Here is screenshot explaining what I described in the bug report above, I hope it is more clear now.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of the problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/980625/+attachment/3061255/+files/Screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980625 Title: Missing compact icon layout option in Nautilus Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Compact icon layout feature was removed in Nautilus 3+. As I understand it's design decision, but there is a problem that it causes if you want to have launchers/icons on desktop. It is not possible to apply compact view or any similar feature which delivers the effect close to original compact layout. This makes nautilus nearly useless file manager for handling the desktop, because launcher/icon labels are wasting too much space and often collide with other launchers/icons sitting next on the desktop. I hope there are still people who use desktop for something more than place for a wallpaper. It seems to be the trend with "modern" Linux DEs - maybe because it looks better on screenshots. But it is actually completely useless for work and I don't know why a file manager needs to be used for handling a desktop, which can properly show only a wallpaper anyway. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/980625/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
