[SOLVED] Rows and Columns Spacing in Thunar

Hi
I am using Thunar as file manager. Originally the rows and columns spacing of Thunar is not according to my preference. So, in order to increase the spacing I used following contents in ~/.gtkrc-2.0:

style "thunar-spaced-out-icons"
{
  ThunarIconView::column-spacing = 70
  ThunarIconView::row-spacing = 30
}
class "ThunarIconView" style "thunar-spaced-out-icons"

and it worked fine. However, after last upgrade the above settings stopped working. In order to fix it, I also created a ~/.gtkrc-3.0 file. But this has not solved the problem.
Kindly help me to fix this problem.

Aren't there bars on top you can drag to adjust the column size?

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine Aren't there bars on top you can drag to adjust the column size?

No, there are no bars or GUI settings in Thunar to adjust columns or rows spacing.

No help yet!

No, there are no bars or GUI settings in Thunar to adjust columns or rows spacing.

Left mouse click and hold on the right vertical bar in the box holding the column name and then mouse drag to change the column width.
There is also the View -> Configure Columns... menu option to show the Column Sizing checkbox that can be cleared so that user defined column widths are used.

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine Aren't there bars on top you can drag to adjust the column size?

Only when you're using "Detailed List" view.

I do not use "Detailed List". I use "Icon" view.

Originally Posted by zetrotrack000 However, after last upgrade the above settings stopped working. In order to fix it, I also created a ~/.gtkrc-3.0 file. But this has not solved the problem.

i think thunar is using gtk3 now?
if that is the case, the old gtk2 syntax won't work anymore.
the new syntax is basically CSS, but themes have gotten much, much more complex...
try to find a new readymade fix, unless you are masochistic enough to tackle gtk3. i'm not.

Originally Posted by ondoho i think thunar is using gtk3 now? if that is the case, the old gtk2 syntax won't work anymore. the new syntax is basically CSS, but themes have gotten much, much more complex... try to find a new readymade fix, unless you are masochistic enough to tackle gtk3. i'm not.

Thanks for pointing me to right direction. In order to achieve my goal, I need to edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. There are plenty of examples on internet regarding gtk-theme, icon-theme, icon-size etc. but I am unable to find my particular settings (regarding column/row spacing).
I believe that I have to convert my .gtk-2.0 syntax to gtk-3.0. So I tried few things like:

gtk-ThunarIconView-column-spacing=70
gtk-ThunarIconView-row-spacing=30

But without any success. Kindly guide me for correct syntax. Thanks

Originally Posted by zetrotrack000 I do not use "Detailed List". I use "Icon" view.

I figured that. I switch back and forth depending on my needs at the time but prefer the Icon view. Not sure I can help but I am following this as I would like to know how to control this as well.

Problem solved.
Solution:
1. create a file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
2. paste following content in this file:

* {
-ThunarAbstractIconView-row-spacing: 70;
-ThunarAbstractIconView-column-spacing: 30;
}

3. Log off and login again.
Credit: ToZ (https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=48909#p48909)

thanks for sharing the solution!
would you mind marking your thread SOLVED?