{"id":32691,"date":"2020-08-30T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T14:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32691"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:27:44","slug":"reduce-icon-spacing-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/reduce-icon-spacing-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Top bar Indicator Icon Spacing in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Shell, application indicator on top panel has wide spaces between icons. You can reduce the icon spacing via an extension called <i>Unite<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Unite is a Gnome Shell extension which makes a few layout tweaks to the top panel and removes window decorations to make it look like Ubuntu Unity Shell. With the extension, your system tray area will look like:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/panel-iconspacing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32692\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To install the extension, do following steps one by one.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell-600x139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell-450x104.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Run command to install the extension required <code>x11-utils<\/code> library:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install x11-utils<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/1287\/unite\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extensions.gnome.org\/&#8230;\/unite\/<\/a>, toggle on and install the extension.<\/p>\n<p><i>If you don&#8217;t see the toggle icon, click link to install browser extension and refresh this web page<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/install-unite.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"302\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/install-unite.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/install-unite-450x261.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The extension by default reduces top bar item spacing. To tweak other panel appearance, open <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> (or <b>Extensions<\/b> tool), and go to unite settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/unite-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/unite-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/unite-settings-450x296.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Shell, application indicator on top panel has wide spaces between icons. You can reduce the icon spacing via an extension called Unite. Unite is a Gnome Shell extension which makes a few layout tweaks to the top panel and removes window decorations to make it look like Ubuntu Unity Shell. 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