From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 12 20:49:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05956106564A for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:49:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mickey242@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 391308FC14 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:49:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mickey242@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 12 Apr 2008 20:49:37 -0000 Received: from port-ip-213-211-209-123.reverse.mdcc-fun.de (EHLO gunhead.enforcer.cc) [213.211.209.123] by mail.gmx.net (mp022) with SMTP; 12 Apr 2008 22:49:37 +0200 X-Authenticated: #8913523 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/0uuRFdEj0st4iS/YXRbx0cYCQAeun+RVkM8WeXC m8w/aj9nwrQQgV Message-ID: <4801205C.4070008@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:49:32 +0200 From: Andreas Wetzel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080310) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Nautilus desktop icon placement/keep aligned X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:49:40 -0000 Hi i wonder if anybody else sees a problem with the way nautilus (mis)places icons on the desktop, when the 'keep aligned' feature is selected? One thing that has always bothered me since I'm using Gnome, is that the first column of the icon grid starts approximately 1 inch from the left screen edge, which IMHO is a way too big left margin. 8-12 pixels would totally be enough. Ideally the icon grid offsets would be configurable, even if only by using gconf-editor. Today i had some time to play around a bit more with the "keep aligned" feature. When having all icons aligned nicely in a vertical column, then logging out and back in, icons appear anywhere but aligned to the icon grid. I mean WTF? Only de-selecting "keep aligned" from the menu and then selecting it again will have the icons eventually snap back to their grid positions. Until the next time you log out of cause. Another odd 'feature' is that the horizontal grid lines are set every 20 pixel or so, allowing icons to be placed overlapping. I really do not intend to sound negative, and Nautilus surely is a great piece of software, but this is an elementary feature of a desktop environment that even windows gets (mostly) right somehow. If you start a Google search for the term: Nautilus "keep aligned" You find bug reports and other stuff related to that subject dating back to 2003. I wonder if the Nautilus developers are aware that the "keep aligned" feature does not work as expected, to put it mildly. Kind regards, Andreas -- Keep it icy man. I don't want to end up a corpse before my time because you were daydreaming.