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Icons on Second Monitor

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reproducing the report in SteamOS 3.8.28 with three monitors in Desktop mode, checking whether desktop icons can be moved to monitors 2 and 3. Done means icons can be placed and remain visible on the additional monitors, with the behavior verified across the reported setup.

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Description

SteamOS 3.8.28

I have 3 monitors and Desktop mode will not allow me to put icons on monitor 2 or 3.

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