Remove some elements from desktop using only terminal

Starrdust · 2017-07-22 10:33:07

Please help remove some elements from the desktop using only terminal commands.

ToZ · 2017-07-22 17:14:28

This looks like it's related to the other thread? Why do you need to do this from the terminal? Why not just use the graphical tools that are available?

As for the items identified, you can disable the display of desktop icons via:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/style --create -t int -s 0

There is no easy way to remove panels or individual panel items.

To remove the Applications label, assuming that's the application menu plugin, something like this should work:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-$(xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv | grep applicationsmenu | awk '{print $1}' | awk -F '-' '{print $2}')/show-button-title --create -t bool -s false

Starrdust · 2017-07-22 19:17:53

YES! This two command work exelent.

Starrdust · 2017-07-23 10:38:31

Nope. First command completely breaks the functionality of the desktop. With it, then it's impossible to interact, and I just need to remove the labels.

ToZ · 2017-07-23 14:43:36

Starrdust wrote:

Nope. First command completely breaks the functionality of the desktop. With it, then it's impossible to interact, and I just need to remove the labels.

If you just want to remove the desktop icon labels:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /desktop-icons/font-size -n -t double -s 0

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Remove some elements from desktop using only terminal

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