Size of the icons

[Rick Stevens]

On 08/28/2015 10:47 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> xprop -id $(xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK | cut -d\# -f2)
> _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK(WINDOW): window id # 0x1000002
> _MUTTER_VERSION(UTF8_STRING) = "3.16.3"
> _GNOME_WM_KEYBINDINGS(UTF8_STRING) = "Mutter,GNOME Shell"
> _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "GNOME Shell"

You're using mutter as your window manager (yeah, gnome3 uses it
by default).

Check that link I sent as to changing your icon sizes. I don't use
Gnome3 so that's about as far as I can help. Someone else may have ideas
about it.

>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 7:13 PM
>> From: "Rick Stevens" <ricks at alldigital.com>
>> To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> Subject: Re: Size of the icons
>>
>> On 08/28/2015 10:01 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> gnome (fedora 22)
>>> and probably metacity. How can I check?
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> 	xprop -id $(xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK | cut -d\# -f2) WM_NAME
>>
>> as the logged in user. On my XFCE system:
>>
>> 	[rick at prophead ~]$ xprop -id $(xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK |
>> cut -d\# -f2) WM_NAME
>> 	WM_NAME(STRING) = "xfwm4"
>>
>> so I'm running xfwm4.
>>
>> I'm not a Gnome3 fan in any way, but googling for things, it appears
>> you must bugger a file. See this:
>>
>> 	https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/59707/icon-size-of-gnome-314/
>>
>> Your mileage may vary......
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/28/2015 10:41 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>>>>>>> When I open Accessories -> Files, the size of the icons is very big.
>>>>>>> How can I manage the icon size?
>>>>>> what happens when you hit CONTROl-"-" (minus) control-+ makes them
>>>>>> bigger.. control-"-" minus should make them smaller.. works in browser
>>>>>> also..
>>>>> It does not much.
>>>>> Actually it only change the spacing between the icons!
>>>>> There are only 3 increments.
>>>>
>>>> Patrick,
>>>>
>>>> You have to give us more info. Which desktop are you using (KDE, Gnome,
>>>> XFCE, etc.) and which window manager are you running (xfwm4, lightdm,
>>>> metacity, etc.)? They all behave a little differently.
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