[Enhancement] Custom spacing in Icon View

[M3cubo]

 * Nemo version: **5.4.3**
 * Is issue with desktop or windowed nemo? **Windowed nemo**
 * Distribution: **Linux Mint 21**
 * Graphics hardware *and* driver used: **GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile**
 * 32 or 64 bit: **64 bit**

Issue

I just wanted to know if I can increment the spacing between the folders when using the Icon View. (I know that I can change the size, but I'm referring to the margin between them -or, the padding in every one-)

This is the default space:

This is what I want:

I have been trying to declare rules in css in the file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css:

.nemo-canvas-item  {
background: #addddd;
border-radius: 30px;
}

The above code works, as it results in:

...But I cannot made changes relative to the size, or the padding, of the Item. I don't know if "nemo-canvas-item" affects only the label, or if the CSS class responsible for that is another one. Or maybe is a parent class which has some "display:grid" or something like that? I don't know. Also, didn't find documentation about this, except random codes like that one.

So, it is possible to change the spacing of the folders with these CSS rules?

[donjan]

I'm struggling with something similar after switching from Nautilus to Nemo. The vertical distance between icons in Nemo is uncomfortably high, no matter the zoom level:

GTK theming is rather unapproachable for the uninitiated, and even after spending quite a while with GTK_DEBUG=interactive nemo and looking at the Yaru theme (gresource extract /usr/share/themes/Yaru/gtk-3.0/gtk.gresource /com/ubuntu/themes/Yaru/3.0/gtk.css), I can't figure out the setting. As OP notes, .nemo-canvas-item seems to only affect the text label. A pointer to where the icon view padding can be adjusted would be appreciated. Nemo version 6.0.2

[mtwebster]

There's no 'knob' for this stuff.

The spacing is currently hardcoded per zoom level for horizontal spacing. Vertical spacing is also affected by a couple of label settings.

(using dconf-editor)

• Clear the 'captions' setting - [] - this probably won't affect the zoom level in that screenshot, but it will for higher ones. You can also modify this from Edit->Preferences->Icon Captions.
• Set the 'text-ellipses-limit' to ['1'] - this defines how many lines to reserve for filenames before ellipsizing (...).

[donjan]

That helped with the vertical spacing. Thank you!

[JosephMcc]

@donjan I actually up the zoom level a bit in Nemo from the default. At a larger zoom, the horizontal spacing is actually much better.

[Jeremy7701]

Resizing the window width by small amounts has a minor effect on horizontal inter-icon spacing.