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 ===== Opacity ===== ===== Opacity =====
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 These options set the transparency of the entire panel.  These options set the transparency of the entire panel. 
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 +<note important>Panel transparency is only available if display compositing is enabled in **Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor**.</note>
  
 ? Enter ? Enter
-! This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) and 100 (fully opaque). All panel plugins will be affected by this setting. +! This controls the transparency of the panel when hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) to 100 (fully opaque). All panel plugins are affected by this setting. 
 ? Leave ? Leave
-! This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) and 100 (fully opaque). All panel plugins will be affected by this setting.  +! This controls the transparency of the panel when not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) to 100 (fully opaque). All panel plugins are affected by this setting. 
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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.+===== Items ===== 
 +The **Items** tab displays the panel plugins that are on the selected panel, with options to move them, add or remove new items, edit the item and view information about the plugin.
  
-This tab contains a row of buttons that allow you to manipulate the items on the panel.+<figure "Panel Items Preferences">{{:xfce:xfce4-panel:xfce4-panel-preferences-items.png?nolink&|}}</figure>
  
-With the {gui>up} and {gui>down} buttons you can move the currently selected item in the panel.+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>add} button opens the [[add-new-items|add new items]] dialog. With the {gui>remove }button you can remove the currently selected item from the panel.+Using the {gui>up} and {gui>down} buttons you can move the currently selected item in the panel.
  
-The {gui>preferences} and {gui>about} buttons are only active if the plugin support these features. It will open the selected items' settings.+The {gui>add} button opens the [[add-new-items|Add New Items]] window where you can add more plugins to the panel, and the {gui>remove} button allows you to remove the currently selected item from the panel.
  
-Only limitation in this dialog, compared to mouse handling, is that you cannot move items between panels and access custom menu items a plugin can add in the item menu.+The {gui>preferences} and {gui>about} buttons are only active if the highlighted plugin supports these features. They will open the selected item's preferences and "About" window.