The xfce4-settings component provides a daemon, manager, and editor to centralize the configuration management of the Xfce system.

• Settings Daemon – A daemon that runs in the background to apply all the settings
• Settings Manager – Dialog that lists all the settings dialogs provided by this package (listed below) or other core modules of Xfce

• Accessibility – Improve keyboard and mouse accessibility
• Appearance – Customize the look of your desktop
• Color – Manage the color profiles of your devices
• Display – Configure screen settings and layout
• Keyboard – Edit keyboard settings and application shortcuts
• Mouse and Touchpad – Configure pointer device behavior and appearance
• Settings Editor – Editor that allows to modify all the various setting channels
• MIME Type Editor – Editor to modify application associations with MIME types

The following items are often visible in the settings manager, but not part of the xfce4-settings package. You can click the links below to redirect to the correct place on this website.

• Panel – Configure the Xfce Panel
• Workspaces – Set number and names of workspaces
• Window Manager – Handles the placement of windows on the screen
• Window Manager Tweaks – Specified tuning of the window manager
• Session – Applications that are started on login
• Desktop – Desktop icons and background
• Xfce Terminal – Configure Xfce Terminal

• Reporting Bugs – Open bug reports and how to report new bugs

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