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Settings

Settings

Open Settings with Ctrl+, or from the window menu. The page has a search box, so typing a word jumps to the matching rows. Settings are stored in ~/.config/dfiles/ui-settings.json; the key for each row is listed so you can set it from a script or the home-manager module.

General

Window

Setting	Key	What it does
Close behavior	closeBehavior	Keep running or Quit when the window's close button is used. Under the systemd unit the window always hides
Register as the session file manager	registerFileManager	Request org.freedesktop.FileManager1 so reveal-in-file-manager calls open here. Never takes the name from another owner
Open folders in a new tab	openLocationIn	Locations opened from other applications get their own tab instead of replacing the current one
Extract archives on open	extractOnOpen	Double clicking an archive extracts it beside itself instead of opening it with an app
Language	language	Follow the system language or pick one

Open and save dialogs

Setting	Key	What it does
Use Dank Files for open and save dialogs		Serve the desktop portal's file chooser. Writes the per-user portal preference and offers to restart the portal service. See Desktop Integration

View

Setting	Key	What it does
Default view	defaultView	List, grid or column view for folders without a remembered view
Sort by	defaultSort	Name, size, modified or type
Sort descending	defaultSortDescending	Reverse the default order
Show hidden files	showHidden	Show dot-prefixed and .hidden entries
Folders before files	foldersFirst	Group folders at the top
Remember view and sort per folder	rememberFolderViews	Each folder keeps the sort and the list or grid view you last used there. Column view is not saved per folder and stays on as you browse. Forget all folder settings clears them
Grid icon size, List icon size		Icon sizes for each view. Ctrl+Wheel changes them too
Count items in folders	folderCounts	Show the number of children next to each folder

Files

Setting	Key	What it does
Open items with	clickToOpen	Double click or single click
Confirm before moving to the trash	confirmTrash	Ask before Del
Keep a list of recent files	recentFiles	Record opened files in the shared recently-used list and show the Recent view

Keyboard

Setting	Key	What it does
Vim keys	vimKeys	Adds the vim layer from the Keyboard page
Typing in the file list	listTyping	Whether typed letters jump to a matching name or filter the folder

Appearance

Setting	Key	What it does
Theme	themeMode	light, dark, or auto to follow the system
Color source	colorSource	Auto follows Dux Shell when it runs, Preset picks a bundled palette (presetTheme), Custom loads your own theme file (customThemeFile)
Radius strength	radiusStrength	Corner rounding across the UI
Weight, Scale	fontWeight, fontScale	Typography
Title bars	windowTitleBars	Off lets the compositor decorate windows. Open windows update when reopened
Duration, Spring, Ripple effects, Reduce motion	animationDuration, springBounce, enableRippleEffects, reduceMotion	Motion
Focus ring, Thickness	focusRingEnabled, focusRingWidth, focusRingColor	Keyboard focus indicator

Behaviour

Setting	Key	What it does
Terminal	terminal	Automatic follows $TERMINAL and the installed emulators, or pick one
Dropping without a modifier	dragAction	Move on the same drive and copy otherwise, always copy, always move, or ask every time
Show thumbnails	thumbnails	Thumbnails in grid and list views
Skip images larger than	thumbnailSizeLimitMb	Do not thumbnail files above this size
Thumbnails on network locations	networkThumbnails	Generate thumbnails for files on gvfs mounts
Include hidden files (Search in Files)	searchHidden	Descend into hidden folders when searching
Folders to skip	searchExcludes	Folder names or paths, separated by commas. Build and cache folders are always skipped unless Include ignored is on

Devices

Setting	Key	What it does
Show system partitions	showSystemPartitions	List internal partitions in the sidebar, not just removable media
Open unmounted drives on click	mountOnClick	Mount a drive when you click it in the sidebar

Next Steps

• NixOS Installation - Set these keys from home-manager
• IPC - Drive Dux Files from scripts