Questions tagged [thunar]
Thunar is a new modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
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How to customize files context menu in Xubuntu XFCE Thunar file manager?
I generally prefer XFCE desktop environment of Xubuntu, but I found its files right-click context menu too humble (no option to compress/decompress files for example, and I'd like some my very special ...
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How to stop Thunar from being default file browser?
On a relatively new installation, Thunar has become the default file browser simply by using it.
While I can open Nautilus easily enough, I'd rather it remained as the default file browser(...
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Bring back `BackSpace` Keyboard Shortcuts on nautilus and thunar
I want to use the "BackSpace" button as a shortcut key on nautilus. I want to return to the previous folder whilst browsing the Home folder, just like windows 7.
Also I want the same thing while ...
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Getting my File Manager to link to my Google Drive
I have a very small amount of storage on my computer and would like to conserve it, so I would like to know if there is a way to mount my Google Drive in Thunar or Nautilus on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS.
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How to convert multiple files to mp3 in Thunar custom actions?
I have added a simple command avconv -i %f %f.mp3 to Thunar's custom actions to convert a selected media file to mp3 (in the same folder and with the same name).
What would be the command that can be ...
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"The location is not a folder" error when opening files
I'm aware of this other question and i'm making a new one because that solutions there were not enough for my problem.
I installed xfce and pcmanfm on top of my vanilla ubuntu 10.10 installation.
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"Open containing folder" in Firefox does not use my default file manager
My system default is Nautilus. But when I right-click in Downloads and choose "open containing folder", it opens Thunar and not Nautilus.
How can I change that?
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Ubuntu One for Xfce or Xubuntu?
Is it possible to use Ubuntu One with Xfce/Xubuntu without installing too many GNOME dependencies like Nautilus?
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How to set Thunar as a default file manager?
Is it possible to make Thunar my default file manager in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I've installed Thunar and I must say there's really visible performance difference compared to gnome-shell default manager.
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How to make Thunar regenerate thumbnails?
I have a large collection on pictures which needed cropping, color balancing, autotuning, etc. Now Thunar is showing the old thumbnails and is very confusing because i can't visually separate edited ...
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How do I set Thunar as my default file manager in 15.04?
I would like to set Thunar as my default file manager in 15.04. Now, I realize that this question is very similar to How to set Thunar as a default file manager?, but I have tried Kevin's answer, why ...
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How do I set emblems in Thunar without the GUI?
I would like to add emblems to a file in Thunar using a script, but I can't find any documentation on this.
Is it possible to do this? And if so, how?
The same question was asked here, but they ...
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Thunar as default file manager in Lubuntu 11.10 - how?
PCmanFM misses the permission column in its detail view and the ability to set viewable columns. Because of this I switched to Thunar.
Now I want to set it as my default file manger in LXDE.
How to ...
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Adding a Wine (.exe) file to open/play files in Thunar's 'Custom Actions'
What is the line parameter in Thunar's "custom actions" that would play a music directory in a Wine (.exe) program?
I want to put Foobar2000 (and possibly other such applications) in Thunar's Custom ...
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Ask before running script in Thunar
Nautilus or PCManFM have an option to ask you before executing files.
Can I have that in Thunar?
I am posting this in order to provide an answer.
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Thunar files view, date format "today, yesterday"
The detail view of Thunar shows the modification time as localized date (dd.mm.YYYY for my location), which is fine, but I would like to see the time, too.
And it doesn't show the recently modified ...
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Using capitals in my username?
During installation of Ubuntu 10.04 I was not allowed to use capitals in my Username. Is there any way I could change this?
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~/.Xauthority required but missing
I've now run into two instances where I've received errors because the ~/.Xauthority file is required but is missing from my user folder. I have read that the .Xauthority file has been deprecated, and ...
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Xfce - Docky & Thunar - Missing icon
Im using xfce in combination with docky. But when I start Thunar via the Filemanager-icon it opens (ofc) Thunar, but it has a wrong icon (on the very right)
How to fix that? Normally, the file manager ...
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How to Integrate Dropbox in Thunar?
How can I integrate Dropbox into Thunar? I am using Xubuntu 14.04 with Xfce 4.12 installed via PPA, and thunar-dropbox-plugin has been broken. I have also heard that it is not working on Xubuntu 16.04....
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Custom action to set emblem in thunar [duplicate]
I'm on Xubuntu 11.10 and currently trying to use emblems in Thunar to mark which videos in a folder I've already watched.
The problem is I can't find any terminal command to do so and neither can I ...
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Fluxbox: No folder icons in Thunar and PCManFM
I have an Ubuntu 12.10 installation and wanted to try out Fluxbox as a lightweight window manager. When I open Thunar it displays no icons for folders. I've made sure I have a .gtkrc-2.0 in my home ...
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How do I stop Gimp from autolaunching on startup?
Gimp launches every time I log into Xubuntu (v. 13.10).
Gimp is not shown under Settings Manager-> Sessions and startup.
It does not appear in ~/.config/autostart.
I immediately close Gimp in these ...
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How to fix tumbler: random image thumbnail sizes in Thunar
Premise
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2
DE: Gnome 3
gnome-shell --version: 3.36.7
In normal circumstances, I prefer not to re-generate thumbnails too often, in order to spare some lifespan for my SSD.
org.gnome....
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Which image-viewers in Linux support the `webp` image format?
Is there any way to see WebP photo from Thunar with Xfce DE? There was a similar question, but it was about nautilus.
Then to get WebP thumbnails tumbler (the Xfce thumbnailing service) must support, ...
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Thunar Icons Missing
I installed thunar yesterday but on starting up this morning, I found that all of the folder icons had vanished. I'm using i3wm (but the icons were visible in i3 as of yesterday). Any idea why they ...
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How to hide (in Thunar and Nautilus) a directory without putting a dot in its name?
Usually Linux programs store user's settings in ~/.* directories. But unfortunately some developers (of some applications I need) do not follow this rule and don't start their settings storage folders ...
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Thunar Disable video Thumbnails only
Is there a way in Thunar (within XFCE) to disable displaying of Video thumbnails only and still allow Picture thumbnails?
I found this thread:
Show me only picture thumbnails
But that is for ...
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Extract here option and Source code for Thunar File manager
Please anyone can paste me the source code for Extract Here option in Thunar File Manager.
Any type of script i.e Python OR Shell Script OR PHP is OK.
Please help me
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GUI to mount disk images (iso, etc) in Xubuntu?
Given that something like Furius ISO Mount installs Nautilus and other stuff in Xfce, what would be more recommendable in Xubuntu?
It seems that a such application must have some level of integration ...
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ubuntu file search in thunar
In Ubuntu 18.4 I use the filebrowser thunar instead of the low-functionally internal filebrowser (nautilus), but there seems to be no button to search in folder.
I also added a custom action like ...
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create new directory in Thunar, when view is full of files
To create a new directory in Thunar, I can right-click on free space in the file view, and get an entry 'new directory' in the context menu.
If the directory contains enough files to fill the whole ...
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Why is Thunar the default file manager in Xubuntu?
What was the reasoning behind using Thunar as the default file manager in Xubuntu (compared to Ubuntu's default of Nautilus). Unless I have mistakenly installed it (if so, likely as another ...
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"Open containing folder" in Firefox opens Thunar instead of default Nautilus
After going through several already-answered questions on AskUbuntu and Unix's stackexchange, Firefox's "Open containing folder" option (when a file is downloaded) still opens folder in ...
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How to preview images in folder's icons?
I'm looking for a solution to preview images or videos of a folder in it's icon to identify easily. This feature has been present in Windows ever since but for some reason, I am unable to find it in ...
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Change default file manager Ubuntu 18.04
I use Thunar instead of Nautilus on Ubuntu 18.04. This works fine, but any application still uses Nautilus instead of Thunar when saving/opening etc or when opening directories/mounted drives from the ...
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How can I eliminate wine application options from Thunar's context menu? [duplicate]
I have Xfce and in Thunar file association are changing randomly, to wine applications
like jpeg and png to Internet Explorer and mp3 to Windows Media Player. I change it back to gpicview and Totem ...
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Is there an application that can sort image files by creation date?
I'm searching for a way to show and sort pictures according to the record date (not "last change" date), but I didn't find any non-terminal program.
It should be a file browser like the Windows ...
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How can I start Nautilus on Xubuntu / XFCE via the shortcuts in the XFCE panels?
I am on Xubuntu 13.10 and just installed and activated Nautilus as the default file manager.
I'd like to use the current default file manager (whichever that might be) when I click on my panel ...
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Add keyboard shortcut to function inside Thunar
I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut for "Create document..." subcomponent "Empty file", shown in the picture below:
It seems all the shortcuts in use by Thunar are stored in the file ~/.config/...
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Transfering 1.6GB video from iPhone to Ubuntu
I shot a cool video on my iPhone and I want to put it on my Ubuntu laptop to edit. So I plug it in with a USB cable, and I see the iPhone icon on my desktop. I open the DCIM folder in Thunar and I ...
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Thunar doesn't show any RabbitVCS emblems
I'm using Xubuntu 12.04 and installed RabbitVCS v0.15.0.5 for Thunar from the PPA. Unfortunately, there are no svn status emblems on my folders in Thunar. I already tried to update the icon cache as ...
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How to convert multiple files to png (instead of one) in Thunar custom actions?
I have added convert %f %f.png to Thunar's custom actions to convert a selected image to png.
What would be the command that can be added in the same way that would allow selecting multiple files or ...
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default application to open text file in Thunar under Awesome WM
I'm on Xubuntu 12.04 and using Awesome WM. In Awesome session, If I double click a plain text file(txt, asc, rb, py etc.) in Thunar, it opens with Abi Word. But I want it to open with a text editor ...
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Thunar - Custom actions: select pdf extract pages as images
I like this command to convert pdf pages to png images:
pdftoppm -png *.pdf prefix
(my source is this answer)
I would like to add a command to Thunar custom actions that would convert the selected ...
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removing the "move to dropbox" context menu option (Thunar, 16.04)
I am really sick of the "Move to Dropbox" option in my right-click context menu. I have accidentally moved large files to Dropbox because of it many times. Is there any way to disable that option in ...
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Error when running script ('compress-pdf') in Thunar custom actions
I want to add the script 'compress-pdf' to Thunar custom actions.
The script is the one posted in this answer, made to resize pdfs. It is based on zenity.
It was made for Nautilus, but, as stated ...
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Add Searchmonkey to Thunar custom actions
I see here that, in order to add as custom action in Thunar the search with gnome-search-tool, the command is:
gnome-search-tool –path=%f
and with catfish it is different:
catfish --fileman=...
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thunar-archive-plugin not working
After I experienced serious not yet resolved performance issues with Nautilus I decided to move to XUbuntu so I installed its metapackage from Ubuntu and started using it. It turns out that the ...
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How to install Dolphin and Thunar file managers? [duplicate]
As the title suggests, how can I install the Dolphin and Thunar file managers on Ubuntu 22.04?