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Bug 620738 - Drives or mounts on the desktop are placed unordered
Drives or mounts on the desktop are placed unordered
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-06-06 12:00 UTC by Sense Hofstede
Modified: 2018-01-02 18:49 UTC
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Description Sense Hofstede 2010-06-06 12:00:13 UTC 
When drives are mounted their position on the desktop is not ordered, but it appears (to the user) that the drives are placed randomly over the desktop. This doesn't look well and could cause confusion with the user, who might not see drives when they are shown at the bottom of the desktop.

A screenshot demonstrating the issue can be found at <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49633685/Captura_de_tela.png>.

This bug was originally reported by Rafael Machado on Launchpad in Ubuntu at <https://launchpad.net/bugs/589442> and is accepted as an Ubuntu paper cut.
Comment 1 António Fernandes 2018-01-02 18:49:00 UTC 
Starting with version 3.28, nautilus will not handle the "files on desktop background" feature. For better alternatives, read this blog post https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/