Arc-theme: Xfce: Text under desktop icons misaligned with shadow

Created on 16 Jul 2016 · 24Comments · Source: horst3180/arc-theme

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Distribution: Fedora 24
Desktop environment: Xfce
GTK+ 3 version: 3.20.6
Arc version (commit): 894573ec7564

The text for icons on the desktop is misaligned with the shadow. Switching to another theme, such as adwaita or greybird solves the problem.

Arc:
xfce_shadow

Greybird:
xfce_greybird

Source

csmart

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Most helpful comment

Hi.
This command fixed my issue within text shadow issue :
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/center-text -n -t bool -s false
Source: AskUbuntu

Chiheb-Nexus on 4 Sep 2016

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606 is a proposed fix for this.

jlu5 on 16 Jul 2016

Thanks. This patch does not seem to solve the problem for me though, unfortunately :-(

csmart on 16 Jul 2016

You might need to log out and back in again for the themes to update.

jlu5 on 16 Jul 2016

Sorry, packaging with packaging. I fixed that and yes, it solves the problem for me. I didn't notice any other side effects, either. Thanks!

csmart on 17 Jul 2016

Confirmed as an issue here on Linux Lite. Have patched this for our users.

linuxlite on 18 Jul 2016

With Xfce, I've noticed though that the patch from #606 appears to just disable the desktop text shadow entirely instead of fixing its positioning. So the text becomes completely white, which is slightly hard to read with a light wallpaper.

jlu5 on 18 Jul 2016

There's some more background about this issue on the Launchpad bug.

jbicha on 18 Jul 2016

I haven't tested but I assume this affect the Vertex theme too.

jbicha on 18 Jul 2016

@GLolol you're right, it is not a proper fix. Since it is an issue for a lot of themes, as described in the Launchpad bug linked form @jbicha , I suppose we should wait for updates from the murrine engine. Until then we'll have to downgrade or use #606 temporarily.

Angelogeb on 18 Jul 2016

Okay, I borrowed a fix from Greybird. The shadows aren't drawn by the murrine engine anymore, so it should be fixed now.

horst3180 on 26 Jul 2016

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Fix looks good here @horst3180 Thank you.

linuxlite on 26 Jul 2016

@horst3180 Nice work. I think this bug affects Vertex too.

jbicha on 27 Jul 2016

Hi, still having this problem using arc-theme and arc-theme-git packages in OpenSuse repository (Debian packages)

diegombeltran on 2 Sep 2016

Hi.
This command fixed my issue within text shadow issue :
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/center-text -n -t bool -s false
Source: AskUbuntu

Chiheb-Nexus on 4 Sep 2016

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It works!

diegombeltran on 5 Sep 2016

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@Chiheb-Nexus thanks that worked very well :+1: on xubuntu.

abhimanyu003 on 12 Sep 2016

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It works ... manjaro xfce 4.12

JohnPortella on 24 Feb 2018

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@Chiheb-Nexus thanks!

kingm0b on 27 May 2018

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Worked for me thanks! @Chiheb-Nexus

shinebayar-g on 27 Aug 2018

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@Chiheb-Nexus perfect! working like a charme! no problems with icon-text after the command!

dschense on 1 Oct 2018

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Hi.
This command fixed my issue within text shadow issue :
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/center-text -n -t bool -s false
Source: AskUbuntu

It worked like a charm! Thx m8!!!!!

toty88 on 6 Nov 2018

Hi.
This command fixed my issue within text shadow issue :
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/center-text -n -t bool -s false
Source: AskUbuntu

Same story here on Manjaro 18.0.0, solved the problem