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xfce:xfdesktop:advanced [2013/09/29 00:28] – More options copied from README file andrzejrxfce:xfdesktop:advanced [2024/12/11 12:38] (current) – kevinbowen
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-====== Advanced ====== +~~NOTOC~~ 
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-<note warning>This page is work in progress!</note>+======  xfdesktop - Advanced Options ======
  
 ===== Hidden Options ===== ===== Hidden Options =====
  
-There are a number of hidden options that cannot be set by the Xfce Settings Manager. These require use of a text editor.+<note tip>Xfdesktop now uses [[:xfce:xfconf:start:|Xfconf]] to store its configuration.  Xfconf is a 
 +hierarchical configuration system.  The channel name that xfdesktop uses 
 +is 'xfce4-desktop'.</note> 
 + 
 + 
 +The entire list of ''xfconf'' options for ''xfdesktop'' can be found in the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/blob/master/doc/README.xfconf|README]]. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +<note warning>The following information applies only to GTK 2, and therefore not the GTK 3 version of ''xfdesktop''.</note> 
 + 
 +There are a number of hidden options that cannot be set by the Xfce Settings Manager; these require use of a text editor.
  
 ==== List of icon view appearance settings ==== ==== List of icon view appearance settings ====
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 differences between NORMAL, SELECTED, and ACTIVE. differences between NORMAL, SELECTED, and ACTIVE.
  
-===== Command line =====+[[|Back to Top]] 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Hidden xfconf Options ===== 
 +There are some hidden ''xfconf'' settings that cannot be set by the Desktop settings application. You can edit these settings under "xfce4-desktop" in ''xconf''. For more information, see the [[:xfce:xfconf:start:|xfconf documentation]]. 
 + 
 +? /desktop-icons/right-click-edits-menu 
 +! Boolean, default is TRUE. 
 +! This value controls whether right-clicking on a menu item pops up the **Edit Launcher** dialog. 
 + 
 +? /desktop-icons/center-text 
 +! Boolean, default is TRUE. 
 +! This value controls whether the text for all the desktop icon labels are centered. 
 + 
 +? /desktop-menu/max-template-files 
 +! Integer, default value is 16. 
 +! This value controls how many items will appear in the **Create From Template** sub-menu. 
 + 
 +The entire list of ''xfconf'' options for ''xfdesktop'' can be found in the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/blob/master/doc/README.xfconf|README]].
  
-You can open the menu or window list from the commandline as well. This can be useful for keyboard shortcuts. To open the menu run the command xfdesktop --menu, and for the windowlist use xfdesktop --windowlist. To cause the current running instance to quit, run xfdesktop --quit. +[[|Back To Top]] 
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 +[[:xfce:xfdesktop:start:|Return to xfdesktop Main Documentation Page]]