MATE (and cinnamon) desktop icon organizer

[BruceSteers]

Another possibly useful application for some..

From the ReadMe....


I made this because if i have more than one screen connected with MATE desktop it
often misplaces icons off screen.

Or if the HDMI lead is messed with, tv turned off, etc, icons can disappear off screen.


On running this program a list of desktop icons shows and any that are off screen get a red background.\
These can be double clicked to position them center screen.

Or there are 2 buttons that will position the desktop icons either horizontally or
vertically.

You can set X and Y spacing and outer margin size.

You can move the window to another monitor to move the icons to that screen.

Works with (and was designed for) caja desktop (MATE)

Also works with nemo-desktop (Cinnamon) but not on a second screen (as far as i know) as i don't know how to enable icons on the secondary monitor.


Enjoy.
Merry Christmas

[BruceSteers]

Does anyone know how to enable icons on the second monitor with cinnamon?

Cheers

[BruceSteers]

Some updates...

Now uses Screen.Available properties to better fit with panels

Now takes various arguments...
Can be used via shell with the -a (--align) argument to align using current config and quit without opening interface...
Can get current config with -g (--get)

Usage: AlignIcons (caja/nemo) <options> <arguments>
All other arguments only make sense for use with --align option.

Options:
-g --getconfig print saved config
-a --align <direction> Auto-align Horizontal(h) or Vertical(v) with current config and quit

-x --xspace <Pixels> horizontal spacing
-y --yspace <Pixels> vertical spacing
-t --top <Pixels> top margin
-b --bottom <Pixels> bottom margin
-l --left <Pixels> left margin
-r --right <Pixels> right margin
-V --version Display version
-h --help Display this help

https://forum.gambas.one/download/file.php?id=1454

[BruceSteers]

Does anyone know how to enable icons on the second monitor with cinnamon?

Cheers

To answer my own question...
I tried this...
gsettings get org.nemo.desktop desktop-layout
true::false

So i typed this in a terminal...
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop desktop-layout true::true

Now cinnamon 2nd screen does panels and icons too

But just a note..
This icon aligner does not work very well with cinnamon/nemo yet.