I can't reproduce this problem on Ubuntu 17.10 with Files 3.26 so I'm going to mark this as Fix Released (please revert if you can reproduce in 17.10) and please could Sebastien (Bug Control member) mark this as affecting the Xenial as New? :)
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600535 Title: Keep Aligned desktop icon option does not work Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Keep Aligned desktop icon option does not work on the right side of the screen. See attached screenshot of upper right corner below clock for example. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160526.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: /dev/sda1: clean, 274161/120037376 files, 9141763/480121856 blocks CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Jul 9 20:57:06 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Dell Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1028:0581] NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 620 OEM] [10de:1049] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 620 OEM] [10de:0977] GsettingsChanges: b'org.compiz.core' b'active-plugins' b"['core', 'composite', 'opengl', 'vpswitch', 'imgpng', 'mousepoll', 'copytex', 'commands', 'snap', 'compiztoolbox', 'grid', 'wall', 'move', 'regex', 'place', 'unitymtgrabhandles', 'resize', 'session', 'animation', 'expo', 'workarounds', 'ezoom', 'fade', 'scale', 'unityshell']" b'org.compiz.core' b'active-plugins' b"['core', 'composite', 'opengl', 'vpswitch', 'imgpng', 'mousepoll', 'copytex', 'commands', 'snap', 'compiztoolbox', 'grid', 'wall', 'move', 'regex', 'place', 'unitymtgrabhandles', 'resize', 'session', 'animation', 'expo', 'workarounds', 'ezoom', 'fade', 'scale', 'unityshell']" b'com.canonical.Unity' b'minimize-count' b'22' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'scaling-factor' b'uint32 1' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-09 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) JournalErrors: Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system. Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to turn off this notice. No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 660 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-28-generic root=UUID=d6aee190-67d9-4931-9f66-ed4f83890481 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 0XR1GT dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd10/14/2013:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron660:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0XR1GT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 660 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160526-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Sat Jul 9 09:51:23 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 xserver.video_driver: nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1600535/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp