The general usage of the application in the command-line is:

xfdesktop [OPTIONS...]

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Detailed explanations are in the following section.

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

? Application Options ! -V; --version; -R, --reload; -N, --next; -M, --menu; -W, --windowlist; -A, --arrange; -e, --enable-debug; -d, --disable-debug; -D, --disable-wm-check; -Q, --quit; --display

? GTK+ Options ! --class, --name, --display, --gdk-debug, --gdk-no-debug, --gtk-module, --g-fatal-warnings, --gtk-debug, --gtk-no-debug

? Session Management Options ! --sm-client-id, --sm-client-disable

? -h, –help ! Show help options

? –help-all ! Show all help options

? –help-gtk ! Show GTK+ options

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

? -V, –version ! Display version information

? -R, –reload ! Reload all settings

? -N, –next ! Advance to the next wallpaper on the current workspace

? -M, –menu ! Pop up the menu (at the current mouse position)

? -W, –windowlist ! Pop up the window list (at the current mouse position)

? -A, –arrange ! Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

? -e, –enable-debug ! Enable debug messages

? -d, –disable-debug ! Disable debug messages

? -D, –disable-wm-check ! Do not wait for a window manager on startup

? -Q, –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

? –display=DISPLAY ! X display to use

? –gdk-debug=FLAGS ! GDK debugging flags to set

? –gdk-no-debug=FLAGS ! GDK debugging flags to unset

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

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

? –gtk-debug=FLAGS ! GTK+ debugging flags to set

? –gtk-no-debug=FLAGS ! GTK+ debugging flags to unset

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

? –sm-client-disable ! Disable session management