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-====== File Management Preferences ======+~~NOTOC~~ 
 +{{ :xfce:xfce.thunar.png?no link|}} 
 +====== Thunar - File Manager Preferences ======
  
-Use the {gui>File Manager Preferences dialog} to set your Thunar file manager preferences. To open the preferences dialog, choose {gui>Edit>Preferences...} from the menu bar, or click on the {gui>File Manager} button in the Xfce Settings Manager.+  * **[[#Display Preferences|Display Preferences]]** 
 +  * **[[#Side Pane Preferences|Side Pane Preferences]]** 
 +  * **[[#Behavior Preferences|Behavior Preferences]]** 
 +  * **[[#Advanced Preferences|Advanced Preferences]]** 
 +  * **[[#Shortcuts|Shortcuts]]**
  
-The File Manager Preferences dialog is divided into four pages with different options, each described in a separate section below. Basically you can set preferences in the following categories:+----
  
-  * The default settings for the views. +Use the {gui>File Manager Preferences} dialog to customize Thunar settings to your liking. To open the preferences dialog, choose {gui>Edit>Preferences...} from the menu bar. 
-  * The default settings for the side pane. + 
-  * The behavior of the file manager windows.+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: 
 + 
 +  * The default view settings for the Main Area. 
 +  * The default settings for the Side Pane. 
 +  * The behavior of mouse clicks.
   * Advanced features of the file manager.   * Advanced features of the file manager.
  
-Thunar also supports a bunch of so-called //Hidden Options//, which control several advanced features of the file manager, but are not included in the preferences in order to keep the preferences dialog simple. The [[http://git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/plain/docs/README.thunarrc|README.thunarrc]] file that is included with the Thunar distribution describes all available options in detail. +Thunar also supports several so-called [[hidden-settings|Hidden Options]], which control advanced features of the file manager, but are not included in the preferences in order to keep the dialog simple.
  
-===== Views Preferences =====+----
  
-You can specify a default view, select sort options and display options. You can also specify whether thumbnails should be displayed for file types that support this.+===== Display Preferences ===== 
 + 
 +You can specify a default view and select various sort and display options. You can also specify whether thumbnails should be displayed for file types that support them.
  
 <figure "View Preferences"> <figure "View Preferences">
-{{:xfce:thunar:preferences-views.png?nolink&|}}+{{:xfce:thunar:preferences-display.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
  
-? View new folder using +? View new folders using: 
-! Select the default view for folders. When you open a new window, the is displayed in the view that you select. This can be either the icon view, the compact list view or the detailed list view. You can also select {gui>Last Active View} here to use the view you used for the last active window. +! Select the default view mode for folders. When you open a new window, you can specify that the Main Area display is set to //Icons//, //Detailed List// or //Compact List//, or you can have the new window use the //Last Active View//. Note: this setting only applies to opening folders in a new window. If you open them in a new tab, the view in the new tab will be the same as the active view in the original tab. 
 +? Remember view settings for each folder 
 +! Select this option to remember view-type, zoom level, sort column and sort order individually for each folder.
 ? Sort folders before files ? Sort folders before files
-! Select this option to list folders before files when you sort a folder. +! Select this option to list folders before files when you sort a folder. 
 +? Show file size in binary format 
 +! Display file sizes using the IEC binary prefix //kibibyte//, //mebibyte// and //gibibyte// format (KiB, MiB, GiB) instead of the more common decimal format of //kilobyte//, //megabyte//, //gigabyte// (KB, MB, GB). In the binary format, 1 KiB = 1024 bytes whereas in the decimal format, 1 KB = 1000 bytes.
 ? Show thumbnails ? Show thumbnails
-! Select this option to show thumbnails of image files and other supported files. The file manager stores the thumbnail files for each folder in the hidden .thumbnails directory in the user's Home Folder. +! Select this option to show thumbnails of image files and other supported files. Choose the //Local Files Only// option if you find that displaying thumbnails is too slow on network drives. The file manager stores the thumbnail files for each folder in the hidden .thumbnails directory in the user's Home folder. See the [[https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/available_plugins|Tumbler plugins]] section if you want to extend the basic thumbnail functionality provided by Thunar with support for additional file types. 
-! See the section called [[Thumbnailers]] if you want to extend the basic thumbnail functionality provided by Thunar with support for additional file types.  +? Only show thumbnails for files smaller than 
-? Text beside icons +! For some formats, like e.g. movies it takes a while to parse the file and to extract a thumbnail. In order to keep system load low in such cases, thumbnailing can be limited to a specific file size. 
-! Select this options to place the icon captions for items in the icon view beside the icon rather than under the icon. +? Draw frames around thumbnails 
 +! Draw black frames around thumbnails.  
 +? Icon View - Text beside icons 
 +! Select this option to place the captions for items in the icon view beside the icon rather than under the icon. 
 +? Window Icon - Use current folder icon 
 +! Select this option to use the icon of the current folder as window-icon.  
 +? Date - Format 
 +! Choose your preferred date display format. You can as well provide a custom date string. 
 + 
 +[[|Back to Top]] 
 +----
  
 ===== Side Pane Preferences ===== ===== Side Pane Preferences =====
  
-You can select display options for the shortcuts pane and the tree pane. +You can select display options for both modes of the Side Pane. 
  
 <figure "Side Pane Preferences"> <figure "Side Pane Preferences">
-{{:xfce:thunar:preferences-side-pane.png?nolink&|}}+{{:xfce:thunar:preferences-sidepane.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
  
-The side pane can either display a list of shortcuts for folders in your file system, which is the default, or a tree view of your file system. This page allows you to select the size of the icons for the shortcuts and the tree pane. You can also specify whether emblems should be displayed.+The Side Pane can display either a list of shortcuts for folders in your file system, which is the default, or a tree view. This tab allows you to select the size of the icons shown in both of those views. The choices range from 16x16 pixels to 256x256 pixels.
  
-? Icon Size +If you have customized any of your folder icons with emblems, you can also specify whether those emblems should be displayed in the Side Pane. This will not affect those emblems displaying in the Main Area. See the [[working-with-files-and-folders#properties|Properties]] section for how to assign emblems to folder icons. 
-! The size of the icons displayed in the side, ranging from {gui>Very Small} (around 16x16 pixels) to {gui>Very Large} (around 128x128 pixels).  + 
-? Show Icon Emblems +? Image Preview Mode 
-! Select this option to display emblems for folders in the side pane. You can assign emblems to folders in the Properties dialog. Select a folder in the main area and choose {gui>File>Properties...} from the main menu, or right-click the folder and select {gui>Properties...} from the context menu. +! Select if you want to embed the image preview into the existing side pane, or if it should have its own side pane. Note that image preview mode can be enabled/disabled in {gui>View>Side Pane>Image Preview}. 
 + 
 +[[|Back to Top]] 
 +----
  
 ===== Behavior Preferences ===== ===== Behavior Preferences =====
  
-You can select the preferred behavior to interact with the file manager.+Here you can specify how your mouse buttons behave when selecting or activating items.
  
 <figure "Behavior Preferences"> <figure "Behavior Preferences">
 {{:xfce:thunar:preferences-behavior.png?nolink&|}} {{:xfce:thunar:preferences-behavior.png?nolink&|}}
 </figure> </figure>
 +**__Navigation__**
  
-? Single click to active items +? Single click to activate items 
-! Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you click on the item. When this option is selected, and you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined and the item will be selected automatically after a short delay. +! Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you single-click on the item. When single-click activation is enabled, pausing the mouse pointer over an item will automatically select the item after the chosen delay. This behavior may be useful when a single click activates items and you want only to select the item without activating it. You can disable this selection behavior by moving the slider to the left-most position.
-! This delay can be configured below the option. You can also disable the automatic selection of items by moving the selector to the left-most position. +
 ? Double click to activate items ? Double click to activate items
-! Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double click on the item, and select the item with a single click. +! Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double-click on it and to select the item with a single click.  
 + 
 +**__Tabs and Windows__** 
 +? Open folders in new tabs on middle click 
 +! If your mouse has a middle button, you don't have to go to the menu or right-click on a folder to get the {gui>Open} menu. You can use the middle button to open the folder in your choice of a new window or new tab. 
 + 
 +? Open new thunar instances as tabs 
 +! Whenever you launch thunar while an existing thunar window is already open, a new tab will be added to the existing thunar window instead of opening a new window. 
 + 
 +? Show full directory path in tab titles 
 +! Select this option to show the full directory path in tab titles, instead of showing only the directory name. 
 + 
 +? Restore tabs on startup 
 +! Select this option to restore all your thunar tabs as they were last time you used thunar 
 + 
 +**__Context Menu__** 
 +? Show action to permanently delete files and folders 
 +! The context menu will show an additional entry to permanently delete files and folders 
 + 
 +[[|Back to Top]] 
 +----
  
 ===== Advanced Preferences ===== ===== Advanced Preferences =====
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-? Folder Permissions +**__File Transfer__** 
-! Choose the action that should be performed when you change the permissions of a folder in the Properties dialog. You can choose to let Thunar ask everytime when you change folder permissions, tell it to default to applying the new permissions to the folder only or to apply them recursively to the folder contents as well.  + 
-? Volume Management +? Transfer files in parallel 
-! If Thunar was installed with support for HAL and the //thunar-volman// package is also installed, you can enable the integrated volume manager. See the section called [[Management of Removable Drives and Media]] for details about this feature.+! Select when it is fine to transfer files in parallel. E.g. on some remote locations, it might not be not a good idea. 
 + 
 +? Use intermediate file on copy 
 +! A *.partial~ file will be created and renamed only when the transfer was successful. This prevents fragmented files in case the transfer was aborted. 
 + 
 +? Verify file checksum on copy 
 +! Compare original file and copy with a checksum. This will detect corrupted files. Though, it as well will largely increase the time required to copy. 
 + 
 +**__Search__** 
 + 
 +? Include Subfolders 
 +! Select when search should be done recursively. Depending on the access speed, it might make sense to use recursive search only for local files.  
 + 
 +**__Folder Permissions__** 
 + 
 +? Choose how Thunar responds when you attempt to apply new folder permissions:  
 +  *to just the selected folder 
 +  *to the folder and all of its contents 
 +  *to ask for your choice every time. 
 + 
 +**__Security__** 
 + 
 +? Execute Shell Scripts 
 +! Allow untrusted programs to run. Note that enabling this option presents a security risk to your system.  
 + 
 +**__Volume Management__** 
 + 
 +If the ''thunar-volman'' package is installed, you can enable the integrated volume manager by checking the {gui>Enable Volume Management} box and then clicking the //Configure// link to bring up the **Removable Drives and Media** dialog. See the section called [[using-removable-media|Using Removable Media]] for details about this feature. 
 + 
 +===== Shortcuts ===== 
 + 
 +The shortcuts editor provides a simple way to bind specific keys to various thunar actions.  
 + 
 +<figure "Shortcuts Editor"> 
 +{{:xfce:thunar:preferences-shortcuts.png?nolink&|}} 
 +</figure> 
 + 
 +You can define new shortcuts for actions, clear shortcut assignments, or restore the default for a specific shortcut. 
 + 
 +[[|Back To Top]] 
 +---- 
 +[[:xfce:thunar:|Back to Thunar documentation page]]