[SOLVED] How to scale panel icons

timbuck2 · 2018-12-31 04:21:41

Almost have my xfce panel set up, but the icons are too big and too close together. The panel is 35 pixels high and using 32x32 icon set.

How can I scale them down and space them out a bit? Thanks.

Last edited by timbuck2 (2019-01-03 00:52:32)

ToZ · 2018-12-31 04:58:50

Can you provide some more details? The answer will vary.

- Which distro?
- Which version of xfce4-panel?
- Which icons? (specifically which plugins)
- Which GTK Appearance theme are you using?

And maybe a screenshot to show the issue.

timbuck2 · 2018-12-31 06:01:41

ToZ wrote:

Can you provide some more details? The answer will vary.
- Which distro?
- Which version of xfce4-panel?
- Which icons? (specifically which plugins)
- Which GTK Appearance theme are you using?
And maybe a screenshot to show the issue.

Linux Lite 4.2
xfce4-panel 4.12.2
Launcher Icons
Theme is Windows-10-master-theme

Want to get them a little smaller and some more space between them.

ToZ · 2018-12-31 12:33:10

Create or edit the file, ~/.gtkrc-2.0, with the following content:

style "launcher-padding"
{
   xthickness = 5
   ythickness = 5
}
widget "*launcher*" style "launcher-padding"

...and restart the panel:

xfce4-panel -r

Adjust the "5" as required.

timbuck2 · 2018-12-31 15:01:39

Worked perfect! Thanks so much. Happy New Year.

timbuck2 · 2019-01-01 03:34:53

One more thing if you could. When I move the mouse over the launchers in the panel, they turn to having a black background which is quite jarring. How can I disable this effect?

ToZ · 2019-01-01 04:16:40

Have a read through this thread. The answer lies in putting the "panel-button-hover.png" file in your home directory and the contents of post #18 in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file.

timbuck2 · 2019-01-01 04:45:56

Thanks, I read the thread but the link to http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6641/p … nhover.png seems to be broken.

Do you have an alternate source for it?

timbuck2 · 2019-01-01 04:56:43

Well based on the thread I made a new 48x24 image in Irfanview and saved it as png with all transparency options enabled as panel-button-hover.png in my home directory and added the example from post #18 into my ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file and changed to a temporary theme then back to my main theme and everything works. Thanks again!

ToZ · 2019-01-01 14:34:31

timbuck2 wrote:

Well based on the thread I made a new 48x24 image in Irfanview and saved it as png with all transparency options enabled as panel-button-hover.png in my home directory and added the example from post #18 into my ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file and changed to a temporary theme then back to my main theme and everything works. Thanks again!

Sorry, I didn't notice the broken link, but yes, you can create a simple transparent image and use it. Glad you got it to work.

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