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xiexieeric

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Registered: 2016-06-17

Posts: 2

All folders are grayed-out when selecting desktop wallpaper in XFCE4

Just did a fresh installation of Arch on my Dell XPS 13. Everything seems to be okay, except when I right click > desktop settings to set my desktop wallpaper, I can't seem to click any of the directories. I can choose from the default directories such as Desktop, File System, and backgrounds, but when I click "Other..." to select another directory, all of the directories are grayed out.

Any ideas?

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: All folders are grayed-out when selecting desktop wallpaper in XFCE4

Same here on an old install. Possible explanation here.

As a work-around you can type the path to the desired directory in the Location: box and hit Enter.

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xiexieeric

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Registered: 2016-06-17

Posts: 2

Re: All folders are grayed-out when selecting desktop wallpaper in XFCE4

Ahh, I see. Good to know it's not my filesystem's error. Thanks so much!

mikkqu

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Registered: 2016-08-08

Posts: 3

Re: All folders are grayed-out when selecting desktop wallpaper in XFCE4

I'm having exactly the same problem after recent update. Extremely frustrating, I must say.
Glad to know that I'm not the only one who seeing it.

dockland

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

Posts: 861

Re: All folders are grayed-out when selecting desktop wallpaper in XFCE4

There is a workaround, just drag and drop the subfolders you want to "places" to the left. Then you can select your desired folder with your wallpapers. e.g. if i have a subfolder under "Pictures" named "Wallpapers" i just drag the "Wallpapers" folder to the left pane and can choose it when selecting walls
Not a solution, but a workaround at least.

E: I see that alphaniner had a similar workaround in original post as well.

Last edited by dockland (2016-08-09 18:33:38)

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