# Xfce 4 Appfinder

### Eduard Roccatello

`<eduard@xfce.org>`

This manual describes `xfce4-appfinder` version 4.2.0. Last updated: Jan 2005

Copyright © 2004 Eduard Roccatello

## Introduction

The Xfce 4 Appfinder is part of the Xfce 4 Desktop Environment and features application search on the whole system. It searches for `.desktop` files based on the freedesktop spec and makes an index of the found apps.

## Getting Started

You can start Appfinder from console running xfce4-appfinder command or launching it through panel launcher icon.

When you start the appfinder you will see a window appearing center of your screen, looking like this:

Figure 1. Xfce4 Appfinder

Double clicking an application will launch it, while a right click will show up a pop up menu, where getting informations about the selected item.

Figure 2. Popup menu

The informations window is useful to get all details of a desktop file entry. We can get informations about Name, Comment, Categories and Command.

Figure 3. Item informations window

## Appfinder Advanced features

The Xfce 4 appfinder has the possibility to interact with other applications through drag and drop. At the actual state it can drop things on Xfce 4 menu editor and on some parts of Xfce 4 panel.

You can edit desktop menu through Xfce 4 menu editor using drag and drop from Xfce 4 Appfinder. Searching applications and adding it to desktop menu will be easier to do and faster. You have only to select an item from the appfinder list and drag it on the menu editor list and enjoy the result.

Xfce 4 appfinder also support drag and drop on Xfce 4 panel launcher settings window. You can drop appfinder items on the Command text entry of Xfce 4 panel launcher settings and get the full command written. A fast way to add a new application.

## About `xfce4-appfinder`

`xfce4-appfinder` was written by Eduard Roccatello (`<eduard@xfce.org>`). To find more information, please visit the Xfce web site.

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or this manual, use the bug tracking system at http://bugzilla.xfce.org/.

If you have questions about the use or installation of this package, please ask on the xfce mailing list. Development discussion takes place on the xfce4-dev mailing list.

`xfce4-appfinder` is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.