GNOME 2.14 Desktop User Guide

Item Properties

The Item Properties window shows more information about any file, folder, or other item in the file manager. With this window, you can also do the following:

Change the icon for an item: see the section called “Changing the Icon for a File or Folder”.
Add or remove emblems for an item: see the section called “Adding an Emblem to a File or Folder”.
Change the UNIX file permissions for an item: see the section called “Changing Permissions”.
Choose which application is used to open an item, and others of the same type.
Add notes to an item: see the section called “To Add a Note Using the Properties Dialog”.

To open the item properties window, perform the following steps:

Select the item whose properties you want to examine or change. If you select more than one item, the properties window will show the properties that are in common to all items.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File->Properties.
- Right-click on the selected item and choose Properties.
- Press Alt+Return.

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