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—xfce:xfce4-appfinder:4.10:preferences [2015/03/11 13:40] (current) – created ochosi
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 +====== Preferences ======
  
 +===== General =====
 +
 +<figure "General Preferences">
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-appfinder:xfce4-appfinder-preferences-general.png?nolink&|}}
 +</figure>
 +
 +==== Behaviour ====
 +
 +? Remember last selected category
 +! Select this option to make the Application Finder select the last selected category in the expanded view. If this option is disabled, the category {gui>All Applications} is selected.
 +? Always center the window
 +! By default [[../xfwm4:|Xfwm4]] will position the window, possibly not in the center of the screen (see the section [[..:xfwm4:wmtweaks|Smart Placement]] to control this behaviour). Select this option to always center the Application Finder screen on startup.
 +
 +==== Appearance ====
 +
 +? View items as icons
 +! Select this option to show the applications and command in a //icon view// instead of a //list view//.
 +? Text beside icons
 +! This option in only active if {gui>View items as icons} is enabled. Select this option to position the application name or command beside the icon, instead of below.
 +? Item icon size
 +! The size of the icons in the item view.
 +? Category icon size
 +! The size of the category icons in the side-pane.
 +
 +==== History ====
 +
 +? Clear custom command history
 +! Use this option to remove the history of "Custom Commands" you've entered in the collapsed mode that did not match any of the installed application commands.
 +
 +===== Actions =====
 +
 +<figure "Custom Actions">
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-appfinder:xfce4-appfinder-preferences-actions.png?nolink&|}}
 +</figure>
 +
 +==== Introduction ====
 +
 +Custom actions can be used to match commands entered in the collapsed view and use them to quickly perform tasks.
 +
 +It can for example be use the make shortcuts to commands, but also to send arguments to a website, for quick searching.
 +
 +By default 4 custom actions are predefined, but you can change this to anything you like. See also the [[examples]] in the dedicated wiki page.
 +
 +==== Usage ====
 +
 +You can add a new (empty) action by clicking on the {gui>Add} (+) button and remove the selected action by pressing the {gui>Delete} (x) button.
 +
 +Strings in the Application Finder by the {gui>type} and {gui>pattern} or the action. If there is a match, the {gui>command} is executed as a replacement for the entered string.
 +
 +? Type
 +! There are two types of pattern matches.
 +  ? Prefix
 +  ! If this type is selected, there is a match if the entered string starts with {gui>pattern}.
 +  ? Regular Expression
 +  ! For complex matches you can write a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_Compatible_Regular_Expressions|Perl-compatible regular expression]] that is matched against the entered string.
 +? Pattern
 +! Depending on the selected {gui>type} it will describe the matching prefix or regular expression.
 +? Command
 +! The command that is executed when the pattern is matched. To include (parts) of the match the following variables are available:
 +  ? Prefix
 +    ? %s
 +    ! Include the string after the matched pattern. So if the prefix-pattern is ''abc'' and the entered command ''abcdef'', ''%s'' will be replaced with ''def''.
 +    ? %S
 +    ! Include the complete string after the matches pattern. So if the prefix-pattern is ''abc'' and the entered command ''abcdef'', ''%s'' will be replaced with ''abcdef''.
 +  ? Regular Expression
 +  ! During the process of matching, the match results of subpattern between parentheses ''( )'' are recorded for later use. ''\'' plus a number to refer to the corresponding substring. ''\1'' refers to 1st pair of parentheses' match result, ''\2'' refers to 2nd pair of parentheses' match result. A special case is ''\0'' which will be replaced with the entire match.
 +  ! If the pattern is ''^ab(.*)fg$'' and the entered command ''abcdefg'', ''\1'' will be replaced with ''cde''.
 +