# Remove the borders of your desktop icon text in Xfce


Xfce is my favourite desktop environment, simple is beautiful :D but it has one point I don't like: the desktop icons with ugly background & borders around the text. I found the tip can make it looks nice :)

1\. Open up a terminal, and create and edit a GTK configuration file:

touch ~/.gtkrc-2.0
nano ~/.gtkrc-2.0

2\. Copy and paste in it the following:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
}
widget\_class "\*XfdesktopIconView\*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

You can also change the font colors.

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0

base\[NORMAL\] = "#3F6BA4"
base\[SELECTED\] = "#3F6BA4"
base\[ACTIVE\] = "#3F6BA4"

fg\[NORMAL\] = "#ffffff"
fg\[SELECTED\] = "#ffffff"
fg\[ACTIVE\] = "#ffffff"
}
widget\_class "\*XfdesktopIconView\*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

Gives the icon text a dark black background with white text.

3\. Save the file and exit. You may need to log out and in again for the changes to take effect.

Source: [xubuntu.wordpress.com](http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/howto-remove-the-borders-of-your-desktop-icon-text)

> "Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for various \*NIX systems. Designed for productivity, it loads and executes applications fast, while conserving system resources." - Olivier Fourdan, creator of Xfce