xfdesktop icon placement problem

[Allin Cottrell]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, killermoehre wrote:

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> Am 12. März 2015 18:59:40 MEZ, schrieb Allin Cottrell <cottrell at wfu.edu>:
>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, Hartmut Haase wrote:
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>>> Hi Allin,
>>>> By default they go by columns, starting a new column when the first
>> one
>>>> is full.
>>> but on the first picture you sent the first column has one more
>> element than
>>> the next two.
>>
>> The object in the first column which may appear to have an "extra
>> icon" is a panel. Look at
>>
>> http://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/xfdesktop/deskbar-prop.png
>>
>> for clarification.
>>
>> But in that image I'm not showing the whole desktop, and there are
>> more file icons below the ones shown.
>>
>> Allin Cottrell
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> Just dock the panel to the screen edge and it will move the desktop 
> icons away (as long as the "don't reserve space" option is not 
> ticked for the panel). A floating panel will never move the desktop 
> icons.

Thanks, that makes sense.

Allin Cottrell