Desktop icons have no name

[manyaro01]

Desktop icons have no name, a square appears instead but there is no way to name the icon

[nikgnomic]

Desktop Icon's Text does not display upon signing in. (#381) · Issues · Xfce / xfdesktop · GitLab

Issue Description

Desktop Icon’s Text does not display upon signing in.

Steps to Reproduce Issue

1. Boot up system and log in.
2. Open Desktop Settings and go to the Desktop Icons tab and change the font size and change back to cause the Desktop Icon names to appear.
3. Log Out or Reboot, Log back in and Desktop Icons again not showing the text under them.

Expected Behavior

I would expect to be able to see the Desktop Icons names at all times

jean @jeandestouches · 2 weeks ago

In xfdesktop-settings → desktop icons → appearance → font size I unchecked then checked the font size option and set the font size to 10 then 12 again. It worked but did not survive a logout / login.
Otherwise, if font size box (in xfdesktop-settings) is unchecked then no issue, text under icons is showing up, including after logout / login.

Brian Tarricone closed with commit 81bea4a0 2 days ago

Issue should be resolved when next version of xfdesktop released

[manyaro01]

Increasing the font size automatically solved the problem, now they look like always, I will continue searching in case there is something else and for now I will put “there are no problems in updating” greetings manjaro team.

[manyaro01]

gracias

[nikgnomic]

mucho gracias for reporting this and confirming that changing font size settings works

I do not use desktop icons on my system so I would not have noticed this
but this information could help many other XFCE users with a similar issue