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12 questions linked to/from 20.04 - How to change the size and appearance of desktop icons and the way they are handled?
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How do I get rid of the ugly selection boxes around the desktop icons in ubuntu 20.04? [duplicate]
It used to be so that the icon shape itself was the selection area in 18.04 and you also had the option of not snapping the icons to grid, all of that seems to be gone now in 20.04. Could someone ...
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20.04 - How to remove/resize white space arround Desktop Icons [duplicate]
After I upgraded my Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, I got a couple of unspected surprises and saw that the icons on the ubuntu's Desktop have a white box/space arround the icon that profoundly annoys me. (as ...
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How to change desktop icon size?
This is my desktop, the icon is too big.
I tried to use
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font "Ubuntu 9"
but the it changes only font size of the desktop icons.
I tried to use Compiz, ...
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How to make desktop icons less fat on Gnome 3.16?
I am contemplating putting these icons on a diet too, however before I start on their diet plan, I am going to try whatever you guys have on offer... So the problem at hand is that although I have now ...
user364819
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How to customize 19.10 Desktop Icon Font Size
I'm searching how to customize the desktop icons font size on Ubuntu 19.10 GNOME (standard) edition. For example, i Want 8px.
With 18.04, it was as simple as
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus....
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How to scale desktop icons in 18.04, v2.0, I want smaller!
I was wondering how to do it smaller than 50%...
Checking the other 2 posts:
How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04?
and
How to scale desktop icons in 18.04
There we have a ...
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Why was gnome-desktop-item-edit removed?
I have read here that this utility for creating desktop launchers was removed starting in Ubuntu 19.10. I have Ubuntu 20.04, and I took the single-file program from a 18.10 install, and put it in /usr/...
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How to show the full name of a file/folder on desktop of the Ubuntu 20.04?
My question is similar to this, but it is about ubuntu 20.04. Is there a way to view the full name of a file/folder on the desktop by clicking on it?
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Customize the right-click menu on the desktop in ubuntu 20.04?
How can I customize the right-click menu on the desktop in ubuntu 20.04?
also I am not using any desktop extension.
thanks in advance
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How to rearrange the position of icons in Show Applications (Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS)?
I'd want to change the icon positions in Show Applications. Although the icon is being dragged but it is not being placed where I want it to be. Icons are ordered alphabetically, but I want to ...
user1559742
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Hide text under icons on desktop possible?
I'm trying to hide the text/name of the desktop icons in the 21.04 version update.
Is that possible? I've looked around and I can't seem to find anything that's not outdated or working.
Thank you!
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Modify an icon on Ubuntu 20.04
I put a normal html file as a link on my desktop.
It has a basic icon, which I would like to modify, how can I do so?
PS: I was using a lovely sddm theme if it matters.
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