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--- linux:apps:xfce [2026/08/29 19:58] – oscar
+++ linux:apps:xfce [2026/09/08 17:50] (current) – oscar
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 === Per-User Themes ===
-    GTK Themes: ~/.local/share/themes/  or ~/.themes
+    GTK Themes [modern]: ~/.local/share/themes
+    GTK Themes [legacy]: ~/.themes
     Icon Themes: ~/.local/share/icons or ~/.icons
     Window Manager (xfwm4) Themes: ~/.local/share/themes/
-=== Custom own Themes ===
-    GTK Themes: ~/.themes
 ==== How to Install a New Theme ====
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 . Restart browser
+===== Lightdm Login Styling =====
+Login page is created by lightdm. Modify styling by doing:
+<code>
+# nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
+--------------------------------------------
+Modify the following lines:
+theme-name=Adwaita-dark
+font-name=Sans Regular 11
+xft-antialias=true
+</code>
+===== Desktop Icon Spacing =====
+To change the icon appearance on the desktop, to:
+ - Show multi line icon text labels
+ - Reduce the space between icon image and text
+ - Change the distance between icons
+Edit the `gtk-3.0/gtk.css` file of the theme and add the following lines:
+```
+$ nano /.local/share/themes/Shades-of-gray-Orange/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+XfdesktopIconView.view {
+    -XfdesktopIconView-ellipsize-icon-labels: 0;    	/* Allow multi-line text wrapping without truncation */
+    -XfdesktopIconView-cell-padding: -4;    			/* Keep cell padding non-negative so bounding boxes do not bleed */
+    -XfdesktopIconView-cell-text-width-proportion: 2.5; /* Tighten vertical space specifically between the icon image and the text label */
+}
+XfdesktopIconView.view .label {
+    background: transparent;
+}
+```
+To restart the XFCE, execute:
+```
+$ pkill xfdesktop && xfdesktop &
+```
+===== XFCE Debugger / Inspector =====
+To start inspector window:
+```
+$ pkill xfdesktop && GTK_DEBUG=interactive xfdesktop
+```
 ===== Links =====
   * [[http://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu]]
   * [[https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce]]