The Directory Menu panel plugin allows you to view a custom directory from your panel without the need to open up a file manager.

The following options allow you to choose how the Directory Menu plugin displays a directory.

Base Directory

Sets the destination that the plugin will start from.

Icon

Allows you to choose a custom icon to be used from a range of application or system icons, or an image file.

The Directory Menu plugin allows you to filter which files it displays using the following options:

File Pattern

Allows you to enter a list of patterns to determine which files are visible in a directory. If you specify more than one pattern, the list items must be separated with semicolons (e.g. *.txt;*.png).

Show Hidden Files

Displays hidden files in the directory menu

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