xfdesktop - Xfce Desktop Manager 

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xfdesktop - Xfce Desktop Manager

Xfdesktop is a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It handles the following tasks:

background image / color
root menu, window list
minimized app icons
file icons on the desktop (using Thunar libs)

It can bring up an applications menu and a list of all running applications when you click on the desktop with the right or middle mouse button respectively. Settings are available via the [[../:xfce4-settings:|Settings Manager]].

General 

[[usage|Usage]] – Overview of the Desktop Manager
[[preferences|Preferences]] – Configuring the desktop
[[command-line|Command-line Options]] – Parameters for using ‘’xfdesktop’’ in the command-line
[[advanced|Advanced]] – Hidden options

Minimum Requirements 

intltool 0.31
GTK+ 3.22.0
libxfce4util 4.13
libxfce4ui 4.13
libwnck 3.14
libexo 0.11
xfconf 4.12.1
garcon 0.6.0 (optional; required for apps menu)
thunar 1.7.0 (optional; required for file icons)
tumbler 1.6 (optional; enables thumbnail previews for file icons)
cairo 1.12

Debugging Support 

xfdesktop currently supports three different levels of debugging support, which can be setup using the configure flag --enable-debug (check the output of configure --help):

Argument	Description
yes	This is the default for Git snapshot builds. It adds all kinds of checks to the code, and is therefore likely to run slower. Use this for development of xfdesktop and locating bugs in xfdesktop.
minimum	This is the default for release builds. This is the recommended behaviour.
no	Disables all sanity checks. Don’t use this unless you know exactly what you do.