Unity should take display scaling into account to avoid placement of desktop icons under launcher

This is actually something that should be fixed in nautilus.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I think that been able to put files in the desktop isn't useful at all.

Added to Trello: https://trello.com/c/E6Ep2MUq/37-bug-1564375-unity-should-take-display-scaling-into-account-to-avoid-placement-of-desktop-icons-under-launcher

Hello Harm, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nautilus into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Great, I can confirm that after installing nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5, new desktop icons are no longer placed under the launcher when using hidpi screens.

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:3.20.1-0ubuntu1

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nautilus (1:3.20.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * debian/patches/0001-desktop-canvas-view-scale-desktop-workarea.patch:
    Scale down workarea geometries to application pixels, so that icons are
    positioned correctly on hidpi setups. (LP: #1564375)

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * debian/patches/ubuntu_revert_no_wallpaper.patch:
    - Ensure nautilus-window is always using a RGBA visual

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * 0003-Fix-white-desktop.patch:
    - Fix desktop wallpaper not showing (LP: #1586655)

  [ Iain Lane ]
  * Port and re-enable the remaining patches.
  * Merge with the archive branch.
  * Upload to Ubuntu - thanks to Ubuntu GNOME folks for the initial work.

  [ Michael Biebl ]
  * d/p/0001-mime-actions-use-format-argument.patch: Fix format string handling
    in show_unhandled_type_error(), patch taken from bgo#765918.

  [ Rico Tzschichholz ]
  * New upstream release
  * Bump build-deps as per configure.ac
  * Refresh patches as required
  * Update and enable 12_unity_launcher_support.patch

  [ Tim Lunn ]
  * New upstream release
  * Bump build-deps as per configure.ac
  * Refresh patches as required
  * nautilus-data.install: Don't install gconf conversion metadata
    upstream have dropped this, since it was for gnome 2 to 3 migration

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:43:43 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5

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nautilus (1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * debian/patches/0001-desktop-canvas-view-scale-desktop-workarea.patch:
    Scale down workarea geometries to application pixels, so that icons are
    positioned correctly on hidpi setups. (LP: #1564375)

  [ Iain Lane ]
  * debian/control{,.in}: Update Vcs-Bzr for stable branch.

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:24:23 +0100

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