[Solved] Change size of desktop pop-up menu icons

slytry · 2018-11-07 13:55:29

Hello, I'm a XFCE lover.
I was wondering if I can change the size of the icons of the launcher menu that you have when right-click on the desktop.
I use it a lot, way more than the classical menu, but I have problems to see the little icons.
Thank you for helping.

Last edited by slytry (2018-11-10 04:30:54)

ToZ · 2018-11-07 14:50:09

Hello and welcome.

Which version of xfdesktop are you using?

slytry · 2018-11-07 15:06:00

Xfdesktop 4.12.4-2, I'm on Arch (Antergos).

ToZ · 2018-11-07 19:45:50

There is nothing specific to xfdesktop where you can configure this setting. However, you can use gtk2's gtk-icon-sizes property to affect the size of icons in ALL gtk-menu icons. To do so, go to Settings Manager > Settings Editor and on the xsettings channel for the /Gtk/icon-sizes (String) property add "gtk-menu=32x32". If a value already exists there, append this to the end separated by a : (colon). You can change the 32x32 but there is an upper limit (I think 64).

slytry · 2018-11-07 20:42:43

Thank you for helping.
I followed your suggestion, restarted, but nothing changed.

https://imgur.com/a/EBZtEjH

ToZ · 2018-11-07 23:51:55

Can you post back:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv

...and:

cat ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml  | grep IconSizes

slytry · 2018-11-08 04:50:01

This is the first:

$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv
/Gtk/ButtonImages               true
/Gtk/CanChangeAccels            false
/Gtk/ColorPalette               black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90
/Gtk/CursorThemeName            xcursor-breeze
/Gtk/CursorThemeSize            0
/Gtk/DecorationLayout           menu:minimize,maximize,close
/Gtk/FontName                   Cantarell 10
/Gtk/IconSizes                  gtk-menu=64x64
/Gtk/IMModule                   
/Gtk/IMPreeditStyle             
/Gtk/IMStatusStyle              
/Gtk/KeyThemeName               
/Gtk/MenuBarAccel               F10
/Gtk/MenuImages                 true
/Gtk/MonospaceFontName          Monospace 10
/Gtk/ToolbarIconSize            3
/Gtk/ToolbarStyle               icons
/Net/CursorBlink                true
/Net/CursorBlinkTime            1200
/Net/DndDragThreshold           8
/Net/DoubleClickDistance        5
/Net/DoubleClickTime            250
/Net/EnableEventSounds          false
/Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds  false
/Net/IconThemeName              Papirus-Adapta-Nokto
/Net/SoundThemeName             default
/Net/ThemeName                  Qogir-dark
/Xfce/LastCustomDPI             96
/Xft/Antialias                  1
/Xft/DPI                        96
/Xft/Hinting                    -1
/Xft/HintStyle                  hintfull
/Xft/RGBA                       none

The second:

$ cat ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml  | grep IconSizes
    <property name="IconSizes" type="string" value="gtk-menu=64x64"/>

ToZ · 2018-11-08 11:59:33

Try "gtk-menu=32x32" and "gtk-menu=48x48" to see if changes. Perhaps size 64 icons aren't supported.

mint4all · 2018-11-08 17:06:55

ToZ wrote:

Try "gtk-menu=32x32" and "gtk-menu=48x48" to see if changes. Perhaps size 64 icons aren't supported.

Greetings!

A while back i had downloaded (but not installed) the OP's "Papirus" icon set. To be of some help here, I looked in its archive just now and can confirm that the usual icon sizes are supported (16x16, 22x22, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64 & Symbolic), and each size also comes in a high-dpi version (ie 48x8@2x).

Cheers, m4a

slytry · 2018-11-09 20:51:02

I tried all your suggestions, but nothing worked.
I'm sorry.
Anyway now I'm getting used, so it is not a real problem anymore.
Thank you.

ToZ · 2018-11-09 21:07:38

My apologies, I just realized there is a typo there. The parameter should be:

gtk-menu=48,48

...note the , (comma) instead of the x.

It supports all the way up to 512 as per the available icon sizes that mint4all references.

slytry · 2018-11-09 22:04:04

Voila!
I set "gtk-menu=24,24" and it's gold for my eyes!
Thank you.
You know if I can edit the tiltle of the post to add a tag "solved"?
Thank you again

Last edited by slytry (2018-11-09 22:05:51)

ToZ · 2018-11-09 22:45:41

slytry wrote:

You know if I can edit the tiltle of the post to add a tag "solved"?

Yes you can. Edit the first post.

mint4all · 2018-11-10 20:51:15

ToZ wrote:

My apologies, I just realized there is a typo there. The parameter should be:
gtk-menu=48,48
...note the , (comma) instead of the x.
It supports all the way up to 512 as per the available icon sizes that mint4all references.

Thanks a lot for looking into this! I've successfully tweaked my system, and the larger icons in the menu are easier to recognize and look well-balanced with my choice of menu-font.

In addition, i've successfully added the ":gtk-button=28,28" option with the result that the panel-buttons' icons in my launchers are a bit larger, thus appear more refined; moreover the various context menus are a bit larger as well, and the various action-buttons' images on the popup-windows finally display the icon theme's REAL images, and not just the down-graded/default 16x16px images.

All in all -- a great result! Kudos to Xfce's tweakability smile

Cheers, m4a

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[Solved] Change size of desktop pop-up menu icons

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