Can't adjust launcher icon size

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/14/2014 03:42 PM, Tom H wrote:
> 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.
>

You're right, looking back I see I missed that sentence, then somehow 
the version under discussion got confused and I incorrectly thought you 
were saying given the right tool it could be done.

Regards,  Jim