Icon placement

[GraveyardDiver]

Hello all,

I have been trying to find out how I can make the desktop icons NOT "align to grid". I haven't been able to find anything in the desktop settings.
For example in Linux mint I can right click the desktop and uncheck the "align to grid" option and then I can space the desktop icons as close to one another as I want.

It would be nice to find out how to do this in MX so I can position my icons as I like.

Thanks in advance.

[chrispop99]

Which desktop version of Linux Mint are you comparing with?

Cinnamon, Mate, KDE, or Xfce?

Chris

[GraveyardDiver]

I had to go check.

Linux Mint 18 (Mate) 64 bit.

Right click the desktop and uncheck "keep aligned".

I can drag the icons literally on top of each other if I want. I'd like to be able to do the same thing with MX.

[TenderFoot]

In my recent thread viewtopic.php?f=93&t=44198 #7 you might like to try creating .gtkrc-2.0 (copy and paste - from above link -into an editor then save into ~home) and try playing with the icon-spacing values in the last section. Try setting them to 0 for instance?

PS The " . " in front of file name is important as the script is a hidden file.

[dolphin_oracle]

I guess I'm missing something. because with default settings, I can put the icons whereever they want. and they stay there between logins/logouts.

[richb]

I guess I'm missing something. because with default settings, I can put the icons whereever they want. and they stay there between logins/logouts.

Same here.

[dolphin_oracle]

ah, playing some more, you can't get closer than the icon size and font size of the icons. so far apart = easy. closer together = hard.

[chrispop99]

I had to go check.

Linux Mint 18 (Mate) 64 bit.

Right click the desktop and uncheck "keep aligned".

I can drag the icons literally on top of each other if I want. I'd like to be able to do the same thing with MX.

That's not possible with Xfce. It will always snap to grid.

It is possible to edit a text file to alter the spacing of the grid, but not to remove it. That's a limitation of Xfce, not MX

Chris

[chrispop99]

ah, playing some more, you can't get closer than the icon size and font size of the icons. so far apart = easy. closer together = hard.

As TenderFoot has said, you can alter the virtual grid size. You can't remove the snap-to-grid effect.

Chris

[richb]

It was hard for me to see any snap to grid effect on my hdpi display so it did not seem as much of a limitation.