Active Drawers with multi-monitor: if a large folder is added, the drawer expands across monitors

This is the expected behavior and happens with large basic drawers too. I
will consider changing it in the future.

Thanks for the testing.

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On Feb 25, 2013 5:58 PM, "Alin Andrei" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> When adding a large folder as an Active Drawer, the drawer expands past
> the monitor width instead of using a scrollbar. Screenshot:
> http://i.imgur.com/uOJufRa.jpg
>
> Update: this is happening because I had two monitors set up, but the
> second one was turned on. It doesn't happen when the second one is
> disabled from the system settings. However, I think it should still be
> fixed so it doesn't show up on two monitors and only on the monitor
> where the drawer was opened.
>
> Tested under Ubuntu 13.04 with Drawers 13.2.1-0~133~raring1.
>
> ** Affects: drawers
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> Title:
> Active Drawers: if a large folder is added, the drawer expands more
> than the screen width
>
> Status in Drawers: Organize the Unity Launcher:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When adding a large folder as an Active Drawer, the drawer expands
> past the monitor width instead of using a scrollbar. Screenshot:
> http://i.imgur.com/uOJufRa.jpg
>
> Update: this is happening because I had two monitors set up, but the
> second one was turned on. It doesn't happen when the second one is
> disabled from the system settings. However, I think it should still be
> fixed so it doesn't show up on two monitors and only on the monitor
> where the drawer was opened.
>
> Tested under Ubuntu 13.04 with Drawers 13.2.1-0~133~raring1.
>
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This should definitely be an option. I don’t use my second monitor all the time and even when it’s on it’s annoying manoeuvring the Drawers window around the bevels to find a hidden icon. This is probably even more annoying if you have the launcher active on both desktops.