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Xfce – Configuration and Tweaks – Getting Started

1. application menu display

Application menu (right click) -> Uncheck “Show Button title”

2. Terminal Color not visible

Application menu -> Terminal Emulation

Edit-> Profile preferences -> Colors

uncheck : “Use colors from system theme”

Build in Schemes like “White on black”

Or select custom Text color and background

3. remove silly scrollbars

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-tweak

# didn't really work !
# sudo apt-get purge liboverlay-scrollbar-* -y

# this works
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

# enable
#gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode overlay-auto

4. Menu not visble

KDE apps running on XFCE have no icons in menus. Can’t figure this one out.

Applications Menu -> Settings -> Appearance > Settings
[x] show image on buttons
[x] show image on menus

Restart the file manager session

#------
#The fix is…

gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true
gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true


sudo gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true
sudo gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true

Source: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=940213

6. File manager

– View -> Location Selector -> Toolbar Style
– View -> Statusbar
– View -> Side Pane -> Tree

Start -> File Manager -> Thurna

7. Start -> Settings -> Appearance

-> Style -> Xfce
-> icons -> Select “Ubuntu icon theme”
-> Font -> Default Font Size

8. Right mouse click -> Panel -> Panel Properties

Orientation: vertical
Lockpanel: uncheck

Alternative:

Delete Panel 2

9. Remove recently used files


rm -f $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
mkdir $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
sudo chattr +i $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

# e.g.
sudo chattr +i /home/a/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

References: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=93354

10. Enable hibernation

sudo apt-get install xfce4-power-manager -y
ps -e|grep "power-manager"
sudo xfce4-power-manager

Application >> settings >> xfce4-settings-manager -> power manager
-> general settings ->[x]”always show system tray icon selected”.

====ALTENATIVE=====

sudo -e /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
#==OR==
sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

# Fill it with this text

[Re-enable hibernate by default]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes

Save by pressing Ctrl-O and exit nano by pressing Ctrl-X

sudo sh -c 'echo "
[Re-enable hibernate by default]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes
" > /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla'

sudo update-grub

# test hibernation
sudo pm-hibernate

# Reboot ur system. !!!!!!!
sudo reboot now

# http://askubuntu.com/questions/94754/how-to-enable-hibernation-in-12-04

11. No Window borders in XFCE

How to fix missing window bar in Xfce
Right Mouse click -> Application Menu -> Panel -> Panel Preferences -> Automatically show and hide the panel

Originally Posted by Toz View Post
No need to re-install. Simply restart the Window manager by Alt-F2 then run:
Code:

xfwm4 --replace

Add this as the first line of ~/.bashrc

xfwm4 --replace&

12. Add volume control – pavucontrol – in xfce for bluetooth headsets and devices

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol -y

13. Calendar – Orage

sudo apt-get install -y orage

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol orage -y

14. scrollbar width

http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/55226-make-your-xfce-scroll-bars-wider/


echo '


style "scroll"
{
    GtkScrollbar::slider-width        = 25
    GtkScrollbar::slider-width        = 25
    GthScrollbar::stepper-size        = 25
}
class "*" style "scroll"


' >> ~/.gtkrc-2.0

15. Mount points with the correct user

chown -R username:group /mountpoint

References

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krmCuFmcpdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnH92h_QHf0