https://wiki.xfce.org/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:01:09 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://wiki.xfce.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png https://wiki.xfce.org/ https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/add_simple_shortcut_to_folder?rev=1553355758&do=diff How to add a shortcut for opening a directory from a panel * Right-click on the panel where you want to add the shortcut. This opens a menu for managing the panel. * Choose “Add New Items...”. This opens a window where you can choose the type of the item you want to add to the panel. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:42:38 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/create_graphical_installer?rev=1553722703&do=diff Requirements * ruby interpreter * “fat tarball” of desired Xfce version Install This is the core of the installer. svn co http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/installit/branches/installer-single-file installit cd installit ./autogen.sh make sudo make install cd .. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:38:23 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu?rev=1663619049&do=diff Customize the Xfce menu This page describes how to customize the menu, using Xfdesktop 4.5 or higher. For earlier versions you can use the libxfce4menu GUI. A GNU-licensed graphical menu editor for LXDE, LXMenuEditor, also works for Xfce, as of Xfce 4.8.0 and LXMenuEditor 20110523. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:24:09 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/debian_os_cillation?rev=1286033198&do=diff Debian os-cillation installation If you want run the xfce4-4.4RC2-installer.run from os-cillation you need a large amount of requirements on your system, especially if you start with a new and small debian system. The following requirements you can get with apt-get install anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:26:38 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/debug?rev=1366519242&do=diff Debugging Xfce Ofcourse, we all know Xfce is bugfree and stable as a rock. So there shouldn't be any reason for this howto to exist. However, due to some (yet) unexplained cause, it can happen that an application crashes. We are not sure of the origin of these mysterious events. Some people have witnessed the presence of Rodents, maybe there is a relationship, but no-one knows for sure. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:40:42 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/gitlab_signup?rev=1742203438&do=diff GitLab Sign-Up Process Summary * Starting from 2025-02-15, registering new accounts will be suspended. * New users should log in using SSO (GitLab.com and GitHub). * New users will be able to create forks without requesting their accounts to be cleared. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:23:58 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/gtk_theme?rev=1553721829&do=diff Xfce GTK Engine Theme how to This document is under development Introduction gtk-xfce-engine, Xfce4's gtk engine provides a render engine for Gtk 2 and Gtk 3. This page contains information about the extra theming settings the gtk-xfce-engine provides. Both Gtk 2 and Gtk 3 are described here to make it easier to get a consistent look between them both. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:23:49 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/install_new_themes?rev=1613175911&do=diff How to install new themes * * * * ---------- There are 5 different themes you can adjust in Xfce: the window decorations, the GTK+ interfaces, the cursors, the notifications, and the icons. You can find themes on various websites, here are some of them: anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:25:11 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/kiosk_mode?rev=1286033198&do=diff Kiosk Mode Some components of Xfce have support for kiosk mode. This can be enabled by creating and modifying the system kioskrc file found at: ${sysconfdir}/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc By default, ${sysconfdir} points to /etc Xfce4 Panel [xfce4-panel] CustomizePanel=%powerusers,foo anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:26:38 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/monochrome-icon?rev=1286033198&do=diff Monochrome icon This step-by-step tutorial explains how to include a monochrome icon inside a GTK+ application. It starts with a minimal solution and evolves up to a more solid one with Cairo. All the examples are written in Vala language. Author: Mike Massonnet anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:26:38 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/other_window_manager?rev=1708765270&do=diff mailing list#xfceforumissue tracker Using another Window Manager Xfce works nicely together with other window managers instead of xfwm4. General Configuration Replacing xfwm4 with the window manager of your choice is quite easy. Run command_of_your_wm --replace and save your session. The change will be applied on the fly. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 24 Feb 2024 09:01:10 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/running_xfce_without_a_panel?rev=1553356072&do=diff Running Xfce without a panel You may want/need to run Xfce without giving the user access to a panel; this may seem impossible at first sight, as xfce4-panel is a dependency of the xfce4 package. This can be solved by a simple work-around; as root save the original xfce-panel file anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:47:52 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/scim?rev=1553720832&do=diff Set up SCIM in XFCE What is SCIM? SCIM stands for 'Smart Common Input Method'. The SCIM engine can act as an input method for any language, including complex languages such as Chinese. It is easy to use SCIM tables to create a custom keyboard. Why would I want to use it? anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:07:12 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/simple_network_monitoring?rev=1473513722&do=diff Simple network monitoring using Genmon plugin Follow is the code of script that can make this I recomment to save in you home directory with name netmonitor.sh (with +x permissions), next have to add new item (On panel right click -> 'Add New Item' anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 10 Sep 2016 13:22:02 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/use_matrix?rev=1649460929&do=diff How to Use a Freenode-Registered Nickname on matrix.org As described here: If you have a Freenode-registered nickname and want to use it from Matrix, you can do it like this: * Leave with your nick on IRC * On Matrix, open a new chat (Usually a “ anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 08 Apr 2022 23:35:29 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/valgrind?rev=1586556796&do=diff Best bet for memory leaks is to run it in valgrind. Something like: xfdesktop --quit; G_DEBUG=gc-friendly G_SLICE=always-malloc,debug-blocks valgrind -v --leak-check=full \ --leak-resolution=high --num-callers=500 --track-origins=yes \ --read-var-info=yes --show-leak-kinds=all \ --log-file="$HOME/Desktop/xfdesktop-valgrind.log" xfdesktop & anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:13:16 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/xfwm4_theme?rev=1751886502&do=diff Xfwm4 Window Component and Theming how-to * * * * * * * * * * * * ---------- Introduction Xfwm4, Xfce's native window manager, uses a simple yet flexible pixmap based theme engine using images in .xpm format. Xfwm4 also uses a text file for other configuration options (see themerc section). Further to this you can also make a theme pick up gtk theme colours which will be covered in the gtk color pickup section of the document. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:08:22 +0000 https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/xterm-as-root-tail?rev=1553722769&do=diff XTerm as root-tail The idea behind this title is to use XTerm as a log viewer over the desktop, just like root-tail works. The tool root-tail paints text on the root window by default or any other XWindow when used with the -id parameter. Using XTerm comes with little advantage, it is possible to scroll into the anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:39:29 +0000