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desktop icons are positioned under left-side panel on login
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RESOLVED: FIXED
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Xfdesktop
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Description John Bartholomew 2011-11-11 07:37:40 CET
I run with two panels: top (with most plugins) and left (128px wide, with window buttons). On login, desktop icons in the left-most column of the icon grid are hidden underneath the left panel. If I open the panel preferences window for the left panel, then the icons are repositioned correctly (without having to actually change any settings in the preferences window; it's enough to just open it).

I am happy to dive into the code for this if someone can point me towards the right place to start looking.

Running ArchLinux on x86_64, with SLiM login manager. Program versions:

$ xfdesktop -V
This is xfdesktop version 4.8.3, running on Xfce 4.8.
Built with GTK+ 2.24.6, linked with GTK+ 2.24.7.
Build options:
    Desktop Menu:        enabled
    Desktop Icons:       enabled
    Desktop File Icons:  enabled

$ xfce4-panel -V
xfce4-panel 4.8.6 (Xfce 4.8)

$ xfwm4 -V
	This is xfwm4 version 4.8.2 (revision ee3f708) for Xfce 4.8
	Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
	Compiled against GTK+-2.24.6, using GTK+-2.24.7.

	Build configuration and supported features:
	- Startup notification support:                 Yes
	- XSync support:                                Yes
	- Render support:                               Yes
	- Xrandr support:                               Yes
	- Embedded compositor:                          Yes
	- KDE systray proxy (deprecated):               No

$ slim -v
slim version 1.3.2

This was originally a question on the forums:
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6466
Comment 1 Eric Koegel editbugs 2014-07-20 15:50:44 CEST
Make sure the panels have the "don't reserve space on borders" UN-checked. Otherwise xfdesktop won't know about the panels and will place icons under it.

Bug #8133

Reported by:
John Bartholomew
Reported on: 2011-11-11
Last modified on: 2014-07-20

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Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail)
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