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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. | 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. | ||
The preferences can be accessed by going to **Settings Manager** then clicking on **Panel**, or by right-clicking on a panel and selecting **Panel Preferences...**. | The preferences can be accessed by going to **Settings Manager** then clicking on **Panel**, or by right-clicking on a panel and selecting **Panel Preferences...**. | ||
- | <figure "Panel Preferences window"> | + | <figure "Panel Preferences window"> |
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===== Selecting a panel ===== | ===== Selecting a panel ===== | ||
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The panel currently selected will show a flashing, dashed red border around it, so it's clear which panel you are currently editing. | The panel currently selected will show a flashing, dashed red border around it, so it's clear which panel you are currently editing. | ||
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===== Display ===== | ===== Display ===== | ||
The **Display** tab contains options for how the panel is positioned on the screen. | The **Display** tab contains options for how the panel is positioned on the screen. | ||
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===== General ===== | ===== General ===== | ||
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? Always | ? Always | ||
! Always hide the panel. | ! Always hide the panel. | ||
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+ | ! If you want to disable the autohide animation you can use the hidden setting **popdown-speed**. | ||
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+ | ! < | ||
+ | xfconf-query -n -c xfce4-panel -p / | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ! You can also act on the delay to show/hide the panel by adjusting the following in '' | ||
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+ | ! < | ||
+ | * { | ||
+ | -XfcePanelWindow-popup-delay: | ||
+ | -XfcePanelWindow-popdown-delay: | ||
+ | -XfcePanelWindow-autohide-size: | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ! Note that the minimum autohide-size is 1. | ||
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? Don't reserve space on borders | ? Don't reserve space on borders | ||
! Normally, maximized application windows do not overlap the panel. Setting this option disables this behavior and allows the windows to stretch to the screen edge behind the panel. This option is only available when the panel is set to never hide. | ! Normally, maximized application windows do not overlap the panel. Setting this option disables this behavior and allows the windows to stretch to the screen edge behind the panel. This option is only available when the panel is set to never hide. | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
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===== Measurements ===== | ===== Measurements ===== | ||
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By default, the panel distributes the plugins from left to right (or from top to bottom, if the panel is in Vertical or Deskbar mode). However, it is possible to align plugins to the center or to the right (or bottom) of the panel by inserting [[separator|separators]] to the left (or above) these plugins. By inserting at least two expandable separators it is also possible to position plugins at the center of the panel. | By default, the panel distributes the plugins from left to right (or from top to bottom, if the panel is in Vertical or Deskbar mode). However, it is possible to align plugins to the center or to the right (or bottom) of the panel by inserting [[separator|separators]] to the left (or above) these plugins. By inserting at least two expandable separators it is also possible to position plugins at the center of the panel. | ||
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===== Appearance ===== | ===== Appearance ===== | ||
The **Appearance** tab contains options for styling the currently selected panel. | The **Appearance** tab contains options for styling the currently selected panel. | ||
- | <figure "Panel Appearance Preferences"> | + | <figure "Panel Appearance Preferences"> |
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===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== | ||
? Style | ? Style | ||
- | ! This allows you to change the transparency, | + | ! This allows you to use a solid color, background image, or adopt the system style for the background |
- | ? None (user system style) | + | ? None (use system style) |
- | ! The panel inherits colors from the currently selected GTK+ theme. You can view and change the current GTK+ theme by going to {gui> | + | ! The panel inherits colors from the currently selected GTK+ theme. You can view or change the theme by going to {gui> |
? Solid Color | ? Solid Color | ||
- | ! You can select a color using the provided color picker. The color you select will be applied to the panel. | + | ! You can select a color using the provided color picker, by choosing a custom color you can also change the opacity. The color you select will be applied to the panel. Continue reading here about [[xfce: |
? Background Image | ? Background Image | ||
! Select a background for your panel. | ! Select a background for your panel. | ||
- | ? Alpha | ||
- | ! Change the alpha transparency of the panel. Some panel plugins may still retain a non-transparent background. This option is only available if your panel style is set to {gui> | ||
- | ! <note tip>The opacity and alpha settings are only available if the X server supports compositing and this is enabled in the window manager. To enabled this in Xfwm4 activate {gui> | ||
? Color | ? Color | ||
- | ! Clicking this activates a color picker. You can select a color by using the color wheel, entering a hex value, or entering | + | ! Clicking this activates a color picker. You can select a color by using the options available, entering a hex value, or a color name. This option is only available if your panel style is set to {gui> |
? File | ? File | ||
- | ! This allows you to select | + | ! This displays a file manager window |
- | ===== Opacity ===== | + | [[|Back to Top]] |
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+ | ===== Opacity ===== | ||
These options set the transparency of the entire panel. | These options set the transparency of the entire panel. | ||
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+ | <note important> | ||
? Enter | ? Enter | ||
- | ! This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) | + | ! This controls the transparency of the panel when hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) |
? Leave | ? Leave | ||
- | ! This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) | + | ! This controls the transparency of the panel when not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) |
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- | ====== Items ====== | + | |
- | This shows the items that are placed on the currently selected panel. In case items are hard to move or edit on the panel using the right-click menu, this tab allows you to move, add, remove and access the preferences of the items on the panel. | + | [[|Back |
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- | This tab contains a row of buttons that allow you to manipulate | + | ===== Items ===== |
+ | The **Items** | ||
- | With the {gui>up} and {gui> | + | <figure "Panel Items Preferences" |
- | The {gui> | + | To the right of the list of panel plugins are various buttons. Hovering over them will display a tooltip explaining what they do. |
- | The {gui>preferences} and {gui>about} buttons | + | Using the {gui>up} and {gui>down} buttons |
- | Only limitation in this dialog, compared to mouse handling, is that you cannot move items between panels and access custom menu items a plugin | + | The {gui> |
+ | The {gui> | ||
+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
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