After Nemo and Nautilus, now we bring you Thunar. It is one of the simplest file manager (graphical) available in Linux. Simple means Thunar is easy to use. We will cover some important features of Thunar. We hope it helps new users into Xubuntu or any XFCE based Linux distro.
Overview
- Menubar.
- Toolbar (back, forward, up, home).
- Address bar.
- Left panel (devices, places, and network).
- Main area.
- Status bar.
Concepts
- Thunar created to be simple. So it is simple both in appearance and number of features.
- Thunar shares similar visual concept with Nautilus and Mac OS X Finder, especially its left panel.
- Thunar has no Ctrl+F (Search Files) feature.
- Thunar has no split view just like current Nautilus.
New Tab
To open new tab, press Ctrl+T. To close current tab, press Ctrl+W.
New Folder
To create new folder, right-click main area > Create Folder. Or, press Ctrl+Shift+N.Delete Folder
To delete a folder not permanently, just select > right-click > Move To Trash. To delete permanently, select > Shift+Delete.Sort By
To sort files, Thunar offers sorting based on Name, Size, Type, or Date.Emblem
Thunar gives ex old GNOME users what was missing from current Nautilus: emblems. You can attach one or two emblems to distinguish your favorite folder from another.
Tree
To change left panel into tree mode, open menu View > Side Pane > Tree. To revert it back, open menu View > Side Pane > Shortcuts. Shortcut for this is Ctrl+E.
Send To
Thunar has Send To feature just like Explorer. For example, suppose you want to copy a file into USB flash drive. Right-click a file > send to > drive name.