Smart and intuitive application finder, complete with theme and customization support.
Application settings can be controlled using xfconf-query.
Available settings:
List all available settings:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-finder -l
List a setting:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-finder -p /web-search
Change a setting:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-finder -p /web-search -s https://www.bing.com?q=%s
Set array values:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-finder -p /application-directories -s /usr/share/applications -s /usr/local/share/applications
The above sets the application-directories array property which is used by xfce4-finder to location application files to /usr/share/applications and /usr/local/share/applications. You may need to update this setting if your applications directory is not included by default.
This application is available under the Arch Linux AUR repository as a PKGBUILD. To install using yay, use the following command:
yay xfce4-finder
To build the application you will need to have the following dependencies installed.
On Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S glib2 gtkmm garcon xfconf libxfce4util libxfce4ui automake autoconf xfce4-dev-tools
Building the application:
cd xfce4-finder/
./autogen.sh
make
make install
Open xfce4-keyboard-settings and bind a key combination to use for the xfce4-finder such as META_KEY + SPACE_KEY or ALT_KEY + SPACE_KEY and invoke /usr/bin/xfce4-finder.
Once the application is displayed, begin typing. Execute commands with either the ENTER_KEY or by mouse clicking a selection in the autocomplete list.
xfce4-finder 1.0
Usage:
xfce4-finder [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
-v, --verbose Show verbose text
Feel free add feature requests or report issues: Features/Issues.
The application won't run resulting the error: Error: Could not open directory /home/USER/.local/share/applications
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xfce4-finder is released under the MIT License.