GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 771605
Desktop icons are not displayed with the panel to extend desktop (multimonitor setup)
Last modified: 2018-01-02 18:49:16 UTC
Created attachment 335785 [details] Example Operating System: Fedora 24 64 bits, GNOME 3.20.x The issue encountered In a multimonitor setup, to reorganize the secondary monitor above, on the left or below, the desktop icons is shown in secondary monitor, instead of staying with the panel on the primary monitor. Only the default configuration extending the monitor on the right, meets this rule. Steps to reproduce the issue 1. Activate desktop icons with gnome-tweak-tool 2. Connect an extra external monitor 3. Go to screen options and select "extend monitor" (default) 4. Then organize the secondary monitor "up", "left" or "below" of the primary monitor Expected results Always keep the panel together desktop icons on the primary monitor when using a multimonitor setup
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