The xfce-panel is a key part of the Xfce Desktop Environment; it is highly configurable and can include menus, launchers and special plugins. Questions should focus on various aspects of its general use and its configuration through graphical apps or Xfconf.
Questions tagged [xfce-panel]
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How to fix non working Dropbox icon on Xubuntu 14.04 LTS 64?
A few hours ago the dropbox icon in Xubuntu 14.04 stopped working.
The icon is black with a red slashed zero. I cannot click on it to bring up the dropbox menu. I believe there was an update right before this happened.
I reinstalled then purged…
user505080
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Resetting Xfce Panels to default settings?
How do I reset my Xfce panels to the default settings that Xubuntu uses?
Evan Carroll
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what is the difference between "notification area" (systray), "indicator plugin" (indicator) and "status notifier plugin" (statusnotifier)
I got mildly annoyed that duplicate wi-fi and bluetooth icons were showing up in my panel, and tracked it down to the fact that they were showing up in both systray and statusnotifier plugins. Can someone explain the differences among them (and also…
drammock
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XFCE Panel Clock Disappears
Like it says in the title. Fresh XFCE install over Ubuntu. Whenever I try to change the clock format through Right-Click>Panel>Preferences, the clock disappears as soon as I close the window. I have to go back to Panel Preferences and remove and…
Secret_Sloth
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Xfce4 panel not responding to mouse(touch pad) clicks
That is the gist of it; basically I can no longer click (LMB or RMB) on a tab to access a window, nor can I click on an item on the right of the xfce panel. The only way to change windows is by ALT+TAB or by pressing SUPER (configured to open…
Nikita
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How can I make keyboard shortcuts register on key release, rather than on key press?
I want to have shortcuts like in Windows; Super opens the start menu, Super+S opens a search window, Super+E opens Thunar, etc.
I know how to set keyboard shortcuts, but when I set Super to open whiskermenu, whiskermenu also pops up in every other…
ijustlovemath
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Can I unhide the panel in Xfce using a key press rather than using mouse cursor hover to reveal it?
I would like to be able to unhide the Xfce panel by pressing a key instead of placing the mouse cursor at the edge of the screen.
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 but updated to Xfce 4.10
Borsook
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How do I show memory use graphically in the Xfce panel?
Xubuntu has a nice way of showing network data flow in the panel; put the Network Monitor in the panel and choose the network interface.
I know that Gnome has a similar feature in its System Monitor…
K7AAY
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What is the terminal command to show desktop?
In Xubuntu 13.04 there is a Show Desktop panel plugin.
I'd like to make a keyboard shortcut for this functionality.
How can I activate Show Desktop with a terminal command?
Chris McFarland
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Side panel in Xubuntu disappeared
Was sitting here working on the computer when the power restarted for some reason. When my computer rebooted and I signed back in my top and side panel are missing. All the rest of my desktop seems to be there. I opened a terminal and entered the…
Jason Smith
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How can I disable scrolling between windows if my mouse is in the xfce panel?
My frustration is that after selecting a window button on my panel (Xubuntu 12.04), if I don't move my cursor away from the window buttons and begin scrolling (intending to scroll the content within the window), the windows manager cycles through…
jamin39
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Multiple Workspace rows in XFCE without xfce-panel?
Is there a way to set the number of rows for desktop workspaces without using the xfce-panel applet "Workspace Switcher"?
I don’t run xfce-panel at all, preferring to use cairo-dock.
Vladashram
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Keylock indicator for Xfce panel
Is there a keylock indicator applet for Xfce panel (preferably native to Xfce)?
I have almost switched to Xfce, except for this!
deshmukh
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XFCE4 Network Manager
My standard Kubuntu 10.04 installation works perfectly but now I'm trying the lighter xfce window manager. I can't find any gui tool to configure networks. Someone on the web talks about the gnome applets container but I don't want to use gnome.…
Fabio B.
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Xubuntu/xfce stack tabs on panel
I am using Xubuntu 16.04.
I am wondering if there is a way to have multiple opened instances of the same application stack into a single tab like Windows does it.
Then when you clickthat tab, it is expanded into a small secondary menu display all of…
Scorb
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