SUMMARY After this commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/728f0a7da82a7ef11321cd1cc5f3f90da8df0c56 the icon positions are no longer saved; all icons jump to the secondary screen after restarting plasmashell. Tested on latest Unstable Edition with new user. It feels like the left (secondary) screen is initialized much faster than the main one. Or maybe the main screen takes a long time to initialize, so plasmashell thinks there's only one screen while placing icons. But this is just a guess. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Put some icons on primary (right) screen. 2. Restart plasmashell (e.g. logout and login) OBSERVED RESULT All icons on secondary (left) screen EXPECTED RESULT All icons save their positions SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.14.0-34-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Monitors: 2 0: +*HDMI-0 1920/527x1080/296+1440+0 HDMI-0 1: +DP-1 1440/360x900/225+0+110 DP-1
It sounds the same as this bug here, given you run latest builds can you reopen if you still have an issue after the next upgrade sync. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511131 ***
It's not the same bug; he said in Bug 511131 that this issue was still present after applying the fix for it.
Can you check to see if the the right hand screen got automatically set to folder view instead of desktop? Another user who had the same problem found this on their system.
(In reply to TraceyC from comment #3) > folder view instead of desktop? No, I don’t have that. Both of my screens keep the "Folder View" setting. Besides, I checked on the latest version of KDE neon Unstable Edition (as of 2025.11.19) and found that now the icon positions are almost always preserved after reboots, but they are never preserved after logout.
Thanks for checking, and the additional detail. That's helpful. Those more knowledgeable about this will have to look further into this.
*** Bug 512583 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hi, I'm from the original bug 511131 and finally updated to see if it works for me. I indeed get this new bug. I can place my icons on either display, but when starting a new session, the icons on the second display move to the space they can fill on the first. My placement of them on the first display is saved properly though. Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.12.60-1-lts (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor Memory: 69 GB of RAM (66.6 GB usable) -- This should read as 64 GB of RAM. It's just another one of the numerous bugs KDE has. Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7E12 System Version: 1.0
Can affected people try again with Plasma 6.5.4 once it's released in 3 days? It contains a change that hopefully should squash this bug for good. Thanks!
I tested it on the latest version of KDE Neon Unstable Edition from 07.12.2025, and the situation there seems to have improved. Immediately after the session loads, all the icons are still on the left (secondary) screen, but literally a second later they jump back to their proper places and everything becomes as it should be. However, I think it’s worth waiting for feedback from other users.
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Setting this back to NEEDSINFO since we're still waiting on feedback from other users.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #8) > Can affected people try again with Plasma 6.5.4 once it's released in 3 > days? It contains a change that hopefully should squash this bug for good. > > Thanks! Sorry for taking so long. I don't update my system often because I need things stable as often as possible. Anyway, I tested it and it works now. Icons save their positions on both displays as they should, including after relogin in and rebooting. Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.12.63-1-lts (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor Memory: 69 GB of RAM (66.6 GB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7E12 System Version: 1.0
> Anyway, I tested it and it works now. Icons save their positions on both > displays as they should, including after relogin in and rebooting. And do you have a one-second jump in icons?
(In reply to evgeniyharchenko.dev from comment #13) > And do you have a one-second jump in icons? Yup, just like you described; all the icons start on the left screen and then once the panel loads, the ones that are supposed to be on the right go there.
It sounds like the original bug is fixed - the icons do go where they are supposed to The delay before they move may be the result of behind-the-scenes calculations happening that need to complete before the icons are moved. I'll close this report out for now. If you feel the delay is a bug, please open a new report and reference this one. Thanks!