GNOME uses Ctrl-1 and Ctrl-2 to switch between icon view and detailed list. I think thunar should copy that.
Fixed with revision 23959. 2006-11-26 Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> * thunar/thunar-window.c(thunar_window_init): Add shortcuts <control>1, <control>2 and <control>3 to switch between icon, detailed list and compact list view. Bug #2600.
Thanks for the quick fix! Will it go into the next 4.4rc?
Yes.