Cannot resize launcher icons in Unity

Question

I am using Oneiric. I have Unity 4.28 installed. I have also installed CCSM, Ubuntu Tweak, Dconf tools and MyUnity. I have tried resizing the launcher icons using these tools, but none of them are having the desired effect.

It would help if any one could provide suggestions on how to resolve this issue.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '12 at 05:16

Probably because you're in a unity-2d session. Open a terminal, copy & paste this command in, press enter. Unity (3d) will return ubuntu, unity-2d will mean just that

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION

unity-2d doesn't support launcher resize yet, it's possible but that's another question.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '12 at 07:41

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Open CompizConfig Settings Manager. Go to Ubuntu Unity Plugin and go to tab Experimental.
Launcher icon size is the option you need.

answered Feb 02 '12 at 07:41

Ivan Dokov

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[Please note that ccsm may harm to your system](http://askubuntu.com/q/80589/3940). We actively discourage people to install and run it. – Takkat Feb 02 '12 at 09:19
Indeed the CCSM can harm your system, but this is a way to change the size of the icons. You can always uninstall it later. – Ivan Dokov Feb 03 '12 at 12:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '12 at 17:30

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Well this worked for me in 12.04. I have to use Unity-2D on my old laptop.

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

answered Jun 10 '12 at 17:30

Rhino

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Cannot resize launcher icons in Unity

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