SUMMARY Today I started the computer from a clean boot and the icons on first monitor/desktop was moved to the second monitor. This behavior is kind normal, happens from time-to-time, since 5.7 series. I already opened several bug reports since them, but looks like it was never solved. Anyway, today it happens again but this time, I can´t drag/move them to first monitor. I can select an icon on the second monitor (like Personal Folder icon, or Trash-bin icon), I can drag it to the first monitor on an empty space, but when I release the mouse button the icon goes back to the second monitor. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Drag an icon from second monitor and drop it on the first monitor 2. The icon doesn´t move, It still there in the second monitor 3. OBSERVED RESULT The icon doesn´t move, It still there in the second monitor EXPECTED RESULT The icon is expected to be on first monitor SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250718 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.6-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.6 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Yesterday it was normal, I mean, the icons was properly placed on the first monitor. At end of day I shutdown the computer as always, using the KDE menu. No updates since 20250718. Today is 20250723.
After a power off to leave to lunch, boot again and the icons are now back to first monitor, without doing anything. Just log in and the icons are where they are supposed to be. It is crazy how icons on desktop jump from a monitor to another without apparent reason.
Was your first monitor in "Desktop" layout rather than "Folder" layout?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2) > Was your first monitor in "Desktop" layout rather than "Folder" layout? Sorry, I don't know about "desktop/Folder" layout. I am not used to ricing my desktop, I suppose it is in the default configuration, whatever it is. Anyway, what I did to fix: I just turned off and turned on again (a simple logout/login didn't fix). The second time it started the icons still was on the second monitor, but this time I could move them to the first. So, kind of solved. An important information I want to share: What I call first/second monitor are not NATIVE placement. The native placement is the second monitor on the right t , be the main/first/original monitor where the boot login in text mode happens. On KDE settings I've switched monitor positions. I suppose that when this happens, for some reason, this particular/specific user setting is not read at login time and so, it assumes the default/native placement, and put the icons on the first monitor, the native first monitor, you see ? But I am just guessing.... Anyway, thanks for the good job on polishing KDE (now on 6.4.5 as I am writing this), btw, I never had this bug again since this bug report, so I suppose it was fixed already.
OK great, thanks!
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > OK great, thanks! Hey Nathan, Just because I told you yesterday the bug had happened since them, it happened today. Please, check this screenshot, https://imagebin.ca/v/8vnzAxP1szkg You can see 5 icons that was in the left monitor and today, from no reason, no updates, they moved to the right monitor (the native first monitor). May be you want to keep this bug report open. Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250916 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.16.7-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.6 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 last update was Sept, 16. NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed" # VERSION="20250916" ID="opensuse-tumbleweed" ID_LIKE="opensuse suse" VERSION_ID="20250916" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511131 ***
*Only posting this in case 6.5.3 doesn't solve the issue for me, and my input is relevant for troubleshooting.* I have the same issue of not being able to place desktop shortcuts on my primary monitor and the optionsbelow missing when rightclicking desktop on primary monitor... but only if I don't have a task manager on my primary monitor! "Create New" "Paste Clipboard Contents..." "Undo" "Icons" "Open Terminal" "Enter Edit Mode" I did the following steps to be able to make my desktop icons stay on my primary monitor. I have replicated it several times since first discovering the "fix": 1. Clone the task manager from secondary monitor to the primary 2. Move the desktop shortcuts from secondary monitor to primary 3. Arrange the shortcuts 4. Reboot the PC 5. Desktop shortcuts remain on primary monitor. FYI: I use Nobara, which is not selectable in the "Platform" dropdown. Monitors: 2 0: +*DP-2 1920/699x1080/395+0+0 DP-2 1: +DP-3 1920/527x1080/296+1920+0 DP-3
(In reply to Lasse Greve Pedersen from comment #7) > *Only posting this in case 6.5.3 doesn't solve the issue for me, and my > input is relevant for troubleshooting.* > > I have the same issue of not being able to place desktop shortcuts on my > primary monitor and the optionsbelow missing when rightclicking desktop on > primary monitor... but only if I don't have a task manager on my primary > monitor! > "Create New" > "Paste Clipboard Contents..." > "Undo" > "Icons" > "Open Terminal" > "Enter Edit Mode" > > I did the following steps to be able to make my desktop icons stay on my > primary monitor. I have replicated it several times since first discovering > the "fix": > 1. Clone the task manager from secondary monitor to the primary > 2. Move the desktop shortcuts from secondary monitor to primary > 3. Arrange the shortcuts > 4. Reboot the PC > 5. Desktop shortcuts remain on primary monitor. > > FYI: I use Nobara, which is not selectable in the "Platform" dropdown. > Monitors: 2 > 0: +*DP-2 1920/699x1080/395+0+0 DP-2 > 1: +DP-3 1920/527x1080/296+1920+0 DP-3 Fortunately, 6.5.3 did solve the issue for me