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To execute actions other than the default action for a file, select the file in question, then choose the desired action from the Open With choices available from the File menu or the right-click context menu. The action you have chosen is now added to the list of Recommended Applications for that particular file type.

If you enabled the Use as default for this kind of file option or there was no prior action associated with the type, the newly added action becomes the default. Back to Top. File and Folder Properties. The Properties dialog shows more information about any file or folder in the file manager.

To open the Properties window, perform the following steps:. If there are no files or folders selected, right-clicking anywhere on the whitespace or performing any of the other actions listed above will present the context menu of the current folder that you are viewing.

There are three or four tabs in the Properties dialog that give you access to the following information or actions:. The File menu item is a context menu, meaning the entries you see on it will differ depending on whether the currently selected item is a folder or a file.

File Context Menus. Certain items on the File menu are not native Thunar functions but are provided by plugins. In the descriptions that follow, those items will be identified by Plugin.

More detailed information on their usage can be found in the Plugins section of this documentation. The following menu items are common to both folders and files:. The Edit menu presents the same options for both folder and file selections.

The Edit Menu. Most of the items on the View menu are either self-explanatory or have been discussed in the The File Manager Window section. There are just a couple that deserve further explanation below. View Menu. Hidden files typically contain settings and configuration data which don't normally need to be accessed.

For this reason and as a safety precaution to prevent their accidentally being moved, changed or deleted, they do not show up by default in the file manager. Check this option to make them visible. They can be identified by the dot prefix in the filename e.

Increase or decrease the size of the icons and text in the Main Area. If multiple windows are open, the other windows will not refresh with the new setting until they are closed and reopened. Select Normal Size to restore the default zoom level. The Go menu provides options for navigating through the file system. Most of these options can be accessed more directly by clicking on the Side Pane or the Location Selector , or by using keyboard shortcuts. There are, however, a couple of exceptions to this rule.

You will notice in the example below that there are some folders showing in the Go menu which aren't showing in the Side Pane. The other two, Development and Reports , are user-defined shortcuts which have been hidden using the Side Pane right-click menu. As you can see, the Go menu overrides that setting and displays all shortcuts. The Go Menu. Open synaptic and click on Search. Enter your desired theme, and it will display the list of matching items.

Mark all the additional required changes and click on Apply. This will download the theme and then install it. Again, the default Xfce wallpaper is not bad at all. But you can change the wallpaper to something that matches with your icons and themes.

To change wallpapers in Xfce, right click on the desktop and click on Desktop Settings. You can change the desktop background from your custom collection or the defaults one given.

Right click on the desktop and click on Desktop Settings. Choose Background from the folder option, and choose any one of the default backgrounds or a custom one.

However, if you want your dock to be better and with a little more customization options, you can install another dock. Before you use Plank, you should remove the default dock by right-clicking in it and under Panel Settings, clicking on delete.

Plank picks up icons from the one you are using. XFCE is a lightweight, fast and highly customizable. If you are limited on system resource, it serves good and you can easily customize it to look better. This is just with half an hour of effort.

Feel free to share your customized XFCE desktop screen in the comments and the combination of themes and icons you are using.

They are primitive and ordinary like Windows 1. Once enabled on both computers, compression can make transfers up to 3 times faster. This new version of Xfce features a refined visual identity, improved settings manager, power manager, display settings and keyboard shortcuts, pausable file operations, a new configuration tool to set your favorite applications and support for fractional scaling. The latest versions of ipp-usb and sane-airscan were also backported and are available in the Linux Mint Try them out if you can't get your printer or scanner to work with software drivers.

The image viewer now supports. In PDF files annotations now appear below the text and the document can be scrolled down using the space bar. Until , future versions of Linux Mint will use the same package base as Linux Mint Until , the development team won't start working on a new base and will be fully focused on this one. New Features. Update Manager Notifications In the past, available updates were simply indicated by a little orange dot on the Update Manager's icon in the system tray and could go unnoticed for long periods of time.

Updates notification. Notification preferences. Automated Flatpak updates. Bulk File Renamer A new application was implemented to add the ability to bulk rename files. Renaming multiple files Sticky Notes. Sticky's tray icon.