Thunar: Difference between revisions

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Thunar is a GTK file manager originally made for Xfce.

Installation

Thunar will automatically be installed by enabling Xfce.

If you want to install Thunar standalone, add to your configuration.nix:

programs.thunar.enable = true;

Plugins

You can add plugins by including them in programs.thunar.plugins to your configuration.nix. For example:

programs.thunar.plugins = with pkgs.xfce; [ thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman ];

Other functionalities

You can extend Thunar's functionalities by adding to your configuration.nix:

services.gvfs.enable = true; # Mount, trash, and other functionalities
services.tumbler.enable = true; # Thumbnail support for images

You can extend Tumbler's support to other file formats by adding more packages to environment.systemPackages. See here for a list (the names may not match 1:1).

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 == Installation ==
-=== With Xfce ===
+Thunar will automatically be installed by [https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Xfce#Enabling enabling Xfce].
-If you [https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Xfce#Enabling enabled Xfce], Thunar should already be installed.
+If you want to install Thunar standalone, add to your <code>configuration.nix</code>:
-You can add plugins with <code>services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.thunarPlugins</code> in your <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code>, for example:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.thunarPlugins = with pkgs; [ xfce.thunar-volman xfce.thunar-archive-plugin ];
+programs.thunar.enable = true;
 </syntaxhighlight>
-=== Standalone ===
+=== Plugins ===
-If instead you want to install Thunar standalone, add to your <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code>:
+You can add plugins by including them in <code>programs.thunar.plugins</code> to your <code>configuration.nix</code>. For example:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+programs.thunar.plugins = with pkgs.xfce; [ thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman ];
-  xfce.thunar
-  # Optionals
-  xfce.xfconf # Needed to save the preferences
-  xfce.exo # Used by default for `open terminal here`, but can be changed
-];
-services.gvfs.enable = true; # Mount, trash, and other functionalities
-services.tumbler.enable = true; # Thumbnail support for images
 </syntaxhighlight>
-You can add plugins by [https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-overrides overriding] <code>thunarPlugins</code>. For example, replace <code>xfce.thunar</code> from above with:
+=== Other functionalities ===
+You can extend Thunar's functionalities by adding to your <code>configuration.nix</code>:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-(xfce.thunar.override { thunarPlugins = with pkgs; [ xfce.thunar-volman xfce.thunar-archive-plugin ]; })
+services.gvfs.enable = true; # Mount, trash, and other functionalities
+services.tumbler.enable = true; # Thumbnail support for images
 </syntaxhighlight>
-=== Thumbnails ===
+You can extend Tumbler's support to other file formats by adding more packages to <code>environment.systemPackages</code>. See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_manager_functionality#Thumbnail_previews here] for a list (the names may not match 1:1).
-You can extend tumbler's functionality to other file formats by adding more packages to <code>environment.systemPackages</code>. See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_manager_functionality#Thumbnail_previews here] for a list (the names may not match 1:1).
 == See also ==