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| ====== Usage ====== | ~~NOTOC~~ |
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| | ====== xfdesktop - Usage ====== |
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| | * **[[#Background|Background]]** |
| | * **[[#Icons|Icons]]** |
| | * **[[#Menus|Menus]]** |
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| ''xfdesktop'' is responsible for drawing the desktop's background, or "wallpaper", as well as icons on the desktop. | ''xfdesktop'' is responsible for drawing the desktop's background, or "wallpaper", as well as icons on the desktop. |
| <figure "Desktop with icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_wicons_nopanel4.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Desktop with icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_wicons_nopanel4.png?600nolink|}}</figure> |
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| ===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== |
| There are various options for setting a background image - the final background is composed of a solid color or gradient, with an image (with optional transparency) composited on top. Images can be manipulated in various ways to fill the screen, such as being stretched, zoomed, scaled, centered or tiled. | There are various options for setting a background image - the final background is composed of a solid color or gradient, with an image (with optional transparency) composited on top. Images can be manipulated in various ways to fill the screen, such as being stretched, zoomed, scaled, centered or tiled. |
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| <figure "Tiled background image">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_tiled2.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Tiled background image">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_tiled2.png?600nolink|}}</figure> |
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| Rather than an image, a color or gradient of two colors can also be used as the desktop background. Gradients can be either horizontal or vertical. | Rather than an image, a color or gradient of two colors can also be used as the desktop background. Gradients can be either horizontal or vertical. |
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| <figure "Vertical gradient background">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_vertgradient2.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Vertical gradient background">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_vertgradient2.png?600nolink|}}</figure> |
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| As the final background can be composed of a color and an image on top, you can mix the two to produce some interesting effects using semi-transparent images on top of various colors. When an image is centered or scaled and doesn't fill the exact dimensions, the background color is shown on either side of the image. | As the final background can be composed of a color and an image on top, you can mix the two to produce some interesting effects using semi-transparent images on top of various colors. When an image is centered or scaled and doesn't fill the exact dimensions, the background color is shown on either side of the image. |
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| <figure "Horizontal gradient background with semi-transparent image on top">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop-tiled-gradient-background.png?nolink&|}}</figure> | <figure "Horizontal gradient background with semi-transparent image on top">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:semitrans.png?600nolink|}}</figure> |
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| <note tip>If the image style is set to **None** and a transparent color is chosen, then the desktop background defaults to plain white.</note> | <note tip>If the image style is set to **None** and a transparent color is chosen, then the desktop background defaults to plain white.</note> |
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| ===== Icons ===== | ===== Icons ===== |
| Icons drawn on the desktop can either be file/launcher icons or minimised application windows. These can be customized to be different sizes, with a custom font and tooltip size, with the option to turn off tooltips altogether. The **File/launcher** option displays files, folders, and launchers as icons on your desktop that can be freely arranged, named, copied and moved, modelled to have a similar look and feel as a regular file manager. Launchers can be edited via right-clicking and selecting **Edit Launcher**. | Icons drawn on the desktop can either be file/launcher icons or minimised application windows. These can be customized to be different sizes, with a custom font and tooltip size, with the option to turn off tooltips altogether. The **File/launcher** option displays files, folders, and launchers as icons on your desktop that can be freely arranged, named, copied and moved, modelled to have a similar look and feel as a regular file manager. Launchers can be edited via right-clicking and selecting **Edit Launcher**. |
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| <figure "Large file/launcher icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:large_icons.png?nolink|}}</figure> | Note: Optionally you can use a [[:xfce:tumbler:available_plugins#customized_thumbnailer_for_folders|customized thumbnailer for folder]], to use foreign images for folder desktop icons. |
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| | <figure "Large file/launcher icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:large_icons.png?600nolink|}}</figure> |
| <figure "Edit launcher from context menu">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:edit_launcher.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Edit launcher from context menu">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:edit_launcher.png?nolink|}}</figure> |
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| <figure ".desktop files in Thunar">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:thunar_desktop.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure ".desktop files in Thunar">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:thunar_desktop.png?nolink|}}</figure> |
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| ===== Menus ===== | ===== Menus ===== |
| <figure "Window list menu">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:window_list.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Window list menu">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:window_list.png?nolink|}}</figure> |
| <figure "Grouped workspace entries">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:grouped_list2.png?nolink|}}</figure> | <figure "Grouped workspace entries">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:grouped_list2.png?nolink|}}</figure> |
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