Chapter 4. Konfigurator: Krusader's configuration center

Konfigurator is Krusader's configuration center. Here you can modify the way Krusader does things and customize it to your own needs. At all times, pressing the "Apply" button will apply the changes, pressing "Close" will close Konfigurator, and pressing "Defaults" will re-apply Krusader's "factory" settings. Konfigurator is divided into pages, each containing items related to that page. For some changes to the GUI, you will have to close Krusader and restart Krusader.

Startup page


Konfigurator startup page

Konfigurator startup page.


The startup page determines the way that Krusader looks (and works) when it is launched. It is divided into two main parts:

Panels

"Save settings on exit": when Krusader launches, the panels current directory will be the same as it was, when Krusader was shutdown - providing the location is within a local filesystem. When checked, all the other checkboxes of the the startup page will be disabled.

"Start with the following settings": allows you to define a startup status for each of the panel in the following manner:

  • "Left/Right Panel starts at": the following options are available

    • homepage: This panel will start at a specified homepage. In this case, you also need to choose a directory in which will be this panels homepage.

    • workdir: This panel will start at the folder it was executed from.

    • last place it was: This panel will start at the last directory it was when Krusader was shut down.

User Interface

Determine which parts of the user interface are visible during startup.

  • "Save settings on exit": when shutdown, Krusader checks the state of the user interface components, and restores them to the condition they were during shutdown.

  • "Toolbar visible": if checked, the Toolbar will be visible during startup.

  • "Statusbar visible": if checked, the statusbar will be visible during startup.

  • "Function keys visible": if checked, the FN Keys Bar will be visible during startup.

  • "Command line visible": if checked, the command line will be visible during startup.

  • "Terminal emulator visible": if checked, the terminal emulator will be visible during startup.

  • "Restore last postion and size": when launched, Krusader will resize itself to the last size it was when last shutdown. Krusader will also appear in the same location on the screen.