How do I resize desktop icons in 14.04.1?

[lukon]

I cannot find the Nautilus settings control for resizing the desktop icons in Unity.

[deadflowr]

Do you mean actual desktop icons, or the launcher icons?

If you mean desktop icons then right click on the icon and adjust them there.

If you mean the unity launcher icons, then open the System Settings >> Appearance.
The icons can be adjusted here. Look below the pictures selection area for a slide bar for launcher icons.

[lukon]

Thanks, deadflowr. But I was looking for something with a more global effect. I wanted to set the default size of the desktop icons, so that they would be the same size, consistently, on all windows and stuff.

And this is about the icons on desktop and windows, not the ones in the launcher.

Hmm. Can I put the desktop icons into the Unity launcher?

And do note:

Everything on the following thread fails to do the trick:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2242348

Ok. I just found the solution.

Open a random window to view some random files. This is a nautilus window.

The window's title bar will display the name of the random folder you are viewing.

Mouse your cursor over that title bar and it switches to become a menu bar.

From that menu bar, select Edit>Preferences

Up pops a "Files Preferences" window where you can adjust icon sizes and other things.

Done!

[CantankRus]

The change isn't apparent until you close and reopen nautilus.
You can set the desktop icons independently.

What do you have on the desktop that you want to add to launcher?
You can create .desktop files for things you want to add to the launcher.

[ajgreeny]

Normally any application that is open will add an icon/launcher to the left side launchbar. Right click on that icon and select "Lock to launchbar"