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If you want to not see all your icons to show off your awesome desktop right click not on an icon and select :menuselection:`Hide Desktop Items`. To get your desktop icons to show again right click and uncheck the :guilabel:`Hide Desktop Icons` checkbox. If you have hidden files in your desktop and want to toggle showing them right click on your desktop, check/uncheck, and select :menuselection:`Show Hidden`. To create a new folder on your desktop right click and select :menuselection:`Create New --> Folder`. To create a new blank file on your desktop right click on it and select :menuselection:`Create New --> Blank File`.
To reararange your files by when they were modified right click on the desktop :menuselection:`Sorting --> By Modification Time`. To sort by how big each file is right click on the desktop :menuselection:`Sorting --> By File Size`. To return to sorting by name right click on the desktop and select :menuselect:`Sorting --> By File Name`. To reverse the order of sorting right click on the desktop and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Descending`. To sort back to the way you had before right click and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Ascending`. To make your sorting case sensitive right click on the desktop and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Case Sensitive`. To make folders come first in sorting right click on your checkbox and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Case Sensitive`.
To rearrange your files by when they were modified right click on the desktop :menuselection:`Sorting --> By Modification Time`. To sort by how big each file is right click on the desktop :menuselection:`Sorting --> By File Size`. To return to sorting by name right click on the desktop and select :menuselect:`Sorting --> By File Name`. To reverse the order of sorting right click on the desktop and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Descending`. To sort back to the way you had before right click and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Ascending`. To make your sorting case sensitive right click on the desktop and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Case Sensitive`. To make folders come first in sorting right click on your checkbox and select :menuselection:`Sorting --> Case Sensitive`.
Adding and removing items from the desktop
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1. Shortcuts can be copied to the desktop by dragging and dropping them from the application menu.
2. You can also create shortcuts by dragging and dropping files and folders from the File manager onto the desktop.
3. To rename a file on the desktop right click on the icon :menuselection:`Rename`.
4. To open the properties of a file or icon on your desktop right click the icon :menuselection:`Properites`.
4. To open the properties of a file or icon on your desktop right click the icon :menuselection:`Properties`.
5. You can create files on your desktop by saving them in the desktop directory in your home folder.
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Editing
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To edit a desktop entry including those on your menu you will need to open the .desktop entry in featherpad or the text editor of your choice you can also on desktop icons right click on the icon and :menuselection:`Open With`. To launch a program with an option simply add that option to the line that starts with Exec=. To change what the name of the desktop file shows up as on the desktop and in file manger change the entry line that starts with Name=. To change the icon to that used by something else change the line starting with Icon=.
To edit a desktop entry including those on your menu you will need to open the .desktop entry in Featherpad or the text editor of your choice you can also on desktop icons right click on the icon and :menuselection:`Open With`. To launch a program with an option simply add that option to the line that starts with Exec=. To change what the name of the desktop file shows up as on the desktop and in file manger change the entry line that starts with Name=. To change the icon to that used by something else change the line starting with Icon=.
