Just FYI for anyone that stumbles upon this thread. In Ubuntu 20.04, if you want to work around the issue for now it can be done by placing your preferred desktop files in the home (or any other) folder and just placing link files to those files on your desktop. When you do this you can still double click and edit files directly from the desktop, but when you save it doesn't lose or move around the desktop files. It even eliminates the flicker.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883174 Title: Some desktop icons disappear Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons: Unknown Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: OS: Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME: 3.36.2 Extension: 3.36.2 Sometimes, some icons in my Desktop folder just don't appear on the desktop. The missing icons aren't invisible, it's like they're not in the folder. Clicking on the empty space where they should be does nothing. Mousing over the empty space does nothing. See attached screenshot. As you can see, there are many missing. Not consistently reproducible, but frequent. This isn't great info, I know. Let me know what else I can provide. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1883174/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
