How to resize Launcher in Unity 2D

Here's a short tutorial and screenshot tour explaining how to resize Launcher in Unity 2D in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin from its default size of 48px down to 32px by making several configuration files changes.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-unity-2d-resize-launcher.html


Cheers,
Mrk

 

nice tutorial mrk

please correct me if it possible with this way as well in 2d mode ?

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=322935

 

People who do this need to keep in mind that each time Unity is upgraded, the whole work has to be redone. I followed the instructions once successfully to resize stuff but shortly thereafter Unity was upgraded and it would have to be done all over again keeping in mind that line numbers may change. That was one of the reasons I moved to Xfce!

 

I haven't tried ... not sure if this is a good idea though.
Mrk

 

i mean without install anything else

just form right click wallpaper change menu window

you see option there on next tab its silly to put it there some how by accident i found it.

 

If you mean resizing the icons from there, that facility wasn't available for Unity 2D last time I looked. That's why one had to resort to the lengthy way of editing files.

That facility was there only for Unity 3D (again, the last time I looked). I'll check again.

 

Okay, ... this is with a fully updated system:

In Unity 3D, right-clicking on the desktop gives an option to "Change Desktop Background". Choosing that and then, in the "Look" tab, there is "Launcher icon size" and a slider.

In Unity 2D, there is no such thing.

Also, it maybe that 12.10 will no longer have Unity 3D and Unity 2D, possibly because of the improvements that the Red Hat team made in GNOME 3.4. So I'm going to wait and see. I'll continue with Xfce till then.

 

vasa i mean this strange i check again later

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2048492&postcount=10

 

That's for 3D.
Mrk

 

thanks mrk whats your review on this

http://www.netrunner-os.com/screenshots/

and mandriva base distro

Mageia 2 and Rosa

 

Mack, take a look: the resizing option (in red) is missing in 2D. I don't know why!

 

thanks vasa in this case i guess mrk tutorial help a lot
and we could also use ubuntu tweak if it work )

 

Only the tutorial will work since it requires editing a bunch of files. I've looked at Ubuntu Tweak. It can't handle such a situation.

Further, each time they upgrade Unity, the work will have to be done again. I'm not sure it's a good idea to restore a backup in this case because the author had noted that the relevant lines that need to be changed maybe be pushed up or down.

All in all, it's too much of a hassle in my opinion, given how often Unity is upgraded:
https://launchpad.net/unity/ series

PS: just got another Unity update