# Edu Conky: PCManFM

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/edu-conky-pcmanfm/1492
**Category:** Conky
**Created:** [September 6, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/edu-conky-pcmanfm/1492 "2023-09-06T20:56:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/edu-conky-pcmanfm/1492/1 "2023-09-06T20:56:03Z")

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An _educational_ Conky with handy shortcuts for PCManFM (file manager)

 ![Mabox_20230906-22-55-18](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5fcff7b0fe14b8f2eaf56a13eaf57859aaa3c8f8.png)

Save it as `PCManFM_mbcolor.conkyrc` in `~/.config/conky/` - to be properly handled by Colorizer

```auto
conky.config = {
-- WINDOW
	own_window = true,
	own_window_type = 'desktop',
	own_window_transparent = false,
	own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
	own_window_colour = '#142c2c',
	own_window_class = 'Conky',
	own_window_title = 'PCManFM Help Conky',
    
    alignment = 'top_left',
	gap_x = 1458,
	gap_y = 272,
	minimum_width = 200,

-- FONTS
	use_xft = true,
	font = 'Ubuntu:size=9',
	xftalpha = 1,
	override_utf8_locale = true,

-- COLORS
	draw_shades = false,
	default_shade_color = '#000000',
	draw_outline = false,
	default_outline_color = '#222222',

	default_color = '#309552',
	color0 = '#accdc7',

-- BORDERS
	draw_borders = true,
-- Stippled borders?
	stippled_borders = 0,
-- border margins
	border_inner_margin = 8,
	border_outer_margin = 8,
-- border width
	border_width = 1,

-- MISC
-- Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
	background = true,

-- Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things
-- around, this only helps if you are using a mono font
-- Options: right, left or none
	use_spacer = 'none',

-- Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
	no_buffers = true,

-- Imlib2 image cache size, in bytes. Default 4MiB Increase this value if you use
-- $image lots. Set to 0 to disable the image cache.
	imlib_cache_size = 0,

-- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
-- It is highly recommended to use own window with this one
-- so double buffer won't be so big.
	double_buffer = true,
	update_interval = 1,
};

conky.text = [[
${color}PCmanFM - file manager ${alignr}${color0}super+f
${color}VIEW ${color0}${hr 1}${voffset -2}
${color0}Icon View ${alignr}${color}ctrl+1
${color0}Compact View ${alignr}${color}ctrl+2
${color0}Thumbnail View ${alignr}${color}ctrl+3
${color0}Detailed List View ${alignr}${color}ctrl+4
${color0}Show Hidden ${alignr}${color}ctrl+H
${color}GO ${color0}${hr 1}
${voffset -2}${color0}Home Dir${alignr}${color}alt+Home
${color0}Parent Dir ${alignr}${color}alt+Up
${color0}Previous Dir ${alignr}${color}alt+Left
${color0}Next Dir ${alignr}${color}alt+Right
${color0}Go to Location ${alignr}${color}ctrl+L
${color0}SSH/FTP connect... ${alignr}${color}alt+G C
${color}WINDOW ${color0}${hr 1}
${voffset -2}${color0}Refresh ${alignr}${color}F5
${color0}Dual Pane Mode ${alignr}${color}F3
${color0}Status Bar${alignr}${color}ctrl+B
${color0}Side Pane ${alignr}${color}F9
${color0}---> Places${alignr}${color}ctrl+6
${color0}---> Directory Tree ${alignr}${color}ctrl+7
${color}SIZE ${color0}${hr 1}${voffset -2}
${color0}Zoom In${alignr}${alignr}${color}ctrl++
${color0}Zoon Out ${alignr}${color}ctrl+-
${color0}Normal Size ${alignr}${color}ctrl+0
]];

```