xfce4-timer-plugin - Timer

Xfce4-timer-plugin is a simple plugin that lets the user run an alarm at a specified time or at the end of a specified countdown period.

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Usage

Add the plugin to the panel.
Right-click on the added plugin, select Properties to open the settings window.

Panel Icon

The icon displays a progress bar showing the percentage of the time elapsed. The bar changes color when active from silver to blue. Left-clicking on the icon opens a menu of available alarms. After selecting one, the user can start or stop the timer by selecting the “start/stop timer” entry in the same menu. Right-clicking on it provides access to Properties.

Properties Window

The Xfce4 Timer Options window allows users to add, edit, remove and arrange alarms.

Each alarm is either a countdown or is run at a specified time. By default a simple dialog pops up at the end of the countdown.

The user can choose an external command to be run as the alarm command for all events, or for just a particular one. An option allows this command to be repeated a specified number of times with a given interval between repetitions. Here is an example that uses a simple ping:

play /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/completed.oga

A different external command may be used for a specific event by adding it in the Alarm add/edit window.

Known Issues

The icon may be nearly invisible against some themes. The colors being used can be adjusted with a code snippet in the css file. For GTK3, the following code can be used to adjust inactive (“trough”) and active (“progress”) colors. For example:

#PLUGIN_NAME progress {
background-color: silver;
}

#PLUGIN_NAME trough {
background-color: red;
}

The actual plugin name, usually something like *xfce4-timer-plugin-2* where the widget number at the end is particular to individual desktops, can be found by hovering over its widget on the Panel Properties > Items tab.

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