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Use the <span class="guilabel"><strong>File Manager Preferences</strong></span> dialog to set your <strong class="application"><code>Thunar</code></strong> file manager
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preferences. To open the preferences dialog, choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>Edit</strong></span> → <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Preferences...</strong></span>
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from the menu bar, or click on the <span class="guibutton"><strong>File Manager</strong></span> button in the Xfce Settings Manager.
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The <span class="guilabel"><strong>File Manager Preferences</strong></span> dialog is divided into four pages with different options, each described in
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a separate section below. Basically you can set preferences in the following categories:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>The default settings for the views.</p></li><li><p>The default settings for the side pane.</p></li><li><p>The behavior of the file manager windows.</p></li><li><p>Advanced features of the file manager.</p></li></ul></div><p>
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>The default settings for the views.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>The default settings for the side pane.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>The behavior of the file manager windows.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Advanced features of the file manager.</p></li></ul></div><p>
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Thunar also supports a bunch of so-called <span class="emphasis"><em>Hidden Options</em></span>, which control several advanced features of the
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file manager, but are not included in the preferences in order to keep the preferences dialog simple. The <a class="ulink" href="http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/thunar/trunk/docs/README.thunarrc" target="_top"><code class="filename">README.thunarrc</code></a> file that
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is included with the Thunar distribution describes all available options in detail.
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</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-views"></a>Views Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
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</p><div class="sect2" title="Views Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-views"></a>Views Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
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You can specify a default view, select sort options and display options. You can
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also specify whether thumbnails should be displayed for file types that support
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</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Text beside icons</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>
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Select this options to place the icon captions for items in the icon view beside the
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icon rather than under the icon.
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</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Side Pane Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-side-pane"></a>Side Pane Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
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You can select display options for the shortcuts pane and the tree pane.
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</p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/preferences-side-pane.png" alt="Side Pane Preferences"></div></div><p>
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The side pane can either display a list of shortcuts for folders in your file system, which
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choose <span class="guimenu"><strong>File</strong></span> → <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Properties...</strong></span>
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from the main menu, or right-click the folder and select <span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Properties...</strong></span>
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from the context menu.
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</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Behavior Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="preferences-behavior"></a>Behavior Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
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You can select the preferred behavior to interact with the file manager.
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</p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/preferences-behavior.png" alt="Behavior Preferences"></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Single click to active items</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>
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Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you
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</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Double click to activate items</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>
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Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you
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double click on the item, and select the item with a single click.
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You can control advanced features of the file manager.
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</p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/preferences-advanced.png" alt="Advanced Preferences"></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="guilabel"><strong>Folder Permissions</strong></span></span></dt><dd><p>
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Choose the action that should be performed when you change the permissions of a folder in
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