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 ====== Clock ====== ====== Clock ======
  
-The //Clock// panel plugin displays the current time in a variety of styles and formats.+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.
  
-===== Properties =====+===== Preferences =====
  
-<figure "Clock's properties dialog"> +<figure "Clock Preferences">{{:xfce:xfce4-panel:xfce4-panel-clock.png?nolink&|}}</figure>
-{{:xfce:xfce4-panel:clock.png?nolink&|}} +
-</figure> +
-==== Appearance ====+
  
-? Tooltip Format +===== Time Settings ===== 
-! Changes how the time is displayed when hovering over the clock display.  +? Timezone 
-? Show Frame +! Allows you to set a custom timezone for the clock by entering the name of a file in the zoneinfo database. If left blank, the clock uses the localtime. 
-! Displays a frame around the clock display.+ 
 +===== Appearance =====
 ? Layout ? Layout
-  ? Analog +    ? Analogue 
-  ! Displays time as a clock face with hands representing the current hour, minute, and seconds.  +    ! Displays a round, analogue clock with an hour, minute and optionally second hand in the panel. 
-  ? Binary +    ? Binary 
-  ! Displays a binary clock.  +    ! Displays a grid with highlighted tiles depicting the time in binary. 
-  ? Digital +    ? Digital 
-  ! A simple time display with multiple formats.  +    ! Displays the time digitally. 
-  ? Fuzzy +    ? Fuzzy 
-  ! Displays an approximation of the current time.  +    ! Displays the time as words rather than using numbers. 
-  ? LCD +    ? LCD 
-  ! Displays the time in the style of a digital LCD click.+    ! Displays the time in the style of an LCD clock. 
 + 
 +? Tooltip format 
 +! Changes the format of the time that gets displayed in the tooltip when hovering over the clock plugin. 
 + 
 +===== Clock Options ===== 
 +The options available will vary depending on the clock {gui>Layout} selected. 
 + 
 +^ Analogue ^^  
 +| Display seconds | Displays the seconds hand on the clock face | 
 + 
 +^ Binary ^^  
 +| Display seconds | Displays seconds on the clock | 
 +| True binary clock | Enlarges the grid and displays 2 / 3 rows rather than 4 | 
 +| Show Inactive Dots | Show empty dots | 
 +| Show grid | Adds gridlines to the clock | 
 + 
 +^ Digital ^^  
 +| Format | Changes the format in which the time is displayed with a predefined or custom format | 
 + 
 +^ Fuzzy ^^  
 +| Fuzziness | Changes the degree of 'fuzziness' that the clock will display. 0 being the most accurate (displaying "six o'clock" for example), 1 being less accurate, and 2 being the least accurate (displaying "Afternoon" for example) | 
 + 
 +^ LCD ^^  
 +| Display seconds | Displays a seconds indicator on the clock | 
 +| 24-hour clock | Displays time in a 24-hour (military) format | 
 +| Flash time separators | Flash the separators between digits every second | 
 +| Show AM/PM | Displays an 'A' or 'P' next to the time to indicate the time of day | 
 + 
 +===== Label and Tooltip Markup =====
  
-==== Clock Options ====+The plugin supports markup to change the layout of the tooltip and the label on the panel. For more information on Pango, the markup used for the label, see the [[https://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/pango-Markup.html|Pango Text Attribute Markup]] manual to see what attributes are supported.
  
-<note tip>The options available in //Clock Options// will vary depending on the clock {gui>Layout} selected.</note>+The following is a list of available label format control sequences copied from a ''date'' utility manual (''man date''), reduced by those that are not supported by [[https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-GDateTime.html#g-date-time-format|GDateTime]]:
  
-? 24-hour Clock +^ Symbol      ^ Meaning        ^ 
-! Displays time in a 24-hour (military) format. ({gui>LCD} layout only.)  +| %% | a literal % | 
-? Display Seconds +| %a | locale's abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun) | 
-! Displays a seconds indicator in the clock display. ({gui>Analog}, {gui>LCD}, and {gui>Binary} layouts only.)  +| %A | locale's full weekday name (e.g., Sunday) |  
-? Flash Time Seperators +| %b | locale's abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan) |  
-! Flash the seperators between digits. ({gui>LCD} layout only.)  +| %B | locale's full month name (e.g., January) |  
-? Format +| %c | locale's date and time (e.g., Thu Mar  3 23:05:25 2005) | 
-! Changes the time format of the clock with predefined or custom layout. ({gui>Digital} layout only.)  +| %C | century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 21) | 
-? Fuzziness +| %d | day of month (e.g, 01) | 
-! Changes the degree of 'fuzziness' that the clock will display. 0 being the most accurate, 1 being less accurate, and 2 being the least accurate. ({gui>Fuzzy} layout only.)  +| %e | day of month, space padded; same as %_d | 
-? Show AM/PM +| %F | full date; same as %Y-%m-%d | 
-! Displays an 'A' or 'P' to indicate the time of day. ({gui>LCD} layout only.)  +| %g | last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G) | 
-? Show Grid +| %G | year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V | 
-! Adds gridlines to the clock. ({gui>Binary} layout only.)  +| %h | same as %b | 
-? Show Inactive Dots +| %H | hour (00..23) | 
-! All dots that are empty are not shown in the clock display. ({gui>Binary} layout only.)  +| %I | hour (01..12) | 
-? True Binary Clock +| %j | day of year (001..366) | 
-! Displays a seconds indicator in the clock display. ({gui>Binary} layout only.) +| %k | hour ( 0..23) | 
 +| %l | hour ( 1..12) | 
 +| %m | month (01..12) | 
 +| %M | minute (00..59) | 
 +| %n | a newline | 
 +| %p | locale's equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known | 
 +| %P | like %p, but lower case | 
 +| %r | locale's 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM) | 
 +| %R | 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M | 
 +| %s | seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 
 +| %S | second (00..60) | 
 +| %t | a tab | 
 +| %T | time; same as %H:%M:%S |  
 +| %u | day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday | 
 +| %V | ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53) | 
 +| %w | day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday | 
 +| %x | locale's date representation (e.g., 12/31/99) | 
 +| %X | locale's time representation (e.g., 23:13:48) | 
 +| %y | last two digits of year (00..99) | 
 +| %Y | year | 
 +| %z | +hhmm numeric timezone (e.g., -0400) | 
 +| %:z | +hh:mm numeric timezone (e.g., -04:00) | 
 +| %::z |+hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00) | 
 +| %:::z | numeric time zone  with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04, +05:30) | 
 +| %Z | alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT) |
  
-==== Label and Tooltip Markup ====+By default, numeric fields are padded with 0's. The following optional flags may follow ''%'':
  
-The plugin supports markup to change the layout of the tooltip and the label on the panel. Consult the [[http://developer.gnome.org/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html|Text Attribute Markup]] manual of Pango so see what attributes are supported.+^ Flag      ^ Meaning        ^ 
 +| - (hyphen) | do not pad the field | 
 +| _ (underscore) | pad with spaces | 
 +| 0 (zero) | pad with zeros | 
 +| <nowiki>^</nowiki> | use upper case if possible | 
 +| # | use opposite case if possible |
  
-Additionally ''\n'' for new-lines and ''\t'' for tabs are also supported.+After any flags comes an optional field width, as a decimal number; then an optional modifier, which is either ''E'' (to use the locale's alternate representations if available), or ''O'' (to use the locale's alternate numeric symbols if available).