Show full name of files on Xfce desktop

Users Xfce We know that when we have a file or folder with a very long name on the desktop, it is reduced by adding three ellipsis at the end, as can be seen in the following image:

For me that is much more elegant and beautiful, but if you want to see the full name, we just have to add in the file .gtkrc-2.0 following:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::ellipsize-icon-labels = 0
}
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

Then we reboot xfdesktop:

$ killall xfdesktop && xfdesktop --reload

You can see other configuration options in this link.


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  1.   proper said

    woow that tip is great. I don't usually leave icons on the desktop but I will try this config only to test xDDD

    Great job Elav 😉

    1.    proper said

      works!!!

  2.   Eduardo said

    Interesting to know.

    I really appreciate the tips for Xfce.

  3.   Nonamed said

    curious, thanks

    and for thunar, can you make it abbreviate the files with the dots?

    it's a bit awkward to see the full files with the long names, because it makes them take up a lot of space and it looks really ugly (I mean thunar)