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A modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

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Debian Buster; Xfce version 4.12; Thunar version 1.8.4 In my /usr/share/applications/ directory (viewed using Thunar), there are at least three .desktop file listings that do not display the correct ...
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I am no getting thumbnails for djvu when using thunar and tumbler to generate the thumbnails. I am getting thumbnails for pdf files, images and videos. Only djvu thumbnails are missing.
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I recently bought a new laptop and installed Debian 12 + xfce environment. And I'd like to access my server (which has Debian 12) with Thunar, as I always did before. I can access my server via sftp ...
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The title is a summary of what I'm trying to achieve, but I'll give an example to illustrate what my problem is and how I've been trying to solve it. Example folder Let's say I've got a folder on a ...
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I want to ask a question related to Thunar (or even Google something), but I'm not able to see original text. I've tried to run: LC_ALL=C thunar but it just creates new instance of Thunar that ...
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In KDE Plasma's file manager "Dolphin" I can drag and drop a folder to any other location while holding down the Alt key in order to create a symbolic link to this folder in the other ...
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I'm trying to use XFCE with Termux on Android, and the behavior of the desktop icons is a complete mess. The size of the display is dynamic (four possible configurations when using the phone, ...
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I use the "Properties" option a lot for file information and it annoys me that it's right at the bottom of the Right-Click menu. I know how to create 'Custom-Actions' and that they can be ...
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Xubuntu 22.04 Thunar 4.16 I am working on a script that works similarly to detox but does not require root privileges as it will only be allowed to operate on files or folders in the user's home ...
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I'm running a bash script that collates and organises files before turning it into a zip. When I run the script, multiple Thunar 'warnings' and 'critials' pop that I have a hard time figuring out what ...
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I've just reinstalled my Linux desktop, and now have a problem that I haven't experienced on Ubuntu Xfce: If I mount a volume, suspend the computer and then wake it up, volumes that were mounted ...
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Which utility does Thunar use when copying files? Rsync, cp? How can I find out?
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As a bit of background, I'm using Arch Linux with i3 as my window manager and I recently stopped using Nautilus as my default file manager and started using Thunar. The browser I'm using is Brave and ...
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Is it possible to hide filenames that are too big in Thunar? As for now, they stretch the row to fit their names, like in the image: It not only wastes too much space, but also makes harder to ...
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I want to create a thunar custom action that lets me right-click a PDF and then select "split PDF" to split it into individual pages. The command to do this is: $ pdfseparate mypdf.pdf ...
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