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How can I control the height of the title bar in xfce?
I only have medium experience with linux desktops, I could change some settings in a text file or install a package, but an instruction that would outline the major steps would be great.
I could not find an answer that I could understand or follow to this question during my searching.
Alojz Janez
Posted 2013-05-17T08:04:20.773
Reputation: 691
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I found out it is not possible by changeing some numerical height value, because the height of the window title bar is not dynamically generated. It is drawn based on a graphical element that is part of the theme and this has a fixed height.
To do what I was asking for, it would be necessary to create a new theme that has the desired proportions.
There are also "compact" themes that have more space because they draw some elements smaller, but they are hard to find and it is still not as small as I would like.
Alojz Janez
Posted 2013-05-17T08:04:20.773
Reputation: 691
How would one go about doing this? Do I just scale all the images in the xfwm4 folder by the same proportion manually? – Aaron Franke – 2016-03-08T23:46:01.973
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Go to Settings > Window Manager > Style (first tab)
The height of the title bar in XFCE depends on the "Theme" you choose.
Hypocritus
Posted 2013-05-17T08:04:20.773
Reputation: 21
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I solved this issue by editing the xpm-files in /usr/share/themes/
xpm-files can be edited in a text editor.
Mirco
Posted 2013-05-17T08:04:20.773
Reputation: 1
@parkydr Changing the font size at Settings / Window Manager / Style / Title font does not change the window title bar height. If you choose a large font, it will be only partially visible in the title bar, but the title bar size will not change. – Sampo Smolander – 2014-06-20T00:25:06.760
Have you tried changing the title font size? – parkydr – 2013-05-17T11:08:37.450
I will try and find out how to do that. But my impression is that I will also want to reduce the space above and below the text, which probably won't work that way – Alojz Janez – 2013-05-17T18:36:23.787
1If that doesn't work, you'll have to edit the themes in /usr/share/themes and change the title xpm image files – parkydr – 2013-05-17T20:05:40.933