Originally written by Diego Ongaro, this plugin is a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media. The places plugin brings much of the functionality of GNOME's Places menu to Xfce.

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The plugin puts a simple button on the panel. Clicking on this button opens up a menu with the following:

1. System-defined directories (home folder, trash, desktop, file system)
2. Removable media (using thunar-vfs)
3. User-defined bookmarks (reads ~/.gtk-bookmarks)
4. Search program launcher (optional)
5. Recent documents submenu (requires GTK+ v2.10 or greater)

Just add it to the panel. User-defined bookmarks can be modified with a file manager or by manually editing ~/.gtk-bookmarks. You can configure the plugin by right-clicking on the button and selecting Properties (see screenshot below).

For this screenshot, I plugged in my IPOD:

Here, I've clicked on the IPOD menu item and am about to mount it:

You can see the recent documents in this screenshot (taken with my IPOD unplugged):

Here's what it looks like when configured to display a label:

The search program launcher looks like this:

And the properties/preferences dialog:

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xfce4-places-plugin

• GIO
• GLib
• GTK+
• gmodule-2.0
• gobject-2.0
• gthread-2.0
• libxfce4ui
• libxfce4util
• xfce4-panel
• exo
• xfconf

For concrete information on the minimum required versions, check configure.ac.in

• xfce4-places-plugin 1.8.3 released (2022/11/16 18:40)

  xfce4-places-plugin 1.8.3 is now available for download from https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.8/xfce4-places-plugin-1.8.3.tar.bz2 https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.8/xfce4-places-plugin-1.8.3.tar.bz2?sha1 https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.8/xfce4-places-plugin-1.8.3.tar.bz2?sha256 What is xfce4-places-plugin? ============================ This plugin is a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media. The places plugin brings much of the functionality of GNOME's Places menu to Xfce. Website: https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin Release notes for 1.8.3 ======================= - Fix function called only in debug mode (Clear button works now)

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