Xfce Wiki - thunar:dev

build_and_run

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:36:08 +0000

Thunar - build, test, and debugging suggestions * * * ---------- Building Thunar First of all, check the Thunar README ! Clone the sources (required packages: git): git clone https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar Enter the cloned folder: cd thunar

code_auto_formatting

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:20:11 +0000

Edit: `.clang-format` now shipped with the source code

gio_metadata

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 21:36:11 +0000

Thunar - Using gfvs metadata gio info -a 'metadata::*' $HOME $ touch /tmp/myfile $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile attributes: $ gio set attribute -t string /tmp/myfile 'metadata::mynote' 'Please remember to delete this file!' $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile attributes: metadata::mynote: Please remember to delete this file! $ gio move /tmp/myfile /tmp/newfile $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/newfile attributes: metadata::mynote: Please remember to de…

gprof

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:17:28 +0000

Add the following into thunar/thunar/Makefile.am: thunar_CFLAGS +=-pg Build thunar ./autogen.sh && make Start thunar thunar/.libs/thunar Start gprof: gprof thunar/.libs/thunar gmon.out > analysis.txt Reproduce the use-case to test, than quit thunar and check the result.

integration_testcases

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:26:08 +0000

Integration Testcases Before doing a release or merging a substantial patch, it might make sense to run some test cases to compare the current thunar behavior/performance with the latest release. That is, in order to prevent regressions. For all tests, do the following:

locale

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:44:14 +0000

E.g. run in default local (english): thunar -q;LANG=C thunar

mimetypes

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:45:53 +0000

System-wide inside /usr/share/applications a number of .desktop files is used to generate mimeinfo.cache User specific .desktop files: ~/.local/share/applications/ User specific mime type associations are stored in: ~/.config/mimeapps.list This file contains a section

mouse_button_magic

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:22:38 +0000

Thunar - Mouse Button Magic Simulation of Horizontal Scrolling(Trackball) Its possible to I emulate horizontal scrolling by remapping the scroll direction via xbindkeys: # ~/.xbindkeysrc "xdotool click 6" b:4"xdotool click 7" b:5 Reassign mouse buttons

temp_disable_gvfs

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:47:28 +0000

Thunar - How to temporarily disable gfvs Attention: this also disables communication with xfconfd, thunar will start with default settings ! Start thunar without gvfs support: export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS= ./thunar/thunar -q;./thunar/thunar

test_dbus_calls

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:26:31 +0000

Thunar - Testing D-Bus calls Here are some examples D-Bus calls in order to test thunar dbus functionality: dbus-send --dest=org.freedesktop.FileManager1 \ --type=method_call \ /org/freedesktop/FileManager1 \ org.freedesktop.FileManager1.ShowFolders \ array:string:"file:/home/user/myFolder1","file:/home/user/myFolder2" \ string:"0" dbus-send --dest=org.freedesktop.FileManager1 \ --type=method_call \ …

test_remotes

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:43:43 +0000

Thunar - Testing a remote connection Prerequirements: Install gvfs-backends SFTP Prerequirements: install openssh-server and openssh-client Testing sftp connection on localhost: sftp://user@localhost Testing ftp connection: ftp://ftp.suse.de/

thumbnailing

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:32:31 +0000

* Check which thumbnail is used by a file with gio info -a 'thumbnail::path' * Here a script to generate shared thumbnails for a specific folder: (AS well linked in the UCA Wiki) * Start tumbler from source with debugging enabled * Build & install tumbler * killall tumblerd

thunar_view_hieracy

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:24:53 +0000

Hierarchy of Thunar views

using_gtk_inspector

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:52:17 +0000

Thunar - Using gtk inspector - install package libgirepository1.0-dev - meson setup --reconfigure build -Dintrospection=true - meson compile -C build - gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybinding true - start application - CTRL +Shift + I or CTRL +Shift + D

watch_file_io

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:47:35 +0000

Install package inotify-tools inotifywait -r -m $HOME