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Bug 566479 - Use a proper square grid for icon placement on desktop and in windows
Use a proper square grid for icon placement on desktop and in windows
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 472289
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-01-04 06:31 UTC by Markus Amalthea Magnuson
Modified: 2012-09-19 19:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24

Attachments
Example of the uneven grid in nautilus windows (40.62 KB, image/png)
2009-01-04 07:20 UTC, Markus Amalthea Magnuson 		Details
Example of the even more uneven grid on the desktop (123.25 KB, image/png)
2009-01-04 07:21 UTC, Markus Amalthea Magnuson 		Details

Description Markus Amalthea Magnuson 2009-01-04 06:31:14 UTC 
Nautilus windows currently does not use a square grid for placing icons, for example when using "Clean up by name" or other sorting mechanisms. The desktop is even worse since it doesn't even use a rectangular grid. Both windows and the desktop should use an even square grid to tidy things up.

Other information:
Comment 1 Markus Amalthea Magnuson 2009-01-04 07:20:36 UTC 
Created attachment 125727 [details]
Example of the uneven grid in nautilus windows
Comment 2 Markus Amalthea Magnuson 2009-01-04 07:21:04 UTC 
Created attachment 125728 [details]
Example of the even more uneven grid on the desktop
Comment 3 Markus Amalthea Magnuson 2009-01-04 07:22:12 UTC 
As can be seen on the attached screenshots, windows and desktop use a variety of grid sizes in combination, which gives the supposedly lined up icons an untidy impression instead.
Comment 4 Christian Neumair 2009-02-20 10:09:49 UTC 
When using a common vertical size for all rows, you end up with lots of white space in case there are only a few overlong item names.
Comment 5 Yann 2010-03-30 03:55:55 UTC 
Dear all, please see Bug 613111
Comment 6 Sense Hofstede 2010-08-04 08:54:13 UTC 
This bug was also reported on Launchpad in Ubuntu at <https://launchpad.net/bugs/607437> by Thomas Rusche.
Comment 7 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:25:51 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 472289 ***