icon labels show only one line

Skaperen · 2022-05-28 22:34:37

i am now running Xubuntu 20.04 with Xfce 4,14. i was previously running Xubuntu 18.04 with Xfce 4,12.

previously, icons created with xxxx.desktop files in ~/Desktop would show up to 3 lines of text under the icon image. usually, i would set them to have just 2 lines since with 3 lines it would bump into the icon below. now, in 20.04, the labels show no more than 1 line. does anyone know what causes this and how to get at least 2 lines to show up?

ToZ · 2022-05-28 22:56:07

Try disabling ellipsized icon labels. Add the following to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css:

XfdesktopIconView.view { -XfdesktopIconView-ellipsize-icon-labels: 0; }

...and re-load xfdesktop:

pkill xfdesktop

More info gtk3 xfdesktop theme/config options here.

Last edited by ToZ (2022-05-29 01:00:33)

Skaperen · 2022-05-29 00:18:20

that file does not exist. should i create it and put that line in it?

Skaperen · 2022-05-29 00:26:53

do you mean ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css (note the "-")? that directory exists but only one file "bookmarks" is in there.

ToZ · 2022-05-29 01:00:16

Yes, sorry for the typo. Create the file if it doesn't exist.

Skaperen · 2022-05-29 02:04:24

that "fixed" it. thanks!

Last edited by Skaperen (2022-05-29 02:04:48)

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