Cinnamon optimal settings for left taskbar

set-cinnamon.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Set Cinnamon panel icon sizes and panel height.
# Restart Cinnamon (Alt+F2 → cinnamon --replace) after running.

# Fullcolor (app/window icons): 22px
gsettings set org.cinnamon panel-zone-icon-sizes '[{"left":30,"center":30,"right":30,"panelId":1}]'

# Symbolic (tray/system icons): 16px
gsettings set org.cinnamon panel-zone-symbolic-icon-sizes '[{"left":20,"center":20,"right":20,"panelId":1}]'

# Panel font size: 10 pt
gsettings set org.cinnamon panel-zone-text-sizes '[{"left":10,"center":10,"right":10,"panelId":1}]'

# Panel height: 160px (preserves other panels if present)
current=$(gsettings get org.cinnamon panels-height)
new=$(echo "$current" | sed "s/1:[0-9]*/1:160/g")
gsettings set org.cinnamon panels-height "$new"

echo "Panel icon sizes, font size and height updated. Restart Cinnamon (Alt+F2 → cinnamon --replace) to apply."