The general usage of the command line options is:

xfdesktop [OPTION...]

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Explanations are in the following sections.

? Help Options ! -h, --help; --help-all; --help-gtk; --help-sm-client

? Application Options ! -V; --version; --reload; --menu; --windowlist; --arrange; --quit; --display=DISPLAY

? -h, –help ! Show help options and exit

? –help-all ! Show all help options and exit

? –help-gtk ! Show GTK+ Options and exit

? –help-sm-client ! Show session management options and exit

? -V, –version ! Display version information and exit

? –reload ! Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to reload all its settings, including loading a new random backdrop if using a backdrop list

? –menu ! Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the applications menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

? –windowlist ! Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the window list menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

? –arrange ! Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

? –quit ! Cause xfdesktop to quit

? –display=DISPLAY ! X display to use

? –class=CLASS ! Program class as used by the window manager

? –name=NAME ! Program name as used by the window manager

? –screen=SCREEN ! X screen to use

? –sync ! Make X calls synchronous

? –gtk-module=MODULES ! Load additional GTK+ modules

? –g-fatal-warnings ! Make all warnings fatal

? –sm-client-id=ID ! Session management client ID

? –sm-client-disable ! Disable session management