Can't adjust launcher icon size

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/08/2014 02:21 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 02/08/2014 06:38 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>>
>>> dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/icon-size 16
>>>
>>> The effect is immediate.
>>
>> Must be something that became possible after 12.04 as I just tried it and it
>> had no effect. Next time I boot the laptop I will run it there where it
>> will be more useful anyway.
>
> You'd mentioned 13.10 earlier.

Maybe it got trimmed somewhere but I believe I mentioned it in reference 
to my notebook which is running 13.10.

> gsettings and dconf work for 12.10/13.04/13.10/14.04.
>
> For 12.04, you have to use gconftool-2.
>
>  From some old notes:
>
> gconftool-2 --type int --set
> /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/icon_size 32

When I try this changing 32 to 16 or to 24 the icons are not resized. If 
I look at the xml file directly I see the icon_size line does change to 
the value I set.

> Try
>
> gconftool-2 --get /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/icon_size
>

Running this command does report the changed size in the xml file, but 
looking at settings-->appearance still shows 32 as the icon size.

I will use the commands give earlier in this thread to change the icon 
size on my laptop running 13.10 where it will make a more of a 
difference.  On this desktop it would have been nice to have them 
smaller but not really necessary.  Sometimes I just like to fiddle with 
things.

Thanks for your help.

Regards, Jim