Bug 449167

Summary: Icons on desktop move randomly
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Lucia Mrenica <lucia.mrenica>
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widgetAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: lucia.mrenica, nate, plasma-bugs-null, waldostealthmode
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.27.3   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Lucia Mrenica 2022-01-25 18:41:01 UTC
SUMMARY
I have two icons on my desktop (Home and Trash) and often when I look at my desktop (after using some other app) these two icons are in a different position than I placed them. For example I leave them under each other (vertically) and they move next to each other horizontally, or diagonally.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-01-25 21:44:05 UTC
1. Where *exactly* were they originally?
2. Did you screen resolution change at all?
3. Are you using the setting to make icons align to the right, or be arranges in columns instead of rows?
4. Have you changed the sorting mode to anything different?
Comment 2 Lucia Mrenica 2022-01-26 09:02:20 UTC
1. Home icon is in the top left corner, Trash icon is under it
2. Screen resolution is 1080p and always has been on both of my screens (laptop + monitor, but laptop is always disabled)
3. and 4. Icon settings:
- Sorted by: not sorted
- Arranged into: rows
- Aligned: left
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-01-26 15:53:37 UTC
Thanks. I hate bugs like these. :(
Comment 4 Lucia Mrenica 2022-01-28 19:05:24 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Thanks. I hate bugs like these. :(

Could someone confirm whether icon sorting on desktop works correctly? For me switching between ascending/descending does nothing.
Comment 5 waldostealthmode 2023-03-15 13:33:02 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 6 waldostealthmode 2023-03-15 13:35:23 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 7 waldostealthmode 2023-03-15 13:46:05 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 8 waldostealthmode 2023-03-15 14:14:44 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2023-03-15 16:15:03 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 10 Nate Graham 2023-03-15 16:15:41 UTC
Matej, is This issue still happening to you in Plasma 5.27.3 or later?
Comment 11 Lucia Mrenica 2023-03-15 16:17:16 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #10)
> Matej, is This issue still happening to you in Plasma 5.27.3 or later?

I haven't had the chance to test this yet, I will let you know.
Comment 12 Lucia Mrenica 2023-03-18 09:20:57 UTC
I re-tested this today, first time I logged in my icons were already missing. Later, I left my laptop idle for a while and when i returned to it my icons were gone again, so there is no change to this issue with Plasma 5.27.3.
Comment 13 Nate Graham 2023-04-09 20:28:26 UTC
Matej, would you mind taking a phone video of the login process that will show the issue happening? I'd like to know *exactly* how it happens so I can try to reproduce the issue and investigate it. Thanks.
Comment 14 Bug Janitor Service 2023-04-24 03:45:57 UTC
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Comment 15 Lucia Mrenica 2023-05-01 07:10:24 UTC
(In reply to Matej Mrenica from comment #12)
> I re-tested this today, first time I logged in my icons were already
> missing. Later, I left my laptop idle for a while and when i returned to it
> my icons were gone again, so there is no change to this issue with Plasma
> 5.27.3.

This icons missing on start is a different issue https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469189 and since I didn't notice this one recently I am letting it go into WORKSFORME.
Comment 16 Nate Graham 2023-05-14 22:57:34 UTC
Ok, thanks!