XFCE 4.14 Panelbar Theming
CSS Selectors
Classes:
.xfce4-panel .tasklist
ID's:
#whiskermenu-button #xfce4-notification-plugin #xfce4-power-manager-plugin #pulseaudio-button #clock-button
Elements
wnck-pager
GTK3 Theme testing and debugging
For testing, you can make modifications in the override file located at ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css. If the directory path doesn't exist, then you will have to create it.
mkdir -p ~/.config/gtk-3.0
To see your modifications applied, you can reset the xfce4-panel process by typing the following command into a terminal:
xfce4-panel -r
For debugging, you can use the GtkInspector tool from GNOME. To inspect the XFCE panelbar and its plugins, you can perform the following:
Kill the current xfce panel process:
pkill xfce4-panel
Start the panel process with GtkInspector debugging enabled:
GTK_DEBUG=interactive xfce4-panel
Plugin theming examples
Panelbar background color.
.xfce4-panel.background { background-color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.8); }
Tasklist toggle button background colour, text color, and border radius.
.tasklist .toggle { background-color: lightblue; color: black; border-radius: 3px; }
Panelbar tasklist button |
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Whisker Menu panel button.
#whiskermenu-button label { color: lightblue; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; }
Whisker Menu panel button |
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Pulseaudio menu mpris buttons.
#pulseaudio-button menu .linked button { color: lightblue; /* This will apply a colour to the mpris button icons */ border-color: gray; } /* This will apply a colour to the mpris button border */
Pulseaudio menu MPRIS buttons |
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The pulseaudio menu contains common GTK widgets such as a scale, trough, switch, and slider.
Workspace switcher colours for selected and hover states.
wnck-pager:selected { background-color: lightblue; } wnck-pager:hover { background-color: gray; }
Panelbar workspace switcher |
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Clock colours and font style:
#clock-button { color: black; font-style: italic; background-color: lightblue; }
Panelbar Clock |
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