~~NOTOC~~ {{ :xfce:xfce4-panel.png?nolink|}} ====== 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|General]]** * **[[#Internal Plugins|Internal Plugins]]** * **[[#External Plugins|External Plugins]]** * **[[#Advanced|Advanced - Debugging Xfce Panel]]** * **[[#Required Packages|Required Packages]]** * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** * **[[https://developer.xfce.org/xfce4-panel/index.html|xfce4-panel API documentation (for developers)]]** * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** ---- ===== 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 [[|Back to Top]] ---- ===== 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-generic-slider:start|Generic Slider]]** -- A visual slider widget to control user-configurable variables(e.g. volume control) * **[[: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-windowck-plugin:start|Windowck]]** -- Place the maximized window title and windows buttons on the panel. * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-xkb-plugin:start|Xkb]]** -- Setup and use multiple (currently up to 4 due to X11 protocol limitation) keyboard layouts. [[|Back to Top]] ---- ===== Advanced ===== * **[[debugging|Debugging]]** -- Debugging plugins and the panel ---- ===== Required Packages ===== * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo|exo]] * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/garcon|garcon]] * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib|GLib]] * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk|GTK]] * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]] * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]] * [[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libwnck|libwnck]] * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf|xfconf]] For specific information on the minimum required versions, check [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/blob/master/configure.ac.in|configure.ac.in]] ---- ===== Latest Release ===== {{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-panel 1 date 2h}} [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]] * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-panel/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here) [[|Back to Top]] ---- ===== Source Code Repository ===== [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel|]] ---- ===== Reporting Bugs ===== * **[[:xfce:xfce4-panel:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports [[|Back To Top]] ---- [[:4.18:start|Return to Xfce 4.18 Main Documentation Page]]