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Potomac

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[plasma] How to adjust the spacing between the icons in the desktop ?

Hello,

I upgraded plasma today (5.14.4-1 -> 5.14.5-1), and I use the oxygen theme,
I configured my desktop with the disposition "Folder Views", and I notice a change in plasma 5.14.5-1 : the spacing between icons on this folder view mode is much larger, is it normal ?

and I can't find a way to adjust the spacing between the icons on the desktop,

here is a screenshot of the problem :

https://reho.st/view/self/a1c674eb7b5f0 … 4c5433.jpg

thanks

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2019-01-11 00:14:58)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [plasma] How to adjust the spacing between the icons in the desktop ?

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Rog131

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Re: [plasma] How to adjust the spacing between the icons in the desktop ?

An older topic from the KDE Forums: Reducing space between desktop icons - https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=136447

Short quote:

Usually the KDE is using user settings and scripts before the system. So copying the /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/ to the ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.desktopcontainment/ and editing the folder qml scripts will tune the space between the icons.

Note !
You will need to restart the plasmashell after you edit the Qml scripts.

Shut the plasmashell down (krunner):

kquitapp5 plasmashell

Start the plasmashell:

plasmashell

Possible regression cause

There are two merges from the branch 'Plasma/5.12' into Plasma/5.14:

- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-desktop.git … 939b97c296
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-desktop.git … 692996ad36

If the reversing those helps: Check if there is a bug report against the plasma-desktop. If not file a new one: https://bugs.kde.org

----EDIT----

Seems to link https://phabricator.kde.org/D16901

KReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/a … l_5145_in/

Last edited by Rog131 (2019-01-11 10:19:24)

Potomac

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Re: [plasma] How to adjust the spacing between the icons in the desktop ?

Possible regression cause

There are two merges from the branch 'Plasma/5.12' into Plasma/5.14:

- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-desktop.git … 939b97c296
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-desktop.git … 692996ad36

If the reversing those helps: Check if there is a bug report against the plasma-desktop. If not file a new one: https://bugs.kde.org

yes you have found the faulty commits, if I revert these two commits then the spacing becomes smaller, like the previous version of plasma,

I have opened a bug report :
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403094

Last edited by Potomac (2019-01-11 22:15:57)