Xfce is my favourite desktop environment, simple is beautiful 😀 but it has one point I don’t like: the desktop icons with ugly background & borders around the text. I found the tip can make it looks nice 🙂
1. Open up a terminal, and create and edit a GTK configuration file:
touch ~/.gtkrc-2.0
nano ~/.gtkrc-2.0
2. Copy and paste in it the following:
style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
}
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"
You can also change the font colors.
style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
base[NORMAL] = "#3F6BA4"
base[SELECTED] = "#3F6BA4"
base[ACTIVE] = "#3F6BA4"
fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff"
}
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"
Gives the icon text a dark black background with white text.
3. Save the file and exit. You may need to log out and in again for the changes to take effect.
Source: xubuntu.wordpress.com
“Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for various *NIX systems. Designed for productivity, it loads and executes applications fast, while conserving system resources.” – Olivier Fourdan, creator of Xfce