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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?600nolink|}}</figure> <figure "Desktop with icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:xfdesktop_wicons_nopanel4.png?600nolink|}}</figure>
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 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
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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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 +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.
  
 <figure "Large file/launcher icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:large_icons.png?600nolink|}}</figure> <figure "Large file/launcher icons">{{:xfce:xfdesktop:large_icons.png?600nolink|}}</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 =====
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 <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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 [[ :xfce:xfdesktop:start:|Return to Main xfdesktop page]] [[ :xfce:xfdesktop:start:|Return to Main xfdesktop page]]