Xfce Settings
This page documents the different settings available through Xfconf since Xfce 4.6 and later.
At the time of the writing it is very incomplete.
Usage
To get started here are a few examples of the mighty tool “xfconf-query.”
List the channels:
xfconf-query -l
List all of the properties and values of a channel:
xfconf-query -c <CHANNEL> -lv
Create a new property:
xfconf-query -c <CHANNEL> -p <PROPERTY> -n -t <TYPE> -s <VALUE>
Change an existing property (same as previous but without the -n):
xfconf-query -c <CHANNEL> -p <PROPERTY> -s <VALUE>
As Xfconf won't list any unset properties on a channel, it is needed to grep the source. This means downloading a project – cf. http://git.xfce.org/ –, and use commands like “grep xfconf_channel_set *.c.”
Settings
X Settings
Channel: xsettings
| Property Name | Type | Values |
|---|---|---|
| /Gtk/ButtonImages | bool | |
| /Gtk/CanChangeAccels | bool | |
| /Gtk/ColorPalette | string | |
| /Gtk/CursorThemeName | string | |
| /Gtk/CursorThemeSize | int | |
| /Gtk/FontName | string | |
| /Gtk/IMModule | string | |
| /Gtk/IMPreeditStyle | string | |
| /Gtk/IMStatusStyle | string | |
| /Gtk/IconSizes | string | |
| /Gtk/KeyThemeName | string | |
| /Gtk/MenuBarAccel | string | |
| /Gtk/MenuImages | bool | |
| /Gtk/ToolbarIconSize | int | |
| /Gtk/ToolbarStyle | string | |
| /Initialized | uint | |
| /Net/CursorBlink | bool | |
| /Net/CursorBlinkTime | int | |
| /Net/DndDragThreshold | int | |
| /Net/DoubleClickDistance | int | |
| /Net/DoubleClickTime | int | |
| /Net/EnableEventSounds | bool | |
| /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds | bool | |
| /Net/IconThemeName | string | |
| /Net/SoundThemeName | string | |
| /Net/ThemeName | string | |
| /Xft/Antialias | int | |
| /Xft/DPI | int | |
| /Xft/HintStyle | string | |
| /Xft/Hinting | int | |
| /Xft/RGBA | string |
Keyboard Shortcuts
Channel: xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts
This channel is special, and should only be used through the GUI, since it reads keyboard characters from the keyboard layout like <Shift> and <Alt>.
It contains a string array in the property /providers that lists the group names. Each group contains a serie of default and custom shortcuts in the properties /<group-name>/default/<shortcut> and /<group-name>/custom/<shortcut>. The property value of each shortcut is respectively the command to execute and the name of the window manager action.
what is /<group-name>/custom/override useful for?
Displays
Pointer Devices
Core Applications
Xfwm4
Xfdesktop
Panel
Session
Channel: xfce4-session
| Property Name | Type | Values |
|---|---|---|
| /general/SaveOnExit | bool | |
| /general/AutoSave | bool | |
| /general/PromptOnLogout | bool | |
| /shutdown/ShowHibernate | bool | |
| /shutdown/ShowSuspend | bool | |
| /splash/Engine | string |