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Bug 472289 - Desktop icons not aligned properly
Desktop icons not aligned properly
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129937
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 143311 566479 601469 661466 664262 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-31 17:45 UTC by John Stacey
Modified: 2012-09-19 19:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description John Stacey 2007-08-31 17:45:11 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
When I right-click on the desktop and select "Clean Up By Name", regardless of whether "Keep Aligned" is checked or not, the vertical distance between some icons is irregular.

This is a screenshot of the problem: http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9219/screenshot1kt8.png

The gap between "Downloaded" and "Google Earth" is much larger than the gap between "Screenshot.png" and "Google Earth". Not all icons exhibit this.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a folder link named "Downloaded"
2. Create a Google Earth icon
3. Make sure there are no other icons alphabetically in between those two
4. Clean Up By Name

Actual results:
Icons are aligned but incorrectly. If there is more than one column of icons then they are not horizontally aligned, regardless of the state of "Keep Aligned".

Expected results:
I would expect either all the gaps to be of similar height, or all the icons being horizontally aligned, depending on the state of "Keep Aligned".

Does this happen every time?
It happens every time with the same icons.

Other information:
Comment 1 wozyjob 2008-11-01 16:59:49 UTC 
Intel Pentium III
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
Gnome 2.24.1

Problems on the Desktop:

1. "Keep aligned" (obtained by right-clicking on the desktop):
This does not work. Also, this should be the default, I believe. Consider Mac OS X. Icons on the desktop are always aligned.

2. "Text beside icons" (obtained by opening File Browser/Nautilus and clicking on edit->preferences):
Again, while this might work in the File Browser, it is ignored on the Desktop. There should be an option for this, either on the Desktop itself, in gconf-editor, or somewhere appropriate. Again, not that we're fanboys or anything, but consider Mac OS X. Besides, the option is already there so let's make it work or at least be more consistent.
Comment 2 eva morano 2009-05-03 10:02:50 UTC 
Intel Pentium 4
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Gnome 2.22.3

I think icons should be organized automatically. Also, noticed that when a new device is mounted the new icon overlaps the rest of the icons in my desktop.. that is quite annoying and looks messy. I really would like this to be fixed.
An idea would be, instead of having a new icon each time it could appear a new icon in the system tray, so my desktop icons will remain always in the same place.

Thanks for your work, guys.

Regards.
Comment 3 Yann 2010-03-30 03:39:46 UTC 
Dear all, please see Bug 613111
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:24:50 UTC 
*** Bug 601469 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:25:28 UTC 
*** Bug 664262 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:25:51 UTC 
*** Bug 566479 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:30:25 UTC 
*** Bug 661466 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:53:30 UTC 
*** Bug 143311 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 William Jon McCann 2012-09-19 19:59:12 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 129937 ***