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-====== Xfce Panel ======+~~NOTOC~~ 
 +{{ :xfce:xfce.panel.png?no link|}} 
 +====== xfce4-panel - Xfce Panel ======
  
-===== Introduction =====+The Xfce Panel is part of the Xfce Desktop Environment and features application launchers, panel menus, a workspace switcher and more. Many aspects of the panel can be configured through the GUI, but also by GTK+ style properties and hidden Xfconf settings. 
  
-The Xfce panel is part of the Xfce Desktop Environment and features program launchers, panel menus, a clock, a desktop switcher and more. Many aspects of the panel can be configured through graphical dialogs, but also by GTK+ style properties and hidden Xfconf settings.+  * **[[#General|General]]** 
 +  * **[[#Internal Plugins|Internal Plugins]]** 
 +  * **[[#External Plugins|External Plugins]]** 
 +  * **[[#Advanced|Advanced - Debugging Xfce Panel]]** 
 +  * **[[#Required Packages|Required Packages]]** 
 +  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** 
 +  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** 
 +  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
  
-This manual should provide you with all necessary information on how to adjust the panel to your liking. 
  
-===== Panel ===== 
  
-[[getting-started|Getting Started]]\\ +----
-Starting the Xfce Panel for the first time+
  
-[[add-new-items|Add New Items]]\\ +===== General ===== 
-Add new plugins to the Xfce Panel +  * **[[getting-started|Getting Started]]** -- Starting the Xfce Panel for the first time 
-  +  * **[[add-new-items|Add New Items]]** -- Add new plugins to the Xfce Panel 
-[[preferences|Preferences]]\\ +  * **[[preferences|Preferences]]** -- Configure the Xfce Panel 
-Configure the Xfce Panel+  * **[[https://wiki.xfce.org/howto:customize-menu|Customize the Xfce menu]]** -- Customize menu entries 
 +  * **[[theming|Theming]]** -- Styling the Xfce Panel
  
-[[theming|Theming]]\\ +----
-Styling the Xfce Panel+
  
-===== Plugins =====+===== Internal Plugins =====
  
-[[actions|Action Buttons]]\\ +  * **[[actions|Action Buttons]]** -- Adds system action buttons to the panel 
-Log out, lock or other system actions+  * **[[applicationsmenu|Applications Menu]]** -- Adds a menu containing categories of installed applications 
 +  * **[[clock|Clock]]** -- What time is it? -- a clock plugin for the panel. 
 +  * **[[directorymenu|Directory Menu]]** -- Show a directory tree in a menu 
 +  * **[[launcher|Launcher]]** -- Program launcher with optional menu 
 +  * **[[systray|Notification Area]]** -- Area where notification icons appear 
 +  * **[[separator|Separator]]** -- Adds a separator or space between panel plugins 
 +  * **[[showdesktop|Show Desktop]]** -- Hide all windows and show the desktop 
 +  * **[[tasklist|Window Buttons]]** -- Switch between open windows using buttons 
 +  * **[[windowmenu|Window Menu]]** -- Switch between open windows using a menu 
 +  * **[[pager|Workspace Switcher]]** -- Switch between virtual desktops
  
-[[applicationmenu|Applications Menu]]\\ +[[|Back to Top]] 
-Show a menu containing categories of installed applications+----
  
-[[clock|Clock]]\\ +===== External Plugins ===== 
-What time is it?+  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-battery-plugin:start|Battery]]** -- A battery monitor panel plugin for Xfce4 compatible with APM and ACPI, for Linux and *BSD.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-calculator-plugin:start|Calculator]]** -- a calculator plugin for the Xfce4 panel. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-clipman-plugin:start|Clipman]]** -- A clipboard manager for Xfce 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-cpufreq-plugin:start|Cpufreq]]** -- shows information about the CPU governor and frequencies supported and used by your system. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-cpugraph-plugin:start|Cpugraph]]** -- offers multiple display modes (LED, gradient, fire, etc…) to show the current CPU load of the system. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:start|Datetime]]** -- shows the date and time in the panel, and a calendar appears when you left-click on it
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-diskperf-plugin:start|Diskperf]]** -- displays instant disk/partition performance (bytes transferred per second). 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-docklike-plugin:start|Docklike]]** -- A modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-embed-plugin:start|Embed]]** -- Embed arbitrary application windows into the panel. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-eyes-plugin:start|Eyes]]** -- Eyes that spy on you.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-fsguard-plugin:start|Fsguard]]** -- checks the chosen mountpoint for free disk space.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-generic-slider:start|Generic Slider]]** --  A visual slider widget to control user-configurable variables(e.g. volume control) 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-genmon-plugin:start|Genmon]]** -- spawns the indicated script/program, captures its output (stdout) and displays the resulting string into the panel. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-indicator-plugin:start|Indicator]]** -- small plugin written by Mark Trompell to display information from various applications consistently. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mailwatch-plugin:start|Mailwatch]]** -- multi-threaded, multi-mailbox, multi-protocol plugin for checking mails periodically.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mount-plugin:start|Mount]]** -- a mount/umount utility for the panel.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mpc-plugin:start|Mpc]]** -- client plugin for MPD, the Music Player Daemon 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-netload-plugin:start|Netload]]** -- displays the current load of the network interfaces, currently works on Linux, *BSD, Sun Solaris, HP_UX and MacOS X.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-notes-plugin:start|Notes]]** -- provides sticky notes for your desktop. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin:start|Places]]** -- a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin:start|PulseAudio Plugin]]** -- Adjust audio volume and control media players on the Xfce desktop 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-sample-plugin:start|Sample]]** -- Sample plugin developers can use as a base for new panel-plugins  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-sensors-plugin:start|Sensors]]** -- a hardware sensors plugin for the panel. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin:start|Smartbookmark]]** -- allows you to do a search directly on Internet on sites like google or debian bugzilla.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-statusnotifier-plugin:start|Statusnotifier]]** -- provides a panel area for status notifier items (application indicators). 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-stopwatch-plugin:start|Stopwatch]]** -- Keep track of elapsed time. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-systemload-plugin:start|Systemload]]** -- Displays the current CPU load, the memory in use, the swap space and the system uptime. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-timer-plugin:start|Timer]]** -- Lets the user run an alarm at a specified time or at the end of a specified countdown period.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-time-out-plugin:start|Time-out]]** -- for taking breaks from the computer every X minutes. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-verve-plugin:start|Verve]]** -- A comfortable command line plugin for the Xfce panel. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-wavelan-plugin:start|Wavelan]]** -- Display stats from a wireless lan interface (signal state, signal quality, network name (SSID)). It supports NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-weather-plugin:start|Weather]]** -- Shows the current temperature and weather condition, using weather data provided by xoap.weather.com.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin:start|Whiskermenu]]** -- A menu that provides access to favorites, recently used, and searching installed applications. 
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-windowck-plugin:start|Windowck]]** -- Place the maximized window title and windows buttons on the panel.  
 +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-xkb-plugin:start|Xkb]]** -- Setup and use multiple (currently up to 4 due to X11 protocol limitation) keyboard layouts. 
  
-[[directorymenu|Directory Menu]]\\ +[[|Back to Top]] 
-Show a directory tree in a menu+---- 
 +===== Advanced =====
  
-[[launcher|Launcher]]\\ +  * **[[debugging|Debugging]]** -- Debugging plugins and the panel
-Program launcher with optional menu+
  
-[[systray|Notification Area]]\\ +----
-Area where notification icons appear +
-  +
-[[separator|Separator]]\\ +
-Adds a separator or space between panel plugins+
  
-[[showdesktop|Show Desktop]]\\ +===== Required Packages =====
-Hide all windows and show the desktop+
  
-[[tasklist|Window Buttons]]\\ +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo|exo]] 
-Switch between open windows using buttons+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/garcon|garcon]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib|GLib]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk|GTK]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libwnck|libwnck]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf|xfconf]]
  
-[[windowmenu|Window Menu]]\\ 
-Switch between open windows using a menu 
  
-[[pager|Workspace Switcher]]\\ +For specific information on the minimum required versions, check [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/blob/master/configure.ac.in|configure.ac.in]]
-Switch between virtual desktops+
  
 +----
  
 +===== Latest Release =====
 +{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-panel 1 date 2h}}
  
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
  
 +  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-panel/|Download current release]]** (link also contains older versions)
 +
 +[[|Back to Top]]
 +----
 +===== Source Code Repository =====
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel|]]
 +
 +----
 +===== Reporting Bugs =====
 +
 +  * **[[:xfce:xfce4-panel:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs
 +
 +
 +[[|Back To Top]]
 +----
 +[[:start|Back to main Xfce documentation page]]