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====== Preferences ====== | ====== Preferences ====== | ||
- | This page details all the settings available for the Application Finder. To edit settings, open up the application in it's expanded mode and select | + | This page details all the settings available for the Application Finder. To edit settings, open up the application in it's expanded mode and select |
===== General ===== | ===== General ===== | ||
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! Keeps Application Finder running in the background to speed up opening times. You might want to disable this to reduce memory usage. | ! Keeps Application Finder running in the background to speed up opening times. You might want to disable this to reduce memory usage. | ||
? Single window | ? Single window | ||
- | ! Only keep one instance of the application open at a time. | + | ! This option in only active if {gui> |
==== Appearance ==== | ==== Appearance ==== | ||
? View items as icons | ? View items as icons | ||
- | ! Select this option to show the applications and command | + | ! Select this option to show the applications and commands as icons rather than in a list view. |
? Text beside icons | ? Text beside icons | ||
- | ! This option in only active if {gui> | + | ! This option in only active if {gui> |
? Item icon size | ? Item icon size | ||
! The size of the icons in the item view. | ! The size of the icons in the item view. | ||
+ | ? Hide category pane | ||
+ | ! Hides the category side pane when in expanded mode. | ||
? Category icon size | ? Category icon size | ||
- | ! The size of the category icons in the side-pane. | + | ! The size of the category icons in the side pane. |
==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
- | ? Clear custom command history | + | ? Clear Custom Command History |
- | ! Use this option to remove the history of " | + | ! Use this option to remove the history of custom commands |
- | ===== Actions ===== | + | ===== Custom |
+ | You can set custom actions to quickly perform tasks when a certain character or combination of characters is entered in the collapsed view. For example, you can go to a certain article on Wikipedia by typing '' | ||
<figure " | <figure " | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
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- | Custom actions can be used to match commands entered in the collapsed view and use them to quickly perform tasks. | ||
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- | 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 ==== | ==== Usage ==== |