Public bug reported:
Behaviour observed in Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10
gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 from cosmic-proposed
The expected behaviour is for new icons to populate unoccupied cells
below the column, or occupy the first cell of a new column, or displace
other icons to maintain alpha-numeric organization.
The unexpected bevaviour is observed when desktop icons are created,
such as when disk or network drives are mounted or files are saved to
the desktop, they overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take
any specific position through a column, but they will always be within a
column (assuming as such, as I always have 'Keep Aligned' enabled).
An image depicting a series of screenshots is attached to illustrate the
observed behaviour. From left to right, the images depict: first, a
single column of organized, aligned icons occupy the desktop; second, a
network drive is mounted using Files, overlapping (and aligned with) the
uppermost icon; third, a second network drive is mounted, overlapping
(and aligned with) the initial and second icon in that placement;
fourth, an optical medium is mounted, and occupies a space two 'cells'
below the original column; fifth, the desktop icons are arranged using
'Organize Desktop by Name'; sixth, an appimage is moved to the desktop
using Files 'Move to...' function, overlapping half (and not aligned
with) the top-most icon; seventh, a docx file is moved to the desktop
using the same method, overlapping (and aligned with) the icon in the
second cell of the column; finally, the desktop is organized again using
the same method.
Appendum on unexpected behaviour: after the intial creation of this bug-
report, a third file was moved to the desktop using Files, occupying the
empty cell in the first column, after it was seen that manually moving
an icon into that cell was not preserved by 'Organize Desktop by Name'.
After moving the file to the desktop, using the organize function moves
that file into the second column, emptying the bottom cell in the first
column.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 22 00:40:39 2019
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic package-from-proposed
** Attachment added: "Image of unexpected behaviour"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817269/+attachment/5240878/+files/Observed%20Behaviour.png
** Description changed:
Behaviour observed in Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10
gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 from cosmic-proposed
The expected behaviour is for new icons to populate unoccupied cells
below the column, or occupy the first cell of a new column, or displace
other icons to maintain alpha-numeric organization.
The unexpected bevaviour is observed when desktop icons are created,
such as when disk or network drives are mounted or files are saved to
- the desktop, they overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take
+ the desktop, and overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take
any specific position through a column, but they will always be within a
column (assuming as such, as I always have 'Keep Aligned' enabled).
An image depicting a series of screenshots is attached to illustrate the
observed behaviour. From left to right, the images depict: first, a
single column of organized, aligned icons occupy the desktop; second, a
network drive is mounted using Files, overlapping (and aligned with) the
uppermost icon; third, a second network drive is mounted, overlapping
(and aligned with) the initial and second icon in that placement;
fourth, an optical medium is mounted, and occupies a space two 'cells'
below the original column; fifth, the desktop icons are arranged using
'Organize Desktop by Name'; sixth, an appimage is moved to the desktop
using Files 'Move to...' function, overlapping half (and not aligned
with) the top-most icon; seventh, a docx file is moved to the desktop
using the same method, overlapping (and aligned with) the icon in the
second cell of the column; finally, the desktop is organized again using
the same method.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 22 00:40:39 2019
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64
(20181017.3)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed:
Behaviour observed in Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10
gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1 from cosmic-proposed
The expected behaviour is for new icons to populate unoccupied cells
below the column, or occupy the first cell of a new column, or displace
other icons to maintain alpha-numeric organization.
The unexpected bevaviour is observed when desktop icons are created,
such as when disk or network drives are mounted or files are saved to
- the desktop, and overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take
+ the desktop, they overlap the existing icons. They do not seem to take
any specific position through a column, but they will always be within a
column (assuming as such, as I always have 'Keep Aligned' enabled).
An image depicting a series of screenshots is attached to illustrate the
observed behaviour. From left to right, the images depict: first, a
single column of organized, aligned icons occupy the desktop; second, a
network drive is mounted using Files, overlapping (and aligned with) the
uppermost icon; third, a second network drive is mounted, overlapping
(and aligned with) the initial and second icon in that placement;
fourth, an optical medium is mounted, and occupies a space two 'cells'
below the original column; fifth, the desktop icons are arranged using
'Organize Desktop by Name'; sixth, an appimage is moved to the desktop
using Files 'Move to...' function, overlapping half (and not aligned
with) the top-most icon; seventh, a docx file is moved to the desktop
using the same method, overlapping (and aligned with) the icon in the
second cell of the column; finally, the desktop is organized again using
the same method.
+ Appendum on unexpected behaviour: after the intial creation of this bug-
+ report, a third file was moved to the desktop using Files, occupying the
+ empty cell in the first column, after it was seen that manually moving
+ an icon into that cell was not preserved by 'Organize Desktop by Name'.
+ After moving the file to the desktop, using the organize function moves
+ that file into the second column, emptying the bottom cell in the first
+ column.
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 22 00:40:39 2019
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64
(20181017.3)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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