How can I decrease size of Launcher icon size and other things?

[Tjkhan]

How to decrease size of Launcher icons? I can not use MyUnity. So please give me some other way.

Another thing, how can i make my desktop different? (not themes) any software?

I am noob so please explain in details.

Thank you.

[marianoa]

To change the size of the icons in the launcher you can go to "System settings" and then in "Appearance", there you should find a slider to set the size of the icons together with the wallpaper settings. I'm on 13.04

[Maverick Meerkat]

Hi Tjkhan,

Marianoa's advice is correct, but for additional "tweaks" I use the "Unity Tweak Tool" available in the Software Center.
I use that on my system running Ubuntu 13.04

Rick

[Maverick Meerkat]

Also...
If you right-click on the desktop, and select "Change Desktop Background" that will open the window Marianoa had mentioned.
Now, once you are there you will see a selection of different desktop backgrounds on the right. The first one, which has a little clock drawn on it, is a slideshow that changes throughout the day.
Above those thumbnails, you will see the tab "Wallpapers", if you click on that, you will then see that "Picture Folder" becomes available, allowing you to easily use any pictures you have stored in that folder as your desktop.

Below the thumbnails, you will see the "Theme" selector.
Below that, is the "Launcher icon size" selector.

Rick

[newb85]

If you want your wallpaper to automatically change periodically from a list you choose, Wallch is a great program for that. If you're using 13.04, it's in the repositories. Otherwise, you can add their PPA like this:


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wallch/3+
sudo apt-get update

Then you can install using Software Center, apt-get, Synaptic, or your preferred method.

[Tjkhan]

There is the problem. Below the thumbnails, "Theme" selector "Launcher icon size" selector doesnt show up. plz see the image below

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y504/tjkhan1/no_zps13c381bc.jpeg

I updated all things and but nothing. This making me MAD :(

[marianoa]

What is your Ubuntu version? Maybe in older versions (even if they're not so old afterall) the slider is missing, in that case unity-tweak-tool or ubuntu-tweak should help you change the icons size in the launcher

[Tjkhan]

What is your Ubuntu version? Maybe in older versions (even if they're not so old afterall) the slider is missing, in that case unity-tweak-tool or ubuntu-tweak should help you change the icons size in the launcher

Mine is 12.04
About tweak, not helping.

Did you try 12.04?
Is Ubuntu 13.04 better than 12.04? whats your opinion?

[marianoa]

What do you mean by "About tweak, not helping."? Did you try to install and use both unity-tweak-tool and ubuntu-tweak? Did you have problems in installing/using them?

As for installing a version more recent than 12.04, your current version is a LTS, it's meant to be more stable than non-LTS version. If you're a newbie and you have no big problems with 12.04 I'd suggest you stick to it. You can read more about LTS here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

[Dave_L]

There is the problem. Below the thumbnails, "Theme" selector "Launcher icon size" selector doesnt show up. plz see the image below

The selector is available if you're using Unity 3D, but not Unity 2D.

You can determine which with this command:

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION

The output is "ubuntu-2d" for Unity 2D and "ubuntu" for Unity 3D.

[Maverick Meerkat]

Dave is right, I checked on my 12.04 computer and I have the icon size on it, so I must be running Unity 3D.

What you may want to try, is this... on the top of the Appearance window you posted a picture of, click on the "Behavior" tab.
It might allow you to turn on "Auto-hide" which gets the launcher off your screen completely, until you move the pointer over there.
I use this feature more than the size anyway.

Rick

[Dave_L]

I came across this article, but I cannot vouch for its accuracy or safety. Use it at your own risk:
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-unity-2d-resize-launcher.html

[deadflowr]

The script and suggested method of using it here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1954637) works well enough for me on a not so great PC.

Whether you want to trust it or not is up to you.

[Tjkhan]

Thanks guys. Problem solved. Ubuntu 13.04 fixed everything. Facing no problem so far. ;)