Cinnamon 3.4 feature request: control over the spacing of the desktop grid

[ghost]

I'd like my icons lined up by the grid. Yet, given the particular nature of the grid, I can't have the icons where I want them. For I want them flush with the horizontal edges of the screen. This situation is somewhat frustrating. Why can't the grid have some preset sizes, rather than just one size? Or is there in fact an option to customize the grid, and I just can't find it?

Thanks for your time.

[mtwebster]

linuxmint/nemo#108 (comment)

The size is determined by how much available space there is, minus padding (precise padding if it is the primary monitor, default padding otherwise, to make sure we never fall under a panel - we have no way of gathering accurate data for non-primary monitors). What that means is you'll never be able to get the grid to fill the entire available real estate unless it's the primary (or only) monitor.

[JosephMcc]

Ah, there you go. This isn't a Cinnamon issue anyway.

[ghost]

Dear all

mtwebster wrote: What that means is you'll never be able to get the grid to fill the entire available real estate unless it's the primary (or only) monitor.

The desktop in question is the primary and indeed only monitor on the computer. But, OK, 'linuxmint/nemo#108 (comment)' throws some light. [Edited.]