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            <title>xfce4-panel - Action Buttons</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/actions?rev=1733914746&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Action Buttons

The Action Buttons panel plugin adds system action buttons to your panel. These actions include session management options such as locking the screen, logging out or switching the user, or options to hibernate, suspend, restart or shutdown your computer.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Add New Items</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/add-new-items?rev=1733914734&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Add New Items

The Add New Items window allows you easily add new plugins onto your panel. It can be accessed by right-clicking on the desired panel and selecting Panel -&gt; Add New Items....


[xfce4-panel Add New Items window]


Adding Panel Plugins

To add a plugin to a panel, select a plugin from the list and then click</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Applications Menu</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/applicationsmenu?rev=1733914721&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Applications Menu

The Applications Menu panel plugin adds a menu to the panel that allows easy access to all installed applications, organised into categories.

Preferences


[xfce4-panel Applications Menu Preferences window]


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Appearance

? Show generic application names
! Displays generic names rather than specific titles, for example Firefox becomes</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Clock</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/clock?rev=1733914708&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Clock

The Clock panel plugin displays the current time in a variety of styles and formats, and allows for custom tooltips to appear on hover. It also provides a basic calendar that appears when clicked.

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            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Debugging Xfce4-panel</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/debugging?rev=1733914693&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>Debugging Xfce4-panel

The Xfce Panel has a number of tools to create good bug reports. It can also provide some valuable insight for users into how the panel works, in case you have problems.

See Also

	*  Bug Reporting and Fixing -- Information about reporting bugs and generating backtraces.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Directory Menu</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/directorymenu?rev=1733914680&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Directory Menu

The Directory Menu panel plugin allows you to view a custom directory from your panel without the need to open up a file manager.

Preferences


[xfce4-panel Directory Menu Preferences Window]


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Appearance

The following options allow you to choose how the Directory Menu plugin displays a directory.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Getting Started</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/getting-started?rev=1733914668&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Getting Started

The panel will usually be started automatically as part of your Xfce session when you start the Xfce Desktop Environment. To manually start the panel, you can run xfce4-panel in a terminal.

When the panel is started for the first time it will give you the following options:</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Launcher</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/launcher?rev=1733914656&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Launcher

The Launcher panel plugin allows you to create application shortcuts and display them on your panel.

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Add New Launchers

Besides adding launchers with the Add New Items window, it is also possible to drag-and-drop</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Workspace Switcher</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/pager?rev=1733914643&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Workspace Switcher

The Workspace Switcher panel plugin allows you to switch between virtual desktops and display your workspace layout in your panel.

Properties


[Workspace Switcher Dialog Window]


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Appearance

? Number of rows
! Specify the number of rows to display your available workspaces in. 
? Show miniature view
! When checked, this displays available workspaces in a miniature view. When not checked, the names of available workspaces will be visible. 
? Worksp…</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Preferences</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/preferences?rev=1733914629&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Preferences

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The Panel Preferences window gives you the ability to customize your panel. You can change the size, appearance and orientation of your panels, as well as add add or remove panels on your desktop. These can be backed up on your system to be restored at a later date.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Separator</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/separator?rev=1733914613&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Separator

The Separator panel plugin adds a separator to the panel to add space between items. 

Preferences


[Separator Preferences Window]


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Appearance

? Style
? Transparent
! Makes the separator invisible. 
? Separator
! Displays the separator as a line.
? Handle
! Displays three small lines as the separator.
? Dots
! Displays dots as the separator.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Show Desktop</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/showdesktop?rev=1733914598&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Show Desktop

The Show Desktop panel plugin adds an icon that, when clicked, minimizes all open windows and shows the desktop. If all windows are minimized, clicking the Show Desktop icon will restore the windows.

Dragging-and-dropping files on the Show Desktop icon will show the desktop and allow you to continue the drag to drop the file on the desktop.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Xfce Panel</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/start?rev=1733908068&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Xfce Panel

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.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Notification Area</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/systray?rev=1733914580&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Notification Area

The Notification Area panel plugin allows you to display tray icons from various applications within the panel. 

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[Systray Notification Area Preferences Window]


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Appearance

? Maximum icon size (px)
! The maximum size for icons in the Notification Area. 
? Square icons
! Adds padding to either side of each icon to make them square</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Window Buttons</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/tasklist?rev=1733914567&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Window Buttons

The Window Buttons panel plugin allows allows you to switch between application windows using buttons.

Properties


[Window Button&#039;s Properties Dialog Window]


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Style Properties
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# The maximum length of a button before the label ellipsizes.
# When this value is set to -1 the button will expand to the
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.tasklist { -XfceTasklist-max-button-length: 200; }

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            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Panelbar Theming</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/theming?rev=1733914552&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Panelbar Theming

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CSS Selectors

Classes:
  .xfce4-panel
  .panel
  .tasklist
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  #XfcePanelWindow
  #XfcePanelWindowHidden
  #XfcePanelWindowWrapper
  #xfce-panel-button
  #xfce-panel-toggle-button</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>xfce4-panel - Window Menu</title>
            <link>https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.20/windowmenu?rev=1733914537&amp;do=diff</link>
            <description>xfce4-panel - Window Menu

The Window Menu panel plugin allows you to switch between application windows using a menu. 

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[Window Menu Properties Dialog]


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Appearance

? Button Layout
! Changes the appearance of the Window Menu icon in the panel.</description>
            <author>anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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