# Desktop Icon Text Space

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197 "2019-06-27T14:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![makitso](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/makitso/32/4961_2.png) [@makitso](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/makitso)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/1 "2019-06-27T14:30:00Z")

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I have two systems, one running 18.10 Nautilus and the other 19.04 Nemo.  
On the 18.10 system the desktop icon text shows the complete name (light icon below). On 19.04 the text is truncated (dark icon below.

Is there some way to set the text width via an entry in dconf.editor in 19.04?  
Both systems run:  
Icons: Humanity  
Widgets: Pocillo  
Fonts: default

![unnamed](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/1/1b2db3003130e19a054d71aefe231b879272ab9d.png) ![icon](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/5/5d15ab56764b587f97f757671ee5cfe1bcf17702.png)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/2 "2019-06-27T14:34:38Z")

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Your desktop font does look bigger - does reducing the font size help?

> [@Can't change Desktop Fonts](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cant-change-desktop-fonts/2165/6):
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> Couple of screenshots of work in progress Desktop Icons via Nemo Desktop icons via DesktopFolder Needs more testing before making a PR upstream.

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**Author:** ![makitso](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/makitso/32/4961_2.png) [@makitso](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/makitso)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/3 "2019-06-27T14:34:57Z")

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Ok, answered my own question. By changing the text-ellipsis-limit to 3 fixed the problem.

As a side note, the default in Nautilus is 3 and the Nemo value is 2?

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**Author:** ![makitso](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/makitso/32/4961_2.png) [@makitso](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/makitso)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/4 "2019-06-27T14:46:59Z")

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Also, in Nautilus, the default font is set to Ubuntu 10 whereas in Nemo its set to Noto Sans 11.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/5 "2019-06-27T14:48:15Z")

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hmm - think maybe we should change those two defaults for 19.10…

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**Author:** ![makitso](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/makitso/32/4961_2.png) [@makitso](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/makitso)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/desktop-icon-text-space/2197/6 "2019-06-27T14:56:52Z")

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It would seem to me that the migration, from Nautilus to Nemo, should result in as few cosmetic issues as possible. But, I am a bit picky on cosmetics 🙂