color folders

[jarp53]

I would like have color folders it seem all that I find is for ubuntu --- no fun!!!

[Eadwine Rose]

Well... did you do some research on HOW they got those colored folders? Which COULD help with implementing them on MX, if possible.

[j2mcgreg]

I would like have color folders it seem all that I find is for ubuntu --- no fun!!!

You will have to change your file manager via MXPI. A preliminary search shows that Spacefm can do it. I don't know about the others available.

[artytux]

Since there is no mention of what your driving a link that might help you for 'Folder Color for Linux' A file browser extension for choosing the color/emblems of a folder/files in Linux (Nautilus/Nemo/Caja file browsers)
https://github.com/costales/folder-color
I'm using kde and sometimes use different coloured folders usually though use icons from my collection of over 750 icons (resized up or down to 555 x555 and colours altered in Gimp) for the directories and default folder colours once I'm in there the folders don't matter as much.
Hope it helps putting some fun into your install.

[CharlesV]

@jarp53 .. it will help get an answer for your question if you post your Quick System Info. (and it is forum rules.)

If your using xfce and thunar, there is a plug-in that provides custom icons and through this you can assign different icons OR colors to any folder. (or file !)

https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/avai ... or_folders

[jarp53]

is for xfce with thunar; normally I go to pling.com and chose a gtk2-3 theme but what I try so far is not working and I've already been warn by CharlesV about mixing MX with ubuntu ; and I'm just a "copy & paste" user , so I need something easy to install

[baldyeti]

You did not post your QSI, but if you are using XFCE with the papirus icons (the default), there is papirus-folders. It was previously packaged for MX but apparently not MX23. Since it is a single shell script you may as well just download it from github.

[jarp53]

could not do Papirus , but I've got https://github.com/EliverLara/Sweet-folders and combined them with https://github.com/EliverLara/candy-icons = lots of joy!!!!

[baldyeti]

I guess the papirus-folders script works for the Papirus and Papirus-Dark icon sets but *not* the Papirus-mx* variants...

[oops]

I guess the papirus-folders script works for the Papirus and Papirus-Dark icon sets but *not* the Papirus-mx* variants...

Yes but papirus-folders still interesting in this case. And I like the palebrown color.
Papirus Installer: Use the script to install the latest version directly from this repo (independently on your distro):
Install
https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTe ... us-folders

wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | sh

papirus-folders -l --theme Papirus
#List of available colors: ...

papirus-folders -C palebrown --theme Papirus