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Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

Post by franckv1 »

Hi everyone,

I have searched in multiples forum, but not yet found the answer, is it possible to resize the preview of the window in the alt-tab menu.
I'm sure it's possible, but i didn't found the config file where i could change the value of the size of the preview.

Thanks for your answers.
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

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You will have to mention the version - 13? 17? 17.1?
And the Desktop - Cinnamon? Mate?
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

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Sorry mint version 17.1 and cinnamon as desktop
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

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You can edit cinnamon.css for the theme you are using.
For example, if you are using the Mint X theme.

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gksudo gedit /usr/share/themes/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
Go to line 1147, the Alt Tab section,
.switcher-list .thumbnail {
width: 256px;
}
Change 256px to a different value.
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

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Thanks for the reply, but it doesn't work for me.

Linux Mint theme installed so I modified the /usr/share/themes/Linux\ Mint/cinnamon/cinnamon.css file even the /usr/share/themes/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css file with the value 512px, restarted the computer but no changes on the thumbnail size. Tried an other value of 50px, no changes too :(
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

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Changing it to width: 512px makes it wider, but adding the line
height: 512px;
does not make it taller, for some reason.
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Re: Change thumbnail size in alt-tab menu

Post by franckv1 »

It changes now for me too.
In fact this modification is only in the "icon + thumbnail" mode (the third mode in the select box of the Alt-Tab section in the windows menu in the parameters). I was trying to modify the size of the thumbnail in the "thumbnail only" mode second mode in the select box of the Alt-Tab section.
I should have precise it before sorry.
And sorry for the name of the menu (if they are different) I have a french version.
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