good morning , I have a question with the theme of the icons is as follows , I would like my files I have , if they are a pdf I display an icon indicating that it is a pdf, not to show me the preview, anyone knows how you can change ?. A greeting.
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This question has been asked here: elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/3995/…– Clayton McCrayJul 31, 2016 at 21:55
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Hello, thanks for answering . The question I have is that what you refer to me as I have , when I access a folder where you have the PDF, first shows me the icon, but after a few seconds , shows me the preview of the file, there is no icon pdf . Regards, and thank you very much.– MukekoAug 1, 2016 at 8:28
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I think what you are asking is how to turn off thumbnailing, perhaps because it slows the computer down too much? Unfortunately there isn't and option to do this at moment from within Files. There may be a way of disabling the thumbnailer (Tumbler) at system level but that would affect all applicaitons.– Jeremy WoottenAug 1, 2016 at 18:36
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After a little Googling I found this link askubuntu.com/questions/232347/…. If you do not mind messing about with configuration files you can disable any (or all) thumbnailers at a system level using the method described at this link.– Jeremy WoottenAug 1, 2016 at 18:45
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An easier way is to use dconf to edit the setting org.gnome.desktop.thumbnailers.disable to disable thumbailing of certain mime-types or org.gnome.desktop.thumbnailers.disable-all to prevent thumbnailing altogether.– Jeremy WoottenAug 1, 2016 at 18:48
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tumbler is managing which thumbnails are generated in elementary OS .
In order to customize the tumbler config file, you can make a local copy by creating a tumbler folder in ~/.config and then copying the original config file tumbler.rc from /etc/xdg/tumbler to that folder.
The easiest way to do it, is to use these commands:
mkdir -p ~/.config/tumbler
cp /etc/xdg/tumbler/tumbler.rc ~/.config/tumbler/
Now, edit the file with your text editor
scratch-text-editor ~/.config/tumbler/tumbler.rc
search for the section
# PDF/PS thumbnailer
[PopplerThumbnailer]
Disabled=false
and change Disabled=false to Disabled=true. The changes should take effect after a relogin or restart.
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sorry but I followed the steps and does not work , I attached a screenshot i.stack.imgur.com/RY1ZN.png– MukekoAug 1, 2016 at 20:35
