Bug 261602

Summary:	When Desktop Layout is changed back and forth, Desktop customisaton gets messed up
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	symon <symon1980>
Component:	desktop	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	asraniel, carlosdgtorres
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
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Description symon 2010-12-30 10:46:57 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.90) 
OS:                Linux

When you configure you Desktop to your liking... such as setting a specific size for Folderview widgets in whatever location on the Desktop and changing Desktop layout back and forth for eg: from folderview to search and launch, then back again... Your folderview widgets get enlarged and moved to a different location on the screen as well as any icons you had "not in folderview" get size reduced and moved also

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
add a couple folderview widgets to Desktop and add whatever you want in them, resize the folderview widget to a different size... add a couple icons from the menu "outside" of the folderview widget (on the desktop) and change desktop layout to search and launch, then back again to folderview

Actual Results:  
desktop customisations get messed up

Expected Results:  
all customisations should stay where intended

here is a video demonstrating this bug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEd42087C-U

Comment 1 symon 2010-12-30 12:10:54 UTC

oops. I chose "didn't try" to reproduce bug by accident. 
This bug can be produced everytime

(In reply to comment #0)
> Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.90) 
> OS:                Linux
> 
> When you configure you Desktop to your liking... such as setting a specific
> size for Folderview widgets in whatever location on the Desktop and changing
> Desktop layout back and forth for eg: from folderview to search and launch,
> then back again... Your folderview widgets get enlarged and moved to a
> different location on the screen as well as any icons you had "not in
> folderview" get size reduced and moved also
> 
> Reproducible: Didn't try
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> add a couple folderview widgets to Desktop and add whatever you want in them,
> resize the folderview widget to a different size... add a couple icons from the
> menu "outside" of the folderview widget (on the desktop) and change desktop
> layout to search and launch, then back again to folderview
> 
> Actual Results:  
> desktop customisations get messed up
> 
> Expected Results:  
> all customisations should stay where intended
> 
> here is a video demonstrating this bug
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEd42087C-U

Comment 2 Juan Carlos Torres 2011-12-03 16:17:08 UTC

I am able to reproduce this behavior. However, I was informed that this is not a bug per se. The containments (the different "Layouts") determine how widgets are sized and placed. Ideally, the size and placement would be restored, but that would require backing up the configuration at each and every change in layout.