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====== xfce4-appfinder - Application Finder ======

The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands. It does this by searching your file system for ''.desktop'' files, and displays a categorized list of all the GUI applications on your system.

<note tip>**Tip:** You can use the Application Finder to quickly add [[:xfce:xfce4-panel:launcher|launchers]] to your [[:xfce:xfce4-panel:|panel]] - simply drag an item onto your desired panel and it will automatically create a launcher for that application.</note>

  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**

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===== General =====

   * **[[usage|Usage]]** -- Overview of the Application Finder
  *  **[[preferences|Preferences]]** -- Configure the behaviour of the application and create custom actions
  * **[[examples|Custom Action Examples]]** -- Examples for custom actions

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===== Debugging Support =====

xfce4-appfinder currently supports three different levels of debugging support,
which can be setup using the configure flag ''--enable-debug'' (check the output of ''configure --help''):

^ Argument  ^ Description ^
|  `yes`    | This is the default for Git snapshot builds. It adds all kinds of checks to the code, and is therefore likely to run slower. Use this for development of xfce4-appfinder and locating bugs in xfce4-appfinder. |
| `minimum` | This is the default for release builds. **This is the recommended behaviour.** |
| `no`      | Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know exactly what you do. |

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===== Latest Release =====

{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-appfinder 1 date 2h}}

[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]

  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here)

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===== Source Code Repository =====
[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder|]]

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===== Reporting Bugs =====

  * **[[:xfce:xfce4-appfinder:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports


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