I agree that a solution for this problem is needed. I'm not sure that a
scrollbar is the best way either, but nevertheless, this *is* a problem.

In my opinion, this situation is not a "corner case" too small to
consider. If you allow the user to create more files on the desktop than
there is room for, you need to handle the situation as well. It's a low
priority problem indeed, but still a valid one. Putting icons on top of
each other seems like a workaround at best.

Random ideas for possible solutions:

1) Some kind of scrollbar (as mentioned)
2) Scroll arrows at the right/left side of the screen (like the Wii menu, see 
the arrow at the right edge of 
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wii_channels.jpg)
3) Automatic placement of a shortcut displaying the desktop in a normal 
nautilus window when the Desktop is full (and hiding the icons that can't fit 
into the desktop)

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Desktop should show a scrollbar if full
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291203
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