How do I make the icons smaller in Stacks grid view for Snow Leopard?

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Since I installed Snow Leopard, I'm stuck with huge icons in my stacks/folder views in my dock. It use to adjust the layout and size of the window so that as many icons as possible fit on the screen, but now it shows huge icons and a scrollbar instead. I'd like the old behavior back so I don't have to scroll anymore.

Does anyone know where the setting for this is? Maybe hidden in some .plist?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 19 '11 at 14:40

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This is possible in Lion. Just press ⌘- or ⌘+ in the grid.

edited Oct 19 '11 at 14:40

Lri

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answered Jul 22 '11 at 22:02

jason

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '09 at 19:21

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Doesn't look to be possible, going by this current discussion at the Apple forum: Topic : Stacks have huge icons! (in grid view).

answered Sep 02 '09 at 19:21

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '09 at 05:41

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There doesn't seem to be a way to do so, but you can make them smaller by adding more items or using the fan or list views... Sorry I'm not more help!

answered Sep 17 '09 at 05:41

Elliott Bowles

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 12 '11 at 15:54

The Correct way of making your icons smaller using Mac OS X Lion is by first opening the folder to where you can view all the icons, now as what was stated earlier you will have you most pointer inside the folder with the icons, First push and hold COMMAND while pushing either - or + and there you go your icon will change!

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 19 '11 at 12:20

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The trick: In Terminal, tested in Lion and Snow Leopard:

defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -boolean YES
killall Dock

Then you can use cmd-+ and cmd-- while a Dock based list/grid is open.

edited Oct 19 '11 at 12:20

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 11:38

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How do I make the icons smaller in Stacks grid view for Snow Leopard?

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