Thunar

zetrotrack000 · 11-09-2016, 01:09 PM

Hi
Please check attached screenshot for reference.
I am using xfce desktop and this is icon view in thunar file manager. As you see that the spacing between icons is very small. Please guide me that how can I increase this spacing.
Regards

allend · 11-09-2016, 01:58 PM

You can use the Ctrl + mouse wheel combination to change the icon size when in Thunar icon view.

zetrotrack000 · 11-09-2016, 10:07 PM

Ctrl +
increase icon size, but it does not increase spacing between them.

ondoho · 11-10-2016, 02:34 PM

which default view have you chosen?

if that doesn't help then you can only change it through gtk theme or settings overrides in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 (if thunar still uses gtk2).

zetrotrack000 · 11-11-2016, 04:10 AM

I am using "icon view" in thunar preferences. XFCE is using gtk-2.0
I used following settings in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file, but it is not changing icon spacing:

Code:

XfdesktopIconView::cell-spacing = 6
XfdesktopIconView::cell-padding = 6
XfdesktopIconView::cell-text-width-proportion = 2.5

ondoho · 11-11-2016, 12:00 PM

what you showed us in post #1 are not desktop icons, and its not xfdesktop but thunar.

zetrotrack000 · 11-12-2016, 02:14 AM

My first post says:

Quote:

This is icon view in thunar file manager

ondoho · 11-12-2016, 08:16 AM

exactly.
so why are you trying to modify xfdesktop's icon view in post #5?

zetrotrack000 · 11-12-2016, 08:18 AM

Hmm... I am new to xfce (regularly uses cinnamon), and saw that settings on a forum, so I applied it

zetrotrack000 · 11-12-2016, 08:18 AM

I think now the question is irrelavent, as I moved back to cinnamon. However, a fix for those who face the same problem would be helpful.