[NEWS] Thunar 1.5.1 adds tabs support

The new development release of Thunar, the Xubuntu's default file manger, adds support for tabs browsing.

Release notes for 1.5.1:

Interesting release for a lot of users since this releases introduces the much-requested tabs in Thunar. Furthermore the new side pane has some important bugs fixed, the tool bar had a cleanup and is much more compact now and there is a permanent delete option. There are also various speed optimizations in thumbnail/icon handling and a number of bugs fixed.

Here's how to install it in Xubuntu: link.

References

ANNOUNCE: thunar 1.5.1 released

Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Thunar 1.5.1:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade


    Best regards!!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    Dear all,

    excellent news! How do I remove the old thunar in the cleanest possible way? Otherwise I cannot install the following xfce-4.12 dev packages:

    The following packages have been kept back:
    exo-utils
    libexo-1-0
    libthunarx-2-0
    thunar
    thunar-data
    xfce4-settings

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    1. Wilson SantosNovember 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM

      Probably you're running 12.04. See here how to install Thunar 1.5.1 in Xubuntu: http://goo.gl/duZAl

      Delete
  3. GillesNovember 5, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    And this dev release corrects the double volume in thunar.

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  4. mayamaxNovember 5, 2012 at 2:34 PM

    Excellent news. I am waiting for this great tab feature for years. Now I can offer xfce to more new user. Thanks xfce team and thank you for this news. BTW, did you read this tips (http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-set-up-compiz-in-xubuntu-1210-or.html) at webupd8 about compiz in xubuntu? Did you test it?

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    1. Wilson SantosNovember 5, 2012 at 3:15 PM

      I'll give it a go. If I like it, I'll write a post about it. Thank you.

      Delete

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