursor was directly over another icon. If
it was, the icon on which the file was released should be launched using
the dragged file, exactly like it already does in GNOME. Secondly, which
square on the grid the icon was released must be calculated. This means
that there shouldn't be 1 pixel boundaries forming a grid, but rather
every pixel must be part of one block in the grid. Thirdly, if no icon
already occupies the square onto which the dragged icon was dropped, the
dragged icon will simply be moved from its original square to the new
one. However, if an icon already exists at that location, the dragged
icon will be placed at that location and the icon that was already there
will be bumped down one square in its column. Once the "bumping" of
icons reaches the bottom of a column, it should move over to the top of
the next column.

Note: It would be nice to provide options for switching between the old
and new desktop schemes (because otherwise someone will no doubt
complain) and options for things like stacking icons in rows instead of
columns and making the far right column the initial column (for people
who are used to languages like Hebrew or Arabic).

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Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40872
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