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Applets change order, alignment

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Description

Distribution

Ubuntu 24.04

Package version

6.0.4

Graphics hardware in use

No response

Frequency

Quite often

Bug description

A fresh Cinnamon install.

  1. Logout/login: Menu and Window list change order so that Window list is at the left margin.
  2. It seems that applets can not be reordered by using the mouse (edit: it can - panel edit mode), so I remove Window list and add it again.
  3. Window list does reappear at the right of Menu this time, but also with the right alignment.
  4. So I use dconf to correct the alignment.
  5. Logout/login: back to point 1.
Steps to reproduce

As above.

Expected behavior

Applets do not change order after logout/login. The default alignment does not change from left to right.

Additional information

dconf shows now: 'panel1:right:1:window-list@cinnamon.org:31', 'panel1:right:0:window-list@cinnamon.org:32'

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the logout/login sequence described in the issue on Ubuntu 24.04 with Cinnamon 6.0.4, including the applet removal and re-addition steps. Inspect how the panel persists applet order and alignment, using the reported dconf entries as the expected state to compare before and after logout/login.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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