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 <note tip>**Tip:** Application icons will remember their positions when the window is maximised and then later minimised again.</note> <note tip>**Tip:** Application icons will remember their positions when the window is maximised and then later minimised again.</note>
  
-==== File/launcher Icons ==== +==== File/launcher icons ==== 
-This option displays files, folders, and launchers as icons on your desktop that can be freely arranged, named, copied and moved, modelled to have a similar look and feel as a regular file manager.+This option displays files, folders, and launchers as icons on your desktop that can be freely arranged, named, copied and moved, and modeled to have a similar look and feel as a regular file manager. With the File/launcher icon option selected, further settings for file and launcher behavior can be configured via the File/Launcher Icons tab.
  
-<figure "File/Launcher Icons"> +<figure "File/launcher icons shown on the desktop"> 
-{{:xfce:xfdesktop:launcher_icons.png|File/Launcher Icons}}+{{:xfce:xfdesktop:launcher_icons.png|File/launcher icons shown on the desktop}}
 </figure> </figure>
  
 <note tip>''xfdesktop'' displays everything under your ''~/Desktop'' folder, which can easily be accessed using a file manager. Any icons on the desktop are stored in this directory.</note> <note tip>''xfdesktop'' displays everything under your ''~/Desktop'' folder, which can easily be accessed using a file manager. Any icons on the desktop are stored in this directory.</note>
  
-You can edit the size of the icons, the orientation (where they are placed on the desktop by default), the font size used to display the icon text and the size of their tooltips that appear when hovering over the icons, as well as enabling showing hidden items, single click to activate items, and the option to show thumbnails on the desktop.+You can edit the size of the icons, the font size used to display the icon text and the size of their tooltips that appear when hovering over the icons. Placement and orientation of the icons, whether they should be displayed only on the primary desktop, and the ability to activate launchers or open files with a single click can also be set here.
  
-==== Default Icons ==== 
-You can optionally choose to show or hide special icons on your desktop, like shortcuts to your home folder or filesystem, the wastebasket or removable drives. These include disks and drives, network 
-shares and other devices. Clicking those icons on the desktop will open a new file manager window displaying the contents of that particular path. 
  
-<figure "Default Icons Options Dialog Window"> +[[|Back To Top]] 
-{{:xfce:xfdesktop:default_icons.png?600|Default Icons Options Dialog Window}}+---- 
 +===== File/Launcher Icons ===== 
 +File options can also be changed including the option to show hidden files, show file thumbnails, the option to delete files via the context menu, and whether to display folders before files on the desktop. 
 + 
 +You can optionally choose to show or hide special icons on your desktop, like shortcuts to your home folder or filesystem, the wastebasket or removable drives. These include disks and drives, network shares and other devices. Clicking those icons on the desktop will open a new file manager window displaying the contents of that particular path. 
 + 
 +To configure these options, open the Desktop settings and click the File/Launcher Icons tab.  
 + 
 +<figure "File/Launcher Icons Options Dialog Window"> 
 +{{:xfce:xfdesktop:default_icons.png?600|File/Launcher Icons Options Dialog Window}}
 </figure> </figure>
 +
 +[[|Back To Top]]
 +----
 +===== Keyboard Shortcuts =====
 +
 +<figure "Keyboard Shortcuts Options Dialog Window">
 +{{:xfce:xfdesktop:desktop_keyboard_shortcuts.png?600|Keyboard Shortcuts Options Dialog Window}}
 +</figure>
 +
  
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