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neu5eeCh
November 26th, 2012, 05:02 AM
A "KDE Style" folderview widget for XFCE (no compiz). Anyone know of such a thing?

rai4shu2
November 26th, 2012, 06:32 AM
I think Directory Menu is about as close as Xfce gets to that.

Toz
November 26th, 2012, 12:37 PM
There is the folderview screenlet (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Folderview+Screenlet?content=102890). It requires screenlets to run.

Haven't tried it myself so I can't confirm if/how it works, but it might be worth a shot.

neu5eeCh
November 26th, 2012, 02:03 PM
There is the folderview screenlet (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Folderview+Screenlet?content=102890). It requires screenlets to run.

Haven't tried it myself so I can't confirm if/how it works, but it might be worth a shot.

Hmmm... It's for my wife's laptop. I'll try it. Looks like the screenlet project might be dead. Screenlets.Org has 404'd. Their PPA is good through 'Precise' though.

LewisTM
November 26th, 2012, 02:58 PM
Install Cairo-Dock. You'll get one or more docks which you can keep as simple or as complicated as you want. A common use it to remove the bottom Xfce panel and replace it with a similar CD dock.

Many applets can be detached from the dock and become desklets. The Folders applet, once detached, becomes a desktop folder view.

Cheers!

neu5eeCh
November 26th, 2012, 04:08 PM
Install Cairo-Dock. You'll get one or more docks which you can keep as simple or as complicated as you want. A common use it to remove the bottom Xfce panel and replace it with a similar CD dock.

Many applets can be detached from the dock and become desklets. The Folders applet, once detached, becomes a desktop folder view.

Cheers!

Thanks! I didn't realize Cairo had this widget. I'm just toying around with it on my own laptop and it will be perfect.

Thread solved.