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====== xfce4-terminal - Advanced Topics ======

====== Files and Environment Variables ======

Terminal uses the Basedir Specification as defined on [[http://freedesktop.org/|Freedesktop.org]] to locate its data and configuration files. This means that file locations will be specified as a path relative to the directories described in the specification.

<note important>As of version 1.1.0, xfce4-terminal has migrated to using xfconf to store its settings. You can view these settings in the xfce4-terminal channel through the xfce4-settings-editor application, and manually manipulate them using [[https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/4.18/xfconf-query|xfconf-query]].</note>

? ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}
! The first base directory to look for configuration files. By default this is set to ''~/.config/''. 
? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}
! A colon separated list of base directories that contain configuration data. By default the application will look in ''${sysconfdir}/xdg/''. The value of ''${sysconfdir}'' depends on how the program was built and will often be ''/etc/'' for binary packages. 
? ${XDG_DATA_HOME}
! The root for all user-specific data files. By default this is set to ''~/.local/share/''. 
? ${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
! A set of preference ordered base directories relative to which data files should be searched in addition to the ''${XDG_DATA_HOME}'' base directory. The directories should be separated with a colon. 
? ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc
! This is the location of the configuration file that includes the preferences which control the look and feel of Terminal. 
? ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm
! Menu accelerator map.

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====== Hidden options ======

Terminal offers a few hidden options to allow power users to control various advanced settings and to reduce the number of options in the user interface. 

To set any of these options, you will have to open the file ''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc'' in your favorite text editor and edit the section ''[Configuration]''; simply create the file if it does not already exist. 

For example, your ''terminalrc'' could look like the following: 

  [Configuration]
  MiscAlwaysShowTabs=TRUE
  MiscBell=TRUE
  MiscConfirmClose=FALSE
  MiscCursorBlinks=TRUE
  MiscCursorShape=TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK
  MiscCycleTabs=FALSE
  MiscInheritGeometry=TRUE
  MiscMouseAutohide=FALSE
  MiscTabCloseButtons=TRUE
  MiscTabCloseMiddleClick=TRUE
  MiscTabPosition=GTK_POS_TOP
  MiscHighlightUrls=TRUE

plus all the options that are controlled through the preferences dialog. 

<note>In the list below, the version 1.1.0 xfconf property is shown in brackets following the property name.</note>
<note>Prior to 1.1.0 there was a hidden setting MiscShiftArrowsToScroll, but this has been replaced by the ability to [[start#keyboard_shortcuts|configure this keyboard shortcut]].</note>
? MiscAlwaysShowTabs ( /misc-always-show-tabs )
! If ''TRUE'' the tab headers will always be displayed even if only a single terminal tab is open. This option is useful if you do not want the terminal window to resize when you open a second tab. It is disabled by default. 
? MiscBell ( /misc-bell )
! Enables (''MiscBell=TRUE'') or disables (''MiscBell=FALSE'') the audible terminal bell. It is disabled by default. 
? MiscConfirmClose ( /misc-confirm-close )
! Controls whether Terminal popups a confirmation dialog when the user tries to close a terminal window with multiple tabs in it. Can be either ''TRUE'' (the default) or ''FALSE''. 
? MiscCursorBlinks ( /misc-cursor-blinks )
! Enable this option to display a cursor that blinks. Can be either ''TRUE'' or ''FALSE'' (the default). 
? MiscCursorShape ( /misc-cursor-shape )
! Specifies the shape of the cursor in the terminal. This can be either ''TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK'' (the default), ''TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_IBEAM'' or ''TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_UNDERLINE''. This option is only available when you compile against VTE 0.19.1 or newer. 
? MiscCycleTabs ( /misc-cycle-tabs )
! This option controls whether you can circulate through terminal tabs. That is, whether you are able to go from the last tab to the first tab using the {gui>Next Tab} button from the {gui>Go} menu (or the associated keyboard shortcut), and from the first tab to the last tab using the {gui>Previous Tab} button from the {gui>Go} menu. The option can be either ''TRUE'' (the default) or ''FALSE''. 
? MiscDefaultGeometry ( /misc-default-geometry )
! The default geometry for new Terminal windows if no --geometry=geometry option is specified on the command line (defaults to ''80x24''). 
? MiscInheritGeometry ( /misc-inherit-geometry )
! This setting controls whether new windows will inherit the geometry (width and height of the active tab) from its parent window (the window from which the new window was opened). Can be either ''TRUE'' or ''FALSE'' (the default). 
? MiscMouseAutohide ( /misc-mouse-autohide )
! This setting controls whether Terminal will hide the mouse cursor while you are typing in a terminal window. Can be either ''TRUE'' or ''FALSE'' (the default). 
? MiscTabCloseButtons ( /misc-tab-close-buttons )
! This setting controls whether Terminal provides a close button with the terminal tab title. Can be either ''TRUE'' (the default) or ''FALSE''. 
? MiscTabCloseMiddleClick ( /misc-tab-close-middle-click )
! This setting controls whether Terminal will close a terminal tab when the user middle-clicks the tab title. Can be either ''TRUE'' (the default) or ''FALSE''. 
? MiscTabPosition ( /misc-tab-position )
! Specifies the position where the tab headers should be displayed. This can be either ''GTK_POS_TOP'' (the default), ''GTK_POS_LEFT'', ''GTK_POS_BOTTOM'' or ''GTK_POS_RIGHT''. If you specify ''GTK_POS_LEFT'' or ''GTK_POS_RIGHT'' here, the tab header texts will be displayed vertically instead of horizontally. It is highly recommended to disable ''MiscTabCloseButtons'' for ''GTK_POS_LEFT'' and ''GTK_POS_RIGHT''. 
? MiscHighlightUrls ( /misc-highlight-urls )
! This setting controls whether URLs -- both hyperlinks and email addresses -- will be highlighted in the text displayed in a terminal window. If you change this option to ''FALSE'', URLs won't be highlighted anymore and you will no longer be able to middle-click the URL to open it in the preferred application. 

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