xfdesktop - Command-line Options

Help Options
Application Options
GTK+ Options
Session Management Options

The general usage of the application in the command-line is:

xfdesktop [OPTIONS...]

Only one instance of xfdesktop can be running at a time, and should be started by running “xfdesktop” without any arguments.

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Detailed explanations are in the following section.

Help Options: -h, --help; --help-all; --help-gtk; --help-sm-client

Application Options: -V; --version; -R, --reload; -N, --next; -M, --menu; -W, --windowlist; -A, --arrange; -e, --enable-debug; -d, --disable-debug; -D, --disable-wm-check; -Q, --quit; --display

GTK+ Options: --class, --name, --display, --gdk-debug, --gdk-no-debug, --gtk-module, --g-fatal-warnings, --gtk-debug, --gtk-no-debug

Session Management Options: --sm-client-id, --sm-client-disable

Help Options

-h, --help: Show help options

--help-all: Show all help options

--help-gtk: Show GTK+ options

--help-sm-client: Show session management options

Application Options

-V, --version: Display version information

-R, --reload: Reload all settings

-N, --next: Advance to the next wallpaper on the current workspace

-M, --menu: Pop up the menu (at the current mouse position)

-W, --windowlist: Pop up the window list (at the current mouse position)

-A, --arrange: Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

-e, --enable-debug: Enable debug messages

-d, --disable-debug: Disable debug messages

-D, --disable-wm-check: Do not wait for a window manager on startup

-Q, --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

--display=DISPLAY: X display to use

--gdk-debug=FLAGS: GDK debugging flags to set

--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS: GDK debugging flags to unset

--gtk-module=MODULES: Load additional GTK+ modules

--g-fatal-warnings: Make all warnings fatal

--gtk-debug=FLAGS: GTK+ debugging flags to set

--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS: GTK+ debugging flags to unset

Session Management Options

--sm-client-id=ID: Session management client ID

--sm-client-disable: Disable session management

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