[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 16425] Desktop icons rearrange themselves after reboot.

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16425

--- Comment #3 from alexxcons <alexxcons at xfce.org> ---
(In reply to Piotr from comment #2)
> > This would not solve a setup where you e.g. have a dockable laptop as
> > monitor extension.
> > As well your grid would get messed up badly on a dual screen setup, if one
> > screen is unpluged.
> 
> Why?
> How is that related to saving positions?
> It should not matter. If user not move icons on new desktop there will be
> mess anyway.
You have a icon grid for two monitors (A and B) saved in a file. Now you reboot
with only one monitor connected .

You have the choice between:
A: (Current behavior): Shrink the grid, reposition the icons automatically,
save as new setting for that workspace size
B: (Your proposal) Shrink the grid, reposition the icons automatically,
overwrite old setting. Setup for two monitors is lost.
C: (Proposal Bug #15344) There is a grid per monitor .. just dont use the grid
info for monitor B, since it is not connected.
D: Keep the old grid, dont show the items of monitor B. This would require
manually setting the grid size, since xfdesktop cannot know if you possibly
want to permanently remove a monitor. 

Afterwards you reboot again with both monitors connected. (Thats more or less
the scenario for a dockable laptop).

Note that there is a similar problem with setting a lower resolution .. once
you did it, your grid will be messed up if you dont store your grid per
resolution.

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