# The space between two global menu item is too tight

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849>\
**Category:** Budgie Applets\
**Created:** [August 12, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849 "2018-08-12T13:50:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![biuld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/biuld/32/158_2.png) [@biuld](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/biuld)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/1 "2018-08-12T13:50:45Z")

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![Tooltip_007](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/0ef4880ecc42556e158670e4d1b823fcb67d6de5.jpg)

As you can see!  
So I was wondering how can I change the margin of each item?

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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:** [August 12, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/2 "2018-08-12T14:47:38Z")

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What theme are you using?

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**Author:** ![biuld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/biuld/32/158_2.png) [@biuld](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/biuld)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/3 "2018-08-12T14:56:05Z")

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arc-darker with arc icon

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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:** [August 12, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/4 "2018-08-12T15:01:41Z")

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The spacing is defined by the theme. So a fix needs to be suggested on the arc project

> **[arc-design/arc-theme](https://github.com/arc-design/arc-theme)**
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> A flat theme with transparent elements. Contribute to arc-design/arc-theme development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![biuld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/biuld/32/158_2.png) [@biuld](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/biuld)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/5 "2018-08-12T15:05:18Z")

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all right, thanks for your patience

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**Author:** ![frambla](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/frambla/32/2990_2.png) [@frambla](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/frambla)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-space-between-two-global-menu-item-is-too-tight/849/6 "2020-12-03T07:14:15Z")

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I know this is an old thread, but I have found the same problem in Ubuntu 20.04. Although it isn’t probably the best solution, while themes don’t get updated or you have the same problem that me and don’t know how to solve it, my suggestion is to override theme settings in a customized css file.

I’m not sure why (maybe it’s because I have moved to Budgie from standard Ubuntu with Gnome and most themes where already installed there), but, in my case, the spacing was too small for all the installed themes so I tweaked it by adding this code to ./config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css:

```
.-vala-panel-appmenu-private > menuitem > label {
   padding-left: 8px;
}

```

After doing that, you have to reload budgie-panel. You can just restart your session or even easier, restart your panel running this command in a terminal:

```
budgie-panel --replace &

```

Remember to add the ending ‘&’ to run this command in background, if you don’t, panel will end when you close the terminal you launched it from.