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thunar package

Set color to files name

Bug #1678052 reported by Benitron
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Thunar File Manager
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thunar (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hi,

First, thanks for the amazing job you are doing !

I searched if it was possible to set colors individually to files / folders names background on Thunar, but couldn't find it.

Does it exist ? If not, it was "whispered" to me by someone who find it really useful to classify files (and got the idea from Mac ;) ).

It does look like this (on Mac, sorry, sorry...) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-QJnskOEA in video
or
https://cdn.tutsplus.com/mac/authors/legacy/Josh%20Johnson/2012/07/13/findertips-4.jpg on a screenshot

Could it be an enhancement ?

Have a nice day and thanks again !

Ben

PS : I also posted this on this website, as I didn't knew if it is specific to XFCE or not. If not, I will erase the other link. (https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13470)

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In , Benitron (benlarcher-1) wrote :

Hi,

First, thanks for the amazing job you are doing !

I searched if it was possible to set colors individually to files / folders names background on Thunar, but couldn't find it.

Does it exist ? If not, it was "whispered" to me by someone who find it really useful to classify files (and got the idea from Mac ;) ).

It does look like this (on Mac, sorry, sorry...) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-QJnskOEA in video
or
https://cdn.tutsplus.com/mac/authors/legacy/Josh%20Johnson/2012/07/13/findertips-4.jpg on a screenshot

Could it be an enhancement ?

Have a nice day and thanks again !

Ben

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Benitron (benlarcher-1) wrote :

Or maybe, I should delete it here as it is an enhancement and not a bug...

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In , Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x) wrote :

Sorry for the late reply!

For costom backgrounds in thunar try this tutorial:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=749685
If there should be problems, please reopen this bug! ( Or first use some search engine )

Regarding the feature-request "colored file labels". For sure possible, looks nice.
However alot of work required to add such a thing. So due to a lack of manpower not in sight for the near future. Please open a separate bug for it !

... if you want to speed up the process ... patches are always welcome !

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in thunar:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
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In , Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x) wrote :

reopened, since there seems to be some demand. Even if there is no manpower to implement such a feature curently, duplicates can be closed against this bug

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In , Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x) wrote :

*** Bug 15208 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Afon7074 (afon7074) wrote :

alexxcons editbugs 2019-03-22 13:47:55 CET
Well, if you dont want to use the workaround, I am sorry.

Thunar does not have such a feature currently.

I reopened an old request for this feature and will close this one as duplicate.
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Well, then why was the 'changes the emblem' section of the folder added if this section does not work at all? How did you start working on it, yes?

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In , Alexxcons-x (alexxcons-x) wrote :

@Kirill Afonin
Your bug was about the "color of a folder", not about emblems.
Emblems work fine for me .. they dont work for you ? If so, please open a separate bug for it.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in thunar:
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
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In , Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding) wrote :

Same feature request for Nautilus:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/817

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in thunar (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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