Idea
#3272: Change the desktop icon grid size
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Written by DARKGuy the 5 Mar 08 at 07:34.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
There's something that's ALWAYS annoyed me about gnome (but it's way better than XFCE... UGH!) and it's the desktop icon grid size. In Windows, it's smaller and you can fit icons nicely.
Those with 1280x1024 screen res and icons at 75% will know what I mean: There's a HUGE gap at the right and you can only fit icons with small names in there. (but it still looks bad, like, too "off")
There should be an option to change the grid size, space between icons, whatever you want to call it.
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Attachments
 Bug #40872 : Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly
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Comments
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egroj wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 14:25
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For me the size is ok, I don't use many icons in my desktop, but if you like small icons you can set it globally in any nautilus window in edit, preferences.
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mp3phish wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 15:06
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They should also have a better default size..
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k99goran wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 20:55
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The biggest problem is icons in Nautilus. Nautilus should cut off long file names, and squeeze the icons together more tightly.
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nvivo wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 21:02
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Gnome should have this setting not only for desktopl but also for Nautilus. That percentage setting that changes the whole grid is terrible. Just allow me to set that in pixels for each setting, just like in KDE or Windows and I would be very happy.
Gnome lacks most obvious settings for everything that I want to change. This desktop spacing thing was one of the main reasons I switched to Kubuntu, and I don't intend to go back ever.
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madjr wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 22:31
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>In Windows, it's smaller and you can fit icons nicely.
please dont compare it to windows....
every windows desktop i've ever seen is a disaster, a complete mess. I've seen windows desktops with over 100 filthy icons.
They should not call it "windows", but "icon-mess"
when i switched to ubuntu, my desktop never became so messy ever again, what a relief.
when it's messy i just drag everything to my personal folder(s). Talk about convenience :)
everything is easier to find in the main menu too
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tonydregs wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 22:44
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This is particularly a problem in xubuntu... with xfce.. the grid size is WAYYYY too big.
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DARKGuy wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 01:13
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> please dont compare it to windows....
Sorry, it's prettier IMO when it comes to the desktop solely: Cleaner on the eyes and small, tidy icons. Not a HUGEOMGWTFLOOKATMEI'MAHUGEICONONYOURDESKTOP thing.
I like desktop icons, I love them, and yes, Gnome needs a feature to do this... or Nautilus, since it's the one which handles the icon size.
Regardless, we should be able to change it!
+1 to the possibility to change it in pixels
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madjr wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 03:53
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can't disagree with you, having more options is always better.
anyway, i think only the guys at gnome can implement this.
but they might be reading this who knows. Anyway, i think that throu their mailing list you may suggest this directly to them.
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jaiber wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 11:04
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Agree with this idea, a smaller grid is badly needed. Configurable grid size is a big plus!
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alexfpms wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 20:20
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I absolutely agree with DARKGuy, i like icons too. It has to be changed !
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feest wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 22:25
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This really needs to be fixed. I totally agree.
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