====== Command-line Options ======

The general usage of the command line options is:
<code>xfdesktop [OPTION...]</code>

<note important>Only one instance of xfdesktop can be running at  a time, and should be started by running xfdesktop without any arguments.</note>

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Explanations are in the following sections.

? Help Options
! <nowiki>-h, --help; --help-all; --help-gtk; --help-sm-client</nowiki>

? Application Options
! <nowiki>-V; --version; --reload; --menu; --windowlist; --arrange; --quit; --display=DISPLAY</nowiki>


===== Help Options =====

? -h, --help
! Show help options and exit

? --help-all
! Show all help options and exit

? --help-gtk
! Show GTK+ Options and exit

? --help-sm-client
! Show session management options and exit

===== Application Options =====

? -V, --version
! Display version information and exit

? --reload
! Causes  an  already-running  instance  of xfdesktop to reload all its settings, including loading a new random backdrop if using a backdrop list

? --menu
! Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the applications menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

? --windowlist
! Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the window list menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

? --arrange
! Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

? --quit
! Cause xfdesktop to quit

? --display=DISPLAY
! X display to use

===== GTK+ Options =====

? --class=CLASS
! Program class as used by the window manager

? --name=NAME
! Program name as used by the window manager

? --screen=SCREEN
! X screen to use

? --sync
! Make X calls synchronous

? --gtk-module=MODULES
! Load additional GTK+ modules

? --g-fatal-warnings
! Make all warnings fatal

===== Session management options =====

? --sm-client-id=ID
! Session management client ID

? --sm-client-disable
! Disable session management