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-====== Preferences ======+~~NOTOC~~ 
 +{{ :xfce:xfce.session.png?no link|}} 
 +====== xfce4-session - Preferences ======
  
-<note warning>This page is work in progress!</note>+  * **[[#General|General]]** 
 +  * **[[#Application Autostart|Application Autostart]]** 
 +  * **[[#Session|Session]]** 
 +  * **[[#Advanced|Advanced]]** 
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 +----
  
 ===== General ===== ===== General =====
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 ! This option disables the logout confirmation dialog. Whether the session will be saved or not depends on whether you enabled the automatic saving of sessions on logout or not. ! This option disables the logout confirmation dialog. Whether the session will be saved or not depends on whether you enabled the automatic saving of sessions on logout or not.
  
-===== Splash ===== +[[|Back To Top]] 
- +----
-<figure "Splash Settings"> +
-{{:xfce:xfce4-session:xfce4-session-preferences-splash.png?nolink&|}} +
-</figure> +
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-On the left, the dialog shows a list of all installed engines. Select an engine, and you will see, if available, a preview and information about it. You can click on the {gui>Test} button to see a demonstration of the selected splash screen engine. +
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-xfce4-session provides three Splash themes engines by default. Their respective configuration options -- if any -- are available from the {gui>Configure} button. +
  
 ===== Application Autostart ===== ===== Application Autostart =====
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 </figure> </figure>
  
 +This list contains applications that can be started automatically based on certain triggers, e.g. session start, logout etc. You can add or remove applications. Furthermore all applications that have their desktop files stored in a user-writable location can be edited.
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 +If a saved session is restored, all services from that saves session will be started //in addition// to the items that are checked in this list.
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 +All items in Italic font style belong to a different Desktop Environment, you can however still enable them.
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 +? Trigger
 +! In this dropdown menu you can select when you want to trigger the selected action. This allows to run custom commands e.g. on logout, suspend etc.
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 +[[|Back To Top]]
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 ===== Session ===== ===== Session =====
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 </figure> </figure>
  
 +<figure "Saved Sessions">
 +{{:xfce:xfce4-session:xfce4-session-preferences-saved-sessions.png?nolink&|}}
 +</figure>
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 +<note>Please note that changing e.g. **Priority** or **Restart Style** of an item in the list only takes effect if you save your session (by clicking the **Save Session** button).</note>
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 +? Restart Style
 +! In this dropdown menu you can select how an application shall be restarted by the session manager.
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 +[[|Back To Top]]
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 ===== Advanced ===== ===== Advanced =====
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 ? Launch GNOME services on startup ? Launch GNOME services on startup
-! Enable this option if you need the GNOME keyring daemon to be run on startup. <del>This option also instructs xfce4-session to bring up the GNOME assistive technologies at startup (if enabled in the GNOME control center). See the GNOME documentation for more information on this topic.</del>+! Enable this option if you need the GNOME keyring daemon to be run on startup. 
 ? Launch KDE services on startup ? Launch KDE services on startup
 ! Enable this option if you plan to run KDE applications as part of your Xfce Desktop session. This will notably increase the startup time, but on the other hand, KDE applications will startup faster. Some KDE applications may not work at all if you don't enable this option. ! Enable this option if you plan to run KDE applications as part of your Xfce Desktop session. This will notably increase the startup time, but on the other hand, KDE applications will startup faster. Some KDE applications may not work at all if you don't enable this option.
 ? Manage remote applications ? Manage remote applications
 ! Allow the session manager to manage applications running on remote hosts. Since this option may constitute a security risk, by listening to a TCP port on your system, do not enable it unless you know what you are doing. ! Allow the session manager to manage applications running on remote hosts. Since this option may constitute a security risk, by listening to a TCP port on your system, do not enable it unless you know what you are doing.
-! System administrators may want to disable this option globally using the session managers KIOSK capabilities.+! System administrators may want to disable this option globally using the session managers [[advanced#Kiosk Mode|KIOSK capabilities]]. 
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 +[[|Back To Top]] 
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 +[[ :xfce:xfce4-session:|Return to Main xfce4-session documentation page]]