Messing around with XFCE and loving it so far. There's a few things I can't figure out on it that I thought I'd ask here about:

1. How do I set Konqueror as my default file browser? I very much prefer it over Thunar.

2. How do I make Konsole (or even Terminal) show my current directory at its prompt like it does in KDE? It shows only sh-4.1$ while in XFCE for some reason.

3. How do I configure it to be single-click rather than double-click when selecting items on the desktop? I can get it to do that in Thunar but it doesn't change the desktop settings.

4. How can I enable window transparency (if its even possible in xfce)? I like my konsole window to be transparent but it won't allow it

Thanks!

If you go into XFCE Menu -> Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> compositor tab

There should be a tab to enable composting, you should be able to make konsole/terminal transparent using their settings after that.

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Put
in your ~/.bashrc

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Just tried it, and it works with Konsole, ty!

Know a way to do the same thing to XFCE Terminal? It still shows only the default thing.

Weird. It should work on all terminal emulators. Have you restarted XFCE Terminal?

yeah, logged out altogether and back in. Also, when I have konsole set as the default terminal emulator and I open it with the Open Terminal... command in the rclick context menu, that bashrc change doesn't affect it. I only see it the way it should be when I open konsole from the applications menu.

I really like XFCE, but this is one of a few things that I'd really like to solve before I use it full-time over KDE

I just logged in to XFCE and opened the XFCE Terminal the via the right-click menu. It did read .bashrc
Afterwards, I changed the default terminal app for XFCE to Konsole and opened it the same way. Again, it did work fine.

Perhaps, you could try and move your .config/xfce4 directory somwhere else (just temporarily) and see what happens when XFCE creates new config files. Just a thought.

Just did that, and it didn't help.

But now another problem cropped up. When I logged into my computer after work just now (before moving that folder), my panel at the bottom of the screen is gone. Checked the XFCE settings manager, and the Panel option is there but clicking it doesn't do anything.

Best solution I can find is to use the run program option to run xfce4-panel, which does bring back the panel and the functionality of the window, but this seems to have to be repeated after every login now. How can I set this command to run at startup?

Have you tried removing XFCE cache sessions?

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Great ty, that fixed the panel problem. Leaving only the original terminal problem which I'm beginning to think I might just have to deal with

Perhaps, try to create a new user and see what happens there in XFCE.

I'm sure I haven't done any more customisations apart from sourcing /etc/profile in my .bashrc.