Bug 510123 - Context Menu option for auto-arranging selected items
Summary: Context Menu option for auto-arranging selected items
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-10-01 11:37 UTC by Fernando M. Muniz
Modified: 2025-10-01 17:00 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-10-01 11:37:24 UTC
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select a mess of multiple items with spaces between each other with a Rubberband Selection.
2. Right-Click to open the Context Menu.
3. Click on "Auto-arrange selected items".

OBSERVED RESULT
It doesn't exist.

EXPECTED RESULT
It should exist, so users could organize specific items without affecting the ones they want to remain in a specific position.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.8-arch3-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Graphics Processor 2: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Useful for when users are searching for items under the process of elimination, such as multiple screenshots.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-10-01 17:00:30 UTC
> organize specific items without affecting the ones they want to remain in a specific position
This isn't something that's possible to do; organizing a subset of items can never be guaranteed to avoid disturbing other items in the full set.