NAME

       xfdesktop - The Xfce 4 Desktop Environment's desktop manager

SYNOPSIS

       xfdesktop
       xfdesktop [options]

DESCRIPTION

       xfdesktop  manages  the  desktop  itself in the Xfce 4 Desktop Environment.  This includes
       drawing the desktop backdrop and providing a right-click  applications  menu  and  middle-
       click  window  list  menu,  as well as drawing icons on the desktop.  Only one instance of
       xfdesktop can be running at a time, and should be started by running xfdesktop without any
       arguments.

OPTIONS

   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
              Causes  an  already-running  instance  of  xfdesktop to reload all its settings and
              redraws the desktop background.

       -N, --next
              Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to advance to the next wallpaper on
              the current workspace.

       -M, --menu
              Causes  an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the applications menu at
              the current position of the mouse cursor.

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

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

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

       -e, --enable-debug
              Enable debug messages

       -d, --disable-debug
              Disable debug messages

       -Q, --quit
              Cause xfdesktop to quit

       --display=[DISPLAY]
              X display to use

ENVIRONMENT

       xfdesktop's behavior is affected by the following environment variables.

       XDG_CONFIG_HOME
              Specifies  the root for all user-specific configuration files.  If this environment
              variable is not present, it defaults to ~/.config

       XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
              Specifies a colon-separated list of system  directories  in  which  to  search  for
              configuration  data.   If  this environment variable is not present, it defaults to
              /etc/xdg

FILES

       xfdesktop  searches  for  a  menu   description   file   in   $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/xfce-
       applications.menu.     xfdesktop    can    also    use    a    user-customized   menu   in
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/menus/.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop.
       Development discussion should be conducted on the xfce4-dev@xfce.org mailing list.
       Usage-related questions should be directed to the xfce@xfce.org mailing list.

HOMEPAGE

       https://xfce.org/

AUTHOR

       Jasper Huijsmans <huysmans@users.sourceforge.net>, Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>, Brian
       Tarricone <bjt23@cornell.edu>, and Eric Koegel <eric@xfce.org>.

       This manual page was originally written by Brian Tarricone <bjt23@cornell.edu>.

                                            July 2019                                XFDESKTOP(1)