271471 - after complete download onto desktop firefox rearranges desktop

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Asher]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Everytime I download through FF onto my desktop I get a severly annoying problem
with FF telling my finder to rearrange my entire desktop. All the icons get
placed into the upper right default location stacked one ontop the other. I find
no way around this except to make a fold specifically designated for downloads.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.find a file to download, either on a url or via a webmail app
2.download file to desktop
3.after download is complete, click/goto desktop
4.all icons are now rearranged

Actual Results:  
all icons rearrange on top of each other in the upper left default location

Expected Results:  
place the icon/download in an available location on the desk. NOT rearrange all
the items into the corner.

sorry not the most programmer tech savvy so I cannot provide code info but here
is what I know.

System Version:	Mac OS X 10.3.6 (7R28)
Kernel Version:	Darwin 7.6.0

No major extensions or prefpanes that should effect this.

Comment 1

[Asaf Romano (gone)]

Please check if "View->Show View Option->Keep aranged..." (when the desktop is
"focused") is checked.

Comment 2

[Ian Wehrman]

Confirmed -- "Keep arranged" is unchecked. Annoying as hell.

Comment 3

[M-Rick]

I have this bugg too, it happens whether you have a few files on the desktop
whether it is over crowded.

and Really, it is annoying .....

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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