GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 761610
Changing icon size changes the size of icons on desktop as well
Last modified: 2018-05-09 19:10:16 UTC
Changing icon size/zoom from the file browser (nautilus) causes the icon sizes on the desktop to scale as well. No way to adjust desktop icons independently. Ubuntu 16.04 Alpha, Unity desktop
I have the same problem.
This is now a problem after an upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10 with Nautilus version 3.20. Under 16.04 it was possible to set the icon size in folder windows independently. That is very useful when working with folders containing collections of images. Any chance of returning to the old behviour? Or perhaps creating a switch so the user has a choice of either behaviour?
I also preferred the old functionality.
This is no longer reproducible in nautilus 3.28.