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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.

General

  • [[getting-started|Getting Started]] -- Starting the Xfce Panel for the first time
  • [[add-new-items|Add New Items]] -- Add new plugins to the Xfce Panel
  • [[preferences|Preferences]] -- Configure the Xfce Panel
  • [[https://wiki.xfce.org/howto:customize-menu|Customize the Xfce menu]] -- Customize menu entries
  • [[theming|Theming]] -- Styling the Xfce Panel

Internal Plugins

  • [[actions|Action Buttons]] -- Adds system action buttons to the panel
  • [[applicationsmenu|Applications Menu]] -- Adds a menu containing categories of installed applications
  • [[clock|Clock]] -- What time is it? -- a clock plugin for the panel.
  • [[directorymenu|Directory Menu]] -- Show a directory tree in a menu
  • [[launcher|Launcher]] -- Program launcher with optional menu
  • [[systray|Notification Area]] -- Area where notification icons appear
  • [[separator|Separator]] -- Adds a separator or space between panel plugins
  • [[showdesktop|Show Desktop]] -- Hide all windows and show the desktop
  • [[tasklist|Window Buttons]] -- Switch between open windows using buttons
  • [[windowmenu|Window Menu]] -- Switch between open windows using a menu
  • [[pager|Workspace Switcher]] -- Switch between virtual desktops

External Plugins

  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-battery-plugin:start|Battery]] -- A battery monitor panel plugin for Xfce4 compatible with APM and ACPI, for Linux and *BSD.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-calculator-plugin:start|Calculator]] -- a calculator plugin for the Xfce4 panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-clipman-plugin:start|Clipman]] -- A clipboard manager for Xfce
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-cpufreq-plugin:start|Cpufreq]] -- shows information about the CPU governor and frequencies supported and used by your system.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-cpugraph-plugin:start|Cpugraph]] -- offers multiple display modes (LED, gradient, fire, etc…) to show the current CPU load of the system.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-datetime-plugin:start|Datetime]] -- shows the date and time in the panel, and a calendar appears when you left-click on it.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-diskperf-plugin:start|Diskperf]] -- displays instant disk/partition performance (bytes transferred per second).
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-docklike-plugin:start|Docklike]] -- A modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-embed-plugin:start|Embed]] -- Embed arbitrary application windows into the panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-eyes-plugin:start|Eyes]] -- Eyes that spy on you.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-fsguard-plugin:start|Fsguard]] -- checks the chosen mountpoint for free disk space.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-genmon-plugin:start|Genmon]] -- spawns the indicated script/program, captures its output (stdout) and displays the resulting string into the panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-indicator-plugin:start|Indicator]] -- small plugin written by Mark Trompell to display information from various applications consistently.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mailwatch-plugin:start|Mailwatch]] -- multi-threaded, multi-mailbox, multi-protocol plugin for checking mails periodically.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mount-plugin:start|Mount]] -- a mount/umount utility for the panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-mpc-plugin:start|Mpc]] -- client plugin for MPD, the Music Player Daemon
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-netload-plugin:start|Netload]] -- displays the current load of the network interfaces, currently works on Linux, *BSD, Sun Solaris, HP_UX and MacOS X.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-notes-plugin:start|Notes]] -- provides sticky notes for your desktop.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin:start|Places]] -- a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin:start|PulseAudio Plugin]] -- Adjust audio volume and control media players on the Xfce desktop
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-sample-plugin:start|Sample]] -- Sample plugin developers can use as a base for new panel-plugins
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-sensors-plugin:start|Sensors]] -- a hardware sensors plugin for the panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin:start|Smartbookmark]] -- allows you to do a search directly on Internet on sites like google or debian bugzilla.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-statusnotifier-plugin:start|Statusnotifier]] -- provides a panel area for status notifier items (application indicators).
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-stopwatch-plugin:start|Stopwatch]] -- Keep track of elapsed time.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-systemload-plugin:start|Systemload]] -- Displays the current CPU load, the memory in use, the swap space and the system uptime.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-timer-plugin:start|Timer]] -- Lets the user run an alarm at a specified time or at the end of a specified countdown period.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-time-out-plugin:start|Time-out]] -- for taking breaks from the computer every X minutes.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-verve-plugin:start|Verve]] -- A comfortable command line plugin for the Xfce panel.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-wavelan-plugin:start|Wavelan]] -- Display stats from a wireless lan interface (signal state, signal quality, network name (SSID)). It supports NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-weather-plugin:start|Weather]] -- Shows the current temperature and weather condition, using weather data provided by xoap.weather.com.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin:start|Whiskermenu]] -- A menu that provides access to favorites, recently used, and searching installed applications.
  • [[:panel-plugins:xfce4-xkb-plugin:start|Xkb]] -- Setup and use multiple (currently up to 4 due to X11 protocol limitation) keyboard layouts.

Advanced

  • [[debugging|Debugging]] -- Debugging plugins and the panel

Required Packages

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

Latest Release

{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-panel 1 date description 2h}}

Previous Releases

Source Code Repository

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel

Reporting Bugs

  • [[:xfce:xfce4-panel:bugs|Reporting Bugs]] -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs

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