https://docs.xfce.org/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:31:18 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://docs.xfce.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png https://docs.xfce.org/ https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/archive?rev=1563874223&do=diff thunar-archive-plugin About The Thunar Archive Plugin allows you to create and extract archive files using the file context menus in the Thunar file manager. For example, to create a new archive, select the files and folders you want to add to the archive, right-click on one of the selected files and select anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:30:23 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/custom-actions?rev=1595520861&do=diff Custom Actions Thunar allows users to add custom actions to the file and folder context menus (by the use of the thunar-uca plugin, part of the Thunar distribution, in the plugins/ subdirectory). You can set up new actions in the dialog, available via the anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:14:21 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/faq?rev=1563869197&do=diff ---------- Frequently Asked Questions ---------- The intent of this section is to collect the quite numerous frequently asked questions that relate to working with Thunar. If you know of a question that is missing from this page, please file a request. ---------- anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:06:37 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/hidden-settings?rev=1563869755&do=diff Advanced Settings While most setting can be configured using the menu and/or the Preferences dialog, some of the settings are not visible in the interface because they are considered not general enough for the average user. The Settings Editor Open the Thunar tab in the anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:15:55 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/media-tags?rev=1563874327&do=diff thunar-media-tags-plugin About The Thunar Media Tags Plugin (thunar-media-tags-plugin) adds special features for media files to the Thunar File Manager. Currently, these are: * A bulk renamer option, which allows users to rename multiple audio files at once, based on their tags (e.g. ID3 or OGG/Vorbis), anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:32:07 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/preferences?rev=1563873621&do=diff File Manager Preferences Use the dialog to customize Thunar settings to your liking. To open the preferences dialog, choose from the menu bar. The File Manager Preferences dialog is divided into four tabs with different options, each described in a separate section below. Basically you can set preferences in the following categories: anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:20:21 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/send-to?rev=1563873689&do=diff The "Send To" Menu Thunar includes a menu, which provides possible targets where files and folders can be sent. To access the menu, choose from the main menu, or right-click on a file or folder and choose . By default, the menu includes an entry named anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:21:29 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/start?rev=1563868704&do=diff Thunar File Manager Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy to use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive and does not include any confusing or useless options by default. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:58:24 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/the-file-manager-window?rev=1563873249&do=diff The File Manager Window By default, the file manager window consists of a Side Pane on the left, the Main Area on the right and a Location Selector above the main area. Side Pane The is organized into three categories of objects: Devices, Places anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:14:09 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/tumbler?rev=1563870163&do=diff Tumbler The Tumbler package contains a D-Bus thumbnailing service based on the thumbnail management D-Bus specification. This is useful for generating thumbnail images of files. Configuration Tumbler has since version 0.1.27 a configuration file to control the priority, locations and file sizes the plugin is used for: anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:22:43 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/unix-filesystem?rev=1563869805&do=diff The UNIX File System While the Thunar file manager does a good job at abstracting the details of the underlying file system so the user does not need to care about them, it is sometimes useful to understand the basic concepts to get the whole picture. This section tries to give a brief introduction to the concepts of the UNIX file system, which is used today by all incarnations of UNIX, including Linux. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:16:45 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/using-removable-media?rev=1563873526&do=diff Using Removable Drives and Media Accessing Removable Media Before we talk about managing removable media, we need to explain the terms mount, unmount and eject. The Unix file system treats all drives and media as files, albeit a special type of file. In order to be able to access the files on a particular medium, you must first mount the device. This can be accomplished through the command line with the anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:18:46 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/working-with-files-and-folders?rev=1577567393&do=diff Working with Files and Folders Opening Files When opening a file, either via the main menu, via the file's context menu, by double-clicking on it or by hitting the enter key, the file manager performs the default action for that file type. For example, opening a text file will display it in the default text editor, while opening an image file will display the image in the default image viewer. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:09:53 +0000