File settings

Select a file in edit mode to get these. They are listed in the order the panel shows them.

Properties

Name

Renames the actual file on disk, extension included.

Icon

What the file is drawn as:

• File Icon: the standard icon for that file type
• File Preview: a thumbnail of the file’s own contents. Only offered for file types that can be previewed.
• Custom Icon: any image you upload. Fill area (cover) crops it to fill the icon rather than fitting inside it.

Show Card

Draws a card behind the file, styled by the board’s theme. Off by default.

This is not offered for files sitting inside a folder, where the folder already provides the frame.

Max File Name Lines

How many lines a long filename may wrap to before being cut short. Two by default.

Hide File Extension

Drops the .pdf, .docx and so on from the displayed name. The file itself is unchanged.

Font Size and Font Style

The size of the filename, and whether it is bold, italic or plain.

Card Colour and Decoration

Only while Show Card is on, and only on themes that have them:

• Scrapbook: a card colour, plus a Decoration of tape or torn paper
• Neon: a glow colour

See Themes.

Close Deskboard on Open

Closes Deskboard once this file’s app has started. Meant for games and other full-screen apps you would rather not have the board running behind.

See Opening files.

Popup Settings

Controls when this file opens in its own popup window. See Widget popups.

Layout

Dimensions sets the icon’s size. Leave a value blank to let that side size itself.

Files on the board also get Position, Rotation and Order. See Resizing and layering.

Not in the panel

Three things live on the right-click menu instead:

• Pin and Hide: see Pinning and hiding
• Set Open Command: see Opening files