Change number of characters per line in a folder's name

Question

I have noticed that the number of characters allowed per line in a folder's name is lower in Ubuntu 18.04 than it was in Ubuntu 16.04. This causes some long words to be forcefully split between two lines, resulting in an ugly appearance of my desktop. Is there any way to make Ubuntu accept longer lines on folders' names, that is, to change the number of characters that it allows in every line?

Answer 1

Well, I've found your post because I also have this question. It's much more clear how to add maximum number of filename's lines in Nautilus icon view; not the exact answer, but maybe helps:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view text-ellipsis-limit 5

Answer 2

You can use dconf-editor to change the text-ellipsis-limit value in org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view.

You may check this answer to "Can we (easily) turn off the line wrapping of icons on the desktop?"