Keyboard shortcut question...

[invex]

Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut which would perform the following action?
Desktop context menu/Desktop/Icon Size/Smaller

If not, is it possible to rearange Desktop context menu?

TIA

[kyphi]

That depends on what keyboard you use. On mine, I can invoke the Desktop context menu by pressing FN+Right Ctrl.

[invex]

Thank you.
I meant to create a shortcut, for example, 'Ctrl Alt 1' to switch desktop icon size to 'Smaller' instead of invoking desktop context menu and clicking Desktop, Iconsize, Smaller.
And 'Ctrl Alt 2' to switch to normal size.

[kyphi]

You might find a solution here: https://shortcutworld.com/Linux-Mint/li ... _Shortcuts

There is an entry for resizing icons but as far as I can tell this is meant for use in nemo and not the desktop.

[smurphos]

Yep Ctrl= and Crtl- don't work on the desktop only in nemo itself..

This is not as easy as it really should be.

Unfortunately there is no straightforward cli command to invoke this change, but it is scriptable albeit the method is an ugly hack.

This basic script would work OK if align to grid and autoarrange are off. As written this sets the icon size to small. Save the script somewhere sensible and then set up a custom keyboard shortcut to invoke the script in the Keyboard settings app. You'll normally need to specify the full patch to the script as the command for the custom shortcut.

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#!/bin/bash

#Script to set nemo desktop icon size to small

# Set Working Directory
cd "$HOME/.config/nemo" || exit

# Add current value to var
OLDSIZE=$(grep "^nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=" desktop-metadata)

# Set new value (2 = smaller, 3 = normal, 4 = larger)
NEWSIZE="nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=2"

# Kill nemo-desktop
pkill nemo-desktop

# Update $HOME/.config/nemo/desktop-metadata
sed -i "s|$OLDSIZE|$NEWSIZE|g" desktop-metadata

# Restart nemo-desktop
nemo-desktop

This second version toggles through the sizes - so you could use a single keyboard shortcut to cycle from smaller, normal, larger and back again

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#!/bin/bash

#Script to toghle nemo-desktop icon size

# Set Working Directory
cd "$HOME/.config/nemo" || exit

# Add current value to var
OLDSIZE=$(grep "^nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=" desktop-metadata)

# Set new value (2 = small, 3 = normal, 4 = large)
if [[ $OLDSIZE = "nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=2" ]]; then
	NEWSIZE="nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=3"
elif [[ $OLDSIZE = "nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=3" ]]; then
	NEWSIZE="nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=4"
else
    NEWSIZE="nemo-icon-view-zoom-level=2"
fi
# Kill nemo-desktop
pkill nemo-desktop

# Update $HOME/.config/nemo/desktop-metadata
sed -i "s|$OLDSIZE|$NEWSIZE|g" desktop-metadata

# Restart nemo-desktop
nemo-desktop

[invex]

Thank you very much! Awsome.

Both scripts work great.
So the only thing needed would be to disable Autoarrange and Align to Grid and to enable it at the end of the script.
Well beyond my ability

The reason why I'd like to control the icon size with a keyboard shortcut is because I use Conky and if I have too many icons they start disappearing behind Conky.

[invex]

I misunderstood. The second script doesn't require Autoarrange and Align to be off.
It works perfectly. Thank you again.
I'm jumping with joy