On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:37:33 -0400 Josh Blagden <[email protected]> wrote:
> > XFCE has the Application Finder - F2 by default. I don't think it > finds > > non-program files. > > Thanks, Celajar. I haven't used XFCE - aside from an Xubuntu live CD > once - so, I'm glad to find out that there is a way to search for > programs. Though, I find it very intersting that the F2 key is used > because in GNOME and Windows 7, the F2 key is used for renaming files. > Can the F2 key be used for that too, or is there another key for that in > XFCE? If not, is it possible to rename files by left-clicking on the > file name, as you can on MacOS and Windows 7? 1) I meant Alt-F2, not simply F2 2) XFCE has a file manager called Thunar - I don't use it, so I'm not that familiar with it. I use Midnight Commander, in which the default 'move' (or 'rename') keyboard shortcut is F6 (although I believe that that can be changed). > Thank you for your help, > Josh > > On 8/28/17 10:49 PM, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:55:35 -0400 > > Josh Blagden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In GNOME, you can search for files and programs on the computer after > >> you hit the Windows key. On MacOS, you can do that after you hit > >> Command+Space. Is there anything like that in XFCE? > > XFCE has the Application Finder - F2 by default. I don't think it finds > > non-program files. Celejar
