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zebisnaga

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Registered: 2022-12-30

Posts: 38

Increase bar

Hi guys,
How can I increase the size of the bar as shown  in the image below?

https://ibb.co/9p0Zxjk

Thanks

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: Increase bar

Under Settings>>Panel>>Row Size you can set the pixels to increase the height(in your case). More pixels equals taller.

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zebisnaga

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Registered: 2022-12-30

Posts: 38

Re: Increase bar

Under Settings>>Panel>>Row Size you can set the pixels to increase the height(in your case). More pixels equals taller.

Ok this works but the software icons only resize when there is 36 pixels
There's a gap like shown in the image (35 pixels)

https://ibb.co/dBsGcTK

Is there a way to make the icons the same size as the boxes?

Thanks

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: Increase bar

I would try a different icon theme first. You may be able to adjust the padding etc on the icons with a .gtk3 config file. This is not my strong suite and @ToZ would likely be your guy here.

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: Increase bar

Under Settings>>Panel>>Row Size you can set the pixels to increase the height(in your case). More pixels equals taller.

Ok this works but the software icons only resize when there is 36 pixels
There's a gap like shown in the image (35 pixels)

https://ibb.co/dBsGcTK

Is there a way to make the icons the same size as the boxes?

Thanks

Can you be a little more specific about what you are referring to when you say "icons" and when you say "boxes"? Also, what version of xfce4-panel are you running?

In newer versions of xfce4-panel, there is an "Adjust Icon size Automatically" option, that will try to resize all of the panel icons to the same size.

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zebisnaga

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Registered: 2022-12-30

Posts: 38

Re: Increase bar

Under Settings>>Panel>>Row Size you can set the pixels to increase the height(in your case). More pixels equals taller.

Ok this works but the software icons only resize when there is 36 pixels
There's a gap like shown in the image (35 pixels)

https://ibb.co/dBsGcTK

Is there a way to make the icons the same size as the boxes?

Thanks

Can you be a little more specific about what you are referring to when you say "icons" and when you say "boxes"? Also, what version of xfce4-panel are you running?

In newer versions of xfce4-panel, there is an "Adjust Icon size Automatically" option, that will try to resize all of the panel icons to the same size.

I am using xfce4-panel/stable,now 4.18.2-1 amd64 is this the newer version? Because I can't see that "Adjust Icon size Automatically" option
.

When I say "icons" I mean the chrome icon, telegram icon, etc.
When I say "boxes" I mean the black squares around those icons.

zebisnaga

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Registered: 2022-12-30

Posts: 38

Re: Increase bar

@ToZ you mean this option? https://ibb.co/dBMPccK

This only updates these icons (https://ibb.co/7CDRNPr) , not these (https://ibb.co/kX09KVz) .

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: Increase bar

Yes. What GTK (Appearance) theme are you using?

The icons on the left look like they are from the Window Buttons (tasklist) plugin. Can you please confirm?
You can also try the xfce4-docklike-plugin as it will give you finer control of window button icon sizes.

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zebisnaga

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Registered: 2022-12-30

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Re: Increase bar

Yes. What GTK (Appearance) theme are you using?

The icons on the left look like they are from the Window Buttons (tasklist) plugin. Can you please confirm?
You can also try the xfce4-docklike-plugin as it will give you finer control of window button icon sizes.

I am using Adwaiata-dark.

I can confirm yes, they are Window Buttons from tasklist plugin.
In the new version (4.19) we can already increase this without creating a config file?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: Increase bar

The window button icons and the the other panel icons are connected when looking at size - they will size together with the icon size setting in the panel preferences. The best you can do with window button icon size is to either try to remove any existing padding:

.tasklist .toggle {padding: 0}

....or forcibly increase the size of the icon, but this will make it fuzzier:

.tasklist .toggle image {-gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.5);}

Both of these snippets would go into ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css. Have a read through this thread for more related information.

If you are looking for a code/snippet-free way of doing this, try replacing the Window Buttons plugin with the xfce4-docklike-plugin, as it has an option to manually adjust icon size in its preferences.

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