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====== xfce4-panel - Window Buttons ======

The //Window Buttons// panel plugin allows allows you to switch between application windows using buttons.

===== Properties =====

<figure "Window button's Properties Dialog">
{{:xfce:xfce4-panel:tasklist.png?nolink&|Window Button's Properties Dialog Window}}
</figure>

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===== Style Properties =====

<note classic>Do not expect max-button-length, min-button-length and max-button-size to really work as intended before 4.19.4: see https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/issues/683.</note>

<file txt ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css>
/* The maximum length of a button before the label ellipsizes.
   When this value is set to -1 the button will expand to the
   entire available space. */
.tasklist {
  -XfceTasklist-max-button-length: 200;
}

/* The minimum length of a button, even if the label is smaller. */
.tasklist {
  -XfceTasklist-min-button-length: 50;
}

/* The maximum size controls the number of lines on which
   buttons rearrange themselves: panel-size / max-button-size.
   So the button size can actually be up to 2 * max-button-size.
   When this value is set to -1 there is no maximum size. */
.tasklist { 
  -XfceTasklist-max-button-size: 32;
}

/* Ellipsizing used in the task list and overflow menu labels. */
.tasklist {
  -XfceTasklist-ellipsize-mode: PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END;
}

/* Lucency of minimized icons. Valid values are between 0 (completely
  hide the icon) and 100 (don't lighten the icon). */
.tasklist { 
  -XfceTasklist-minimized-icon-lucency: 50;
}

/* Maximum number of characters in the menu label before it will
   be ellipsized. When this value is set to -1, the width will be
   calculated automatically. */
.tasklist {
  -XfceTasklist-menu-max-width-chars: 24;
}

/* window button font color */
/* NORMAL */
.tasklist button {
    color: #ffffff;
}
/* PRELIGHT */
.tasklist button:hover {
    color: #ffffff;
}
/* ACTIVE - only while being clicked */
.tasklist button:active {
    color: #000000;
}
/* SELECTED */
.tasklist button:checked {
    color: #000000;
}

/* icon text not truncated */
XfdesktopIconView.view {
   -XfdesktopIconView-ellipsize-icon-labels: 0;
}

</file>

See the [[theming|theming section]] for more information.

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