Public bug reported: Changing the icon size in nautilus (ctrl-+ or ctrl--) causes the size of icons on the desktop to change too. No GUI method to change icon sizes on desktop alone.
Expected behavior: size of icons on desktop does not change Actual behavior: size of icons on desktop scales along with icons in nautilus release: 16.04 icon theme: numix-circle ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-040400-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jan 24 21:01:42 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'267' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'960x1056+960+24'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'standard'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-visible-columns' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'date_modified']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-24 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151209) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537606 Title: Changing icon sizes causes desktop icon sizes to change too To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1537606/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs