Bug 302801

Summary:	Desktop with Folder View layout gets rotated on next logon
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	Mario Ray Mahardhika <leledumbo_cool>
Component:	desktop	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	minor	CC:	diego.viola
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.8.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Screenshot showing the behavior, look at scrollbar on the right side of screen

Description Mario Ray Mahardhika 2012-06-30 15:37:13 UTC

I use Folder View as my desktop layout showing my home desktop folder. I have +40 items there and I forgot since I have how many items, whenever I restart I got the desktop like rotated somehow. It's easily solved by setting the layout to another one then back to Folder View but of course it's annoying.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set Folder View as desktop layout
2. Use home desktop folder (or perhaps any folder would do) to show
3. Put a lot (+40) of files there
4. Restart computer
Actual Results:  
In the next logon, the desktop still shows all files from the desktop folder, as in previous logon

Expected Results:  
In the next logon, the desktop shows nothing and in the right side of the screen there's a scrollbar

If I logout with the desktop still rotated, in the next logon I get my correct view back. So it's like toggling on each logon.

Comment 1 Mario Ray Mahardhika 2012-06-30 15:39:39 UTC

Created attachment 72241 [details]
Screenshot showing the behavior, look at scrollbar on the right side of screen

Comment 2 Mario Ray Mahardhika 2012-07-29 13:17:26 UTC

Sorry, seems like Actual & Expected result above are switched. I've also found that I don't have to restart the computer, simply logging off then on again shows this behavior already.

Comment 3 Diego Viola 2014-06-21 02:25:36 UTC

Same issue here on KDE 4.13.2 (Arch Linux x86_64).

This issue is really annoying.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 18:56:15 UTC

Hello!

This bug report was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this bug is already resolved in Plasma 5.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this bug report. If the issue described  here is still present in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham