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- | ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
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- | 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 [[https:// | + | 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 [[https:// |
+ | * [[#Why thunar forgets it's settings when run as root?|Why thunar forgets it's settings when run as root?]] | ||
+ | * [[#Why doesn' | ||
+ | * [[#Where does Thunar store the metadata associated with files? | ||
+ | * [[#Where does Thunar store its preferences? | ||
+ | * [[#How to use mouse gestures in Thunar?|How to use mouse gestures in Thunar?]] | ||
+ | * [[#How do I assign different keyboard shortcuts? | ||
+ | * [[#Why does Thunar display the fall-back icon for all files and folders? | ||
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+ | ===== Why thunar forgets it's settings when run as root? ===== | ||
+ | Thunar relies on xfconf to load/store its settings, the communication to xfconf is done via DBUS. Though for root per default no dbus-session is running. | ||
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+ | You can start thunar as root with dbus-session like this: | ||
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===== Why doesn' | ===== Why doesn' | ||
- | For security reasons Thunar only executes files of type application/ | + | For security reasons, by default |
- | Also note that for application/ | + | Also note that for application/ |
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+ | Execution of binary files explicitly needs to be enabled in the [[xfce: | ||
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===== Where does Thunar store the metadata associated with files? ===== | ===== Where does Thunar store the metadata associated with files? ===== | ||
Thunar associates various settings with files/ | Thunar associates various settings with files/ | ||
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===== Where does Thunar store its preferences? | ===== Where does Thunar store its preferences? | ||
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For an overview of the //hidden// settings, you can find an overview [[hidden-settings|here]]. | For an overview of the //hidden// settings, you can find an overview [[hidden-settings|here]]. | ||
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===== How to use mouse gestures in Thunar? ===== | ===== How to use mouse gestures in Thunar? ===== | ||
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===== How do I assign different keyboard shortcuts? ===== | ===== How do I assign different keyboard shortcuts? ===== | ||
- | If you want to rebind a shortcut, Thunar supports the standard GTK+ way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to. | ||
- | Read more about this in the general | + | Starting with thunar 4.18 you can make use of the [[xfce:thunar: |
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- | For thunar/gtk3, you need to quit thunar: | + | For Thunar 4.16 and before, please refer to the [[xfce:thunar:4.16: |
- | '' | + | Note that for some keys the '' |
- | And after that edit the accelerators located in '' | + | Check the [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/ |
+ | If you are a packager, or a system administrator, | ||
- | ===== Where does Thunar store the keyboard shortcuts? ===== | + | [[|Back To Top]] |
- | The custom keyboard shortcuts are stored in the standard GTK+ accel map format in a file located at '' | + | ---- |
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- | If you are a packager or a system administrator and want to provide a system wide default for the keyboard shortcuts, that is different from the default shortcuts in Thunar, you can create a file '' | + | |
===== Why does Thunar display the fall-back icon for all files and folders? ===== | ===== Why does Thunar display the fall-back icon for all files and folders? ===== | ||
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Depending on your system you might need to install the default GNOME icon theme in addition to your preferred icon theme (the Debian/ | Depending on your system you might need to install the default GNOME icon theme in addition to your preferred icon theme (the Debian/ | ||
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