Thunar Options for Folders

[crazyfunkman]

Hello Folks,

I'm 100% new to Linux Lite and have been very happy over my first couple days of use!  Great distro!

My question is this...I have been using Linux (almost all Ubuntu based distros) for a couple years but do not have much experience with XFCE or specifically, Thunar.  Most of the other File Managers I've used have the option to show the item counts for folders in the home screen of the File Manager.  Am I missing where to add this or is it not an option with Thunar and if not an option, is it safe to install another File Manager in place of Thunar?  I want to avoid any concerns with system stability and reliability.

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

[UltraCookie]

I looked a bit around on the interwebs. Seems like Thunar cant show the file count as long as you are not in said file.
I would guess for the same reason why in detailed view all folder have the same disk usage (4,1 kb). Checking folder size and file count for all displayed folders would slow it down. And since Thunar is made to be lightweight and fast it was probably left out as a feature.

The only thing thunar does is show the object count of the current folder in the bottom statusbar.

I found a command the makes the statusbar show the size of imagefiles if only on image is selected.

Code:

xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-image-size-in-statusbar --create --type bool --set true

Maybe there is a similar command for showing the filecount an I just couldn't find it.

PS:

Code:

xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-object-count-in-statusbar --create --type bool --set true

or

Code:

xfconf-query --channel thunar --property /misc-file-count-in-statusbar --create --type bool --set true

both do not work

[crazyfunkman]

Thanks UltraCookie!

I did some looking as well and kind of came up with the same conclusion.  Very handy option for me as this is my production machine and helps when I'm doing file transfers.  So...

Any tutorials in switch from Thunar to Nautilus?  I looked around and found a couple that are non-Lite but Xubuntu based but am reluctant to try them in the event I wreck my install plus the stuff I'm finding is dated from about a year ago.  Stupid of me not to research this before my install and setup!

Thanks for the help!

[UltraCookie]

OK. Took some time (since I have about 0 programming skills).

If you dont want to go into each folder or the check the properties to see how many files are in there.

You can go into Thunar > Edit > Configure cutom actions... and create a new custom action with this command

Code:

output=$(find %N | wc -l) && notify-send "File count" "$output files"

and name it File count.

Go into the advanced conditions tab and only check Directories. Close thunar and open it again.

If you now right click on any folder there is a new Item in the menu now named File count. Click on it and a notification should pop up with the number of all the files in that folder  including all subfolders. This command only counts the files. not the folders.

If you want the number of folders do it like this:

Code:

output=$(ls -1 | wc -l) && notify-send "Folder count" "$output folders"

[crazyfunkman]

Hi Folks,

I tried UltraCookie's suggestion but it wasn't showing the correct content count.  I tried to alter the input but to no avail.  For the time being, I'm going to leave Thunar as is and get used to it as the rest of the distro works great!  Hats off to the developers!

Thanks!

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Use Systemback to create a restore point, and then you can 'experiment' to your heart's content without fear.

AFAIK, Nautilus shouldn't be a problem. It's just a matter of how many dependencies get pulled in along with it...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob