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--- xfce:thunar:hidden-settings [2018/07/12 11:15] – [Hidden Settings] alexxcons
+++ xfce:thunar:hidden-settings [2024/04/12 23:06] (current) – [[1] Window Title Styles] alexxcons
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-====== Advanced Settings ======
+~~NOTOC~~
+{{ :xfce:xfce.thunar.png?no link|}}
+====== Thunar - Advanced Settings ======
-While most setting can be configured using the menu and/or the [[preferences|Preferences dialog]], some of the settings are not visible in the interface because they are considered not general enough for the average user.
+Most Thunar settings can be configured within Thunar from the menu by selecting {gui>Menu>Edit>Preferences}. This will display the [[preferences|Preferences dialog]] window. Some of Thunar's settings are not visible in this interface because they are considered not general enough for the average user.
+  * **[[#Viewing advanced Thunar settings|Viewing advanced Thunar settings]]**
+  * **[[#Hidden Settings List|Hidden Settings List]]**
+  * **[[#Enabling/Adding Hidden Settings|Enabling/Adding Hidden Settings]]**
+  * **[[#Customising Thunar with CSS|Customising Thunar with CSS]]**
-===== Hidden Settings =====
+----
-The hidden settings need to be specifically enabled in the settings channel of Thunar to enable or change their functionality.
+===== Viewing advanced Thunar settings =====
-Below a table of the settings and the commands on how to enable them.
+Thunar's advanced settings can be accessed in two ways:
+   - From the GUI application [[xfce:xfce4-settings:editor|xfce4-settings-editor]]
+   - From the CLI using [[xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query|xfconf-query]]
+In the **xfce4-settings-editor**, select the //Thunar// channel in order to see which settings are currently stored and to modify them. Make sure to quit //Thunar// before with "thunar -q". Otherwise your changes will have no effect.
+For **xfconf-query**, open a terminal window and issue the command: ''xfconf-query --channel thunar -lv'' for a list of the current advanced settings and their respective values.
+[[|Back To Top]]
+----
+===== Hidden Settings List =====
+Below a table of the settings. These settings are defined in [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/thunar/thunar-preferences.c|https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/thunar/thunar-preferences.c]]
 ^ Property ^ Value Type ^ Description ^
 | /misc-always-show-tabs | bool | If the view tabs should always be visible. |
 | /misc-case-sensitive | bool | Determines whether the sorting should be done in a case-sensitive manner. The default is //false//. |
-| /misc-full-path-in-title | bool | Show the full directory path in the window title, instead of only the directory name. |
+| /misc-compact-view-max-chars | int | Number of filename characters to show in compact view. Ellipsization will be used if the filename is longer than the defined value. Set to 0 to prevent any ellipsization. **Available since thunar 4.17.x** |
+| /misc-confirm-move-to-trash | bool | If true enables a confirmation to move files to trash (similar to permanently delete) **since thunar 4.18.x** |
+| /misc-full-path-in-window-title | bool | Show the full directory path in the window title, instead of only the directory name. **since thunar 4.18.x, replaced by /misc-window-title-style since thunar 4.19.0** |
+| /misc-window-title-style | enum | Choose between 4 styles for the window title (see [1] for available options) **since thunar 4.19.0** |
 | /misc-horizontal-wheel-navigates | bool | Controls whether the horizontal mouse wheel is used to navigate back and forth within a Thunar view, or whether it should be used for horizontal scrolling. |
 | /misc-image-size-in-statusbar | bool | Show the image size in the statusbar when a single image file is selected in the view. This is disabled by default because it causes relatively high I/O when changing the selection quickly. |
+| /misc-open-new-windows-in-split-view | bool | If true, all thunar windows will have split view enabled. **since thunar 4.18.x** |
+| /misc-recursive-permissions | str | Whether to apply permissions recursively every time the permissions are altered by the user. THUNAR_TYPE_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS, THUNAR_RECURSIVE_PERMISSIONS_ASK |
 | /misc-remember-geometry | bool | Whether Thunar should remember the size of windows and apply that size to new windows. If //true// the width and height are saved to ''last-window-width'' and ''last-window-height''. If //false// the user may specify the start size in 'last-window-width'' and 'last-window-height''. This option is enabled by default. |
+| /misc-show-about-templates | bool | Whether to display the "About Templates" dialog, when opening the Templates folder from the Go menu. |
 | /misc-small-toolbar-icons | bool | Use small icons on the toolbar instead of the default toolbar size. |
+| /misc-switch-to-new-tab | bool | Whether if new tabs should be directly opened. The default is 'TRUE'. **Available since thunar 4.17.2** |
 | /misc-tab-close-middle-click | bool | Whether to close tabs when the tab label is clicked with the 2nd/middle-mouse-button. |
-| /misc-exec-shell-scripts-by-default | bool | Whether shell scripts should be executed or opened by default. The default action is to open them; setting this to TRUE will allow executing them. |
+| /misc-undo-redo-history-size | int | Maximum number of ThunarJobOperations which can be undone/redone -1 for unlimited **New in thunar 4.18.x** |
+| /misc-vertical-split-pane | bool | Whether on F3 the panes should be split vertically or horizontally. **Available since thunar 4.17.8** |
+==== [1] Window Title Styles ====
+  * THUNAR_WINDOW_TITLE_STYLE_FOLDER_NAME_WITH_THUNAR_SUFFIX (default)
+  * THUNAR_WINDOW_TITLE_STYLE_FOLDER_NAME_WITHOUT_THUNAR_SUFFIX
+  * THUNAR_WINDOW_TITLE_STYLE_FULL_PATH_WITH_THUNAR_SUFFIX
+  * THUNAR_WINDOW_TITLE_STYLE_FULL_PATH_WITHOUT_THUNAR_SUFFIX
+[[|Back To Top]]
+----
+===== Enabling/Adding Hidden Settings =====
+The hidden settings need to be specifically added/enabled in the settings channel of Thunar in order to enable, or change their functionality.
 The quickest way to change a hidden settings is to run a command in the terminal-emulator.
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   xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-image-size-in-statusbar --create --type bool --set true
-All hidden settings are boolean values, so the value can either be ''true'' to enable the functionality or ''false'' to disable.
+For additional usage information, see the [[xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query|xfconf-query]] reference page.
+[[|Back To Top]]
+----
+===== Customising Thunar with CSS =====
+For most graphical elements of //Thunar// (and all other gtk3 applications) , it is possible to customize them via CSS, as it is done with themes.
+Here an example for //Thunar// 1.8.x (gtk3 based):
+  - Create a file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
+  - Paste following content in this file:
+  - Save and restart thunar (thunar -q; thunar)
+  * {
+     -ThunarAbstractIconView-row-spacing: 70;
+     -ThunarAbstractIconView-column-spacing: 30;
+   }
+For thunar //Thunar// 1.6.x (gtk2 based):
+  - Create a file ~/.gtkrc-2.0
+  - Paste following content in this file:
+  - Save and restart thunar (thunar -q; thunar)
+  style "thunar-spaced-out-icons"
+  {
+     ThunarIconView::column-spacing = 70
+     ThunarIconView::row-spacing = 30
+  }
+  class "ThunarIconView" style "thunar-spaced-out-icons"
+Check the [[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/chap-css-overview.html|GTK+ CSS Overview page]] to see learn how CSS can be used in gtk3.
+Use the  [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK%2B/Inspector|GTK Inspector]] together with thunar to see which properties can be modified on each element.
+[[|Back To Top]]
+----
+[[:xfce:thunar:|Back to Thunar documentation page]]

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