how do I set my icon grid to a better shape?

Question

I'm running a Lubuntu 14.04 in my computer.

I wanna use auto-arrange the icons in the desktop but the columns in wich they arrange have too wide horizontal separation.

Is there some parameter to change this?

Answer 1

I wrote iconic to solve this problem by letting you define grid dimensions for your icons. Additionally it will:

• Allow you to move icons to any of three monitors
• Not suffer the "lost icon syndrome" that occurs when monitors of multiple resolutions are used
• Sort icons alphabetically, alphabetically with "Link to" prefix ignored, sort by modified date ascending or date descending
• Allow different grid size (columns x rows) depending on monitor, EG more on 4K monitor than 2K monitor
• Instant Test button for quick experimentation on column x row changes or reserved space changes for monitor left, top, right or bottom areas
• Test button will last for x seconds defined by you, clear all windows before test and restore them after test
• Bash script for easy modifications

You can get the script on github.

Here's the main screen:

Visit the github page for iconic to see all the other screens, explanations and a copy of the script.