Compared to the previous problem, this should be easy to fix. I’m running Leap 16 Plasma.
I run three monitors and used to have my icons organized on all three (I prefer it that way). I could move icons around to place them in certain folders or locations on the screen set aside for various topics (like research/radio/communications/etc.).
Now all the icons are on the center (main) screen and I can’t figure out how to be able to move them around. There should be a way to turn off the auto-sort (or whatever) so I can organize them as I see fit. Could someone point me in the direction so I can re-organize my desktop?
All of that SOP, and Desktop-Configure Desktop doesn’t have anything about Icons.
I just upgraded and had to fight with Gnome (for weeks). I finally installed Plasma and where Gnome wouldn’t work, Plasma did. (Even solved an old issue I’d given up on over a year ago!)
I replied poorly. That is exactly what I see - and I don’t see anything there that has to do with unlocking the icons. Moving them - as soon as you let go of the mouse button, they immediately return from their original location.
This problem is a bit more than knowing how to do things. If it was simple, I’d have found it already.
Strange thing - “Locked” wasn’t an available category as of last night and earlier today. It was NOT visible (not overlooked). (I’ve had a LOT of strange things like that happening with this computer, especially in the last year.)
Even now - locked or unlocked, no difference. It’s just like they were locked and nothing I’ve been able to do makes a difference.
I’m going to try a reboot again and see if anything changes (who knows, with this sytem that might change things again!)
No. I could create another (I’ve already tried that with Gnome, but had to give up on that environment). But this is the one I use - it has all of my setup, files, and so on.
I tried creating a new user. From that I discovered that I could move from one location to another on the primary monitor, but it wouldn’t move an icon to one of the other monitors.
When I went back to my login, I moved a couple of files into desktop folders which left a couple of blank spots on my primary screen. Then I could move only on that monitor but not to the other two.
I’m not sure what to try next. I need to be able to move the icons between monitors.
More info. I can move open windows (programs) from one screen to another no problem. Some time after my last post, I found that by using shift-major mouse button I could copy icons and folders to my left screen (#2), and after that those could be moved to the right screen (#3). The original was still on my main monitor (#1, in the center). My main monitor is still completely covered with the icons for the files I regularly access.
