Can't adjust launcher icon size

[Tom H]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.

As I said earlier, pre-13.04 you cannot set an icon size smaller than 32.