Created attachment 184199 [details] bug SUMMARY I want to position my desktop icons. This works when not docked on Laptop display only. When it is docked, icons cannot be placed there where I wish. When trying to move icons back then it is always positioned somewhere else STEPS TO REPRODUCE See recording OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT Should work like in Windows when (hotplugging) docked or not docked SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Docked to 2 x 4K 43" at 100% scale over WD22TB4 Operating System: KDE neon User Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.2-061502-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1280P Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31,0 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 21E8CTO1WW System Version: ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Thanks for the bug report, and the screen recording. I see what you're talking about. I'm not able to reproduce this on git-master. I'd like to ask a few questions to narrow down what's happening. Which screen are the icons are, when they won't stay where you drop them? Also, can you please run the following command, and paste the output in a reply to this report? kscreen-doctor -o Thanks!
# Which screen are the icons are, when they won't stay where you drop them? On primary screen, on the other screen icon placement seem to work. Laptop display disabled, lid down. # Docked - problem with icons: kscreen-doctor -o Output: 1 eDP-1 fc85cd04-8d87-4a8a-a8fc-2a0f88abeead disabled connected priority 0 Panel replication source:0 Modes: 1:2160x1350@60*! 2:2160x1350@30 3:1600x1200@60 4:1280x1024@60 5:1024x768@60 6:1920x1200@60 7:1280x800@60 8:1920x1080@60 9:1600x900@60 10:1368x768@60 11:1280x720@60 Geometry: 7680,810 2160x1350 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: Automatic HDR: incapable Wide Color Gamut: incapable ICC profile: none Color profile source: sRGB Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance Brightness control: supported, set to 9% and dimming to 100% Color resolution: automatic (10), range: [6; 12] bits per color Allow EDR: always Output: 2 DP-5 3da81c08-95ae-41f6-a3df-fe98e2c08f65 enabled connected priority 1 DisplayPort replication source:0 Modes: 12:3840x2160@60! 13:3840x2160@60* 14:3840x2160@30 15:2560x1440@60 16:2048x1280@60 17:2048x1152@60 18:1920x1200@60 19:2048x1080@24 20:1920x1080@60 21:1920x1080@60 22:1920x1080@60 23:1920x1080@50 24:1920x1080@24 25:1920x1080@24 26:1600x1200@60 27:1680x1050@60 28:1280x1024@75 29:1280x1024@60 30:1280x800@60 31:1152x864@75 32:1280x720@60 33:1280x720@60 34:1280x720@50 35:1024x768@75 36:1024x768@60 37:800x600@75 38:800x600@60 39:720x576@50 40:720x576@50 41:720x480@60 42:720x480@60 43:720x480@60 44:720x480@60 45:640x480@75 46:640x480@60 47:640x480@60 48:640x480@60 49:720x400@70 Geometry: 3840,0 3840x2160 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: Automatic HDR: incapable Wide Color Gamut: incapable ICC profile: none Color profile source: sRGB Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance Brightness control: unsupported DDC/CI: allowed Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [6; 12] bits per color Allow EDR: unsupported Output: 3 DP-6 c8b9b468-0e00-4376-bc89-5d62a265ff64 enabled connected priority 2 DisplayPort replication source:0 Modes: 50:3840x2160@60! 51:3840x2160@60* 52:3840x2160@30 53:2560x1440@60 54:2048x1280@60 55:2048x1152@60 56:1920x1200@60 57:2048x1080@24 58:1920x1080@60 59:1920x1080@60 60:1920x1080@60 61:1920x1080@50 62:1920x1080@24 63:1920x1080@24 64:1600x1200@60 65:1680x1050@60 66:1280x1024@75 67:1280x1024@60 68:1280x800@60 69:1152x864@75 70:1280x720@60 71:1280x720@60 72:1280x720@50 73:1024x768@75 74:1024x768@60 75:800x600@75 76:800x600@60 77:720x576@50 78:720x576@50 79:720x480@60 80:720x480@60 81:720x480@60 82:720x480@60 83:640x480@75 84:640x480@60 85:640x480@60 86:640x480@60 87:720x400@70 Geometry: 0,0 3840x2160 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: Automatic HDR: incapable Wide Color Gamut: incapable ICC profile: none Color profile source: sRGB Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance Brightness control: unsupported DDC/CI: allowed Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [6; 12] bits per color Allow EDR: unsupported # Undocked no problems: kscreen-doctor -o Output: 1 eDP-1 fc85cd04-8d87-4a8a-a8fc-2a0f88abeead enabled connected priority 1 Panel replication source:0 Modes: 1:2160x1350@60*! 2:2160x1350@30 3:1600x1200@60 4:1280x1024@60 5:1024x768@60 6:1920x1200@60 7:1280x800@60 8:1920x1080@60 9:1600x900@60 10:1368x768@60 11:1280x720@60 Geometry: 0,0 2160x1350 Scale: 1 Rotation: 1 Overscan: 0 Vrr: incapable RgbRange: Automatic HDR: incapable Wide Color Gamut: incapable ICC profile: none Color profile source: sRGB Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance Brightness control: supported, set to 9% and dimming to 100% Color resolution: automatic (10), range: [6; 12] bits per color Allow EDR: always
Thanks for the additional information, that's helpful. I'll let those with more knowledge about this take a deeper look.
Cannot reproduce since 6.5 after few docking/undocking cycles.
(In reply to svarghkde from comment #4) > Cannot reproduce since 6.5 after few docking/undocking cycles. That's good news. I'll set this report to NEEDSINFO. If the problem happens again, please set this back to REPORTED. If it doesn't happen again, you can just let this auto-close in 30 days.
Git commit 17cbe05c2d488ff4b8f1d759eed1037f4b97fcd9 by Akseli Lahtinen, on behalf of Błażej Szczygieł. Committed on 06/11/2025 at 08:17. Pushed by akselmo into branch 'master'. Folder: Fix icon positioning on screen/available geometry changes - revert "FolderView: Update perStripe on relativeScreenRect changes": "availableRelativeScreenRectChanged" signal is emitted too early, we're updating "perStripe" with old GridView geometry. It causes often wrong icon positioning on panel resize and monitor disconnection (including PC suspend/resume). GridView automatically updates "perStripe" when it changes its geometry, so it's not needed. - don't update "perStripe" when moving item - it breaks property binding - remove on Positioner completed - we'll handle it in C++ code from other property bindings. - fix icon positioning - geometry changes are handled automatically by GridView reisze event. It calls "setPerStripe()" automatically by QML property binding. Let's handle everything in "setPerStripe()" method: update resolution and update "m_perStripe" only there, otherwise we'll be out of sync. - preserve existing icon positions on resolution change. Do it only if we have a non-existent resolution - divide by previous "perStripe" value calculating grid positions. - restore positions from last used resolution - restore positions from last used resolution if we start plasmashell with non-existent resolution. It preserves icon positions when we start with e.g. a different monitor. Related: bug 500868 M +0 -20 containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderView.qml M +9 -8 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/autotests/positionertest.cpp M +1 -1 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/autotests/positionertest.h M +12 -2 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.cpp M +7 -2 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/foldermodel.h M +62 -55 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/positioner.cpp M +3 -9 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/positioner.h https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/17cbe05c2d488ff4b8f1d759eed1037f4b97fcd9