Showing posts with label panel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label panel. Show all posts
Friday, April 7, 2017
DockBarX Xfce4 Panel Plugin Updated With Panel Blending
DockBarX Xfce4 Panel Plugin Updated With Panel Blending
Quick update: The DockBarX Xfce4 Panel plugin was updated to version 0.4.1 recently, bringing a pretty important new feature: panel blending.
DockBarX is an application launcher / switcher which is available as a stand-alone dock as well as a Xfce4 Panel (a while back it was also available as a GNOME Panel and MATE Panel applet but those no longer work).
By enabling the new "Blend with panel" option available with the latest Xfce4 DockBarX Plugin, the applet will try to automatically set its background color to the panel background color. The applet should do this automatically not only when adding it to the panel but also when changing the theme or manually changing the panel background color.
For those who havent tried Xfce4 DockBarX Plugin before, here are a couple of things you should be aware of if you plan on trying out this applet:
- after adding the applet to the panel, its configuration dialog shows up - if you dont click "Apply", the applet wont show up on your panel;
- the DockBarX Xfce4 Panel plugin preferences only contains Xfce-specific options. To change the applet theme and various other options, launch "DockBarX Preference" from the menu.
Install Xfce4 DockBarX Plugin in Ubuntu or Linux Mint
The latest Xfce4 DockBarX Plugin 0.4.1 is available in the main DockBarX PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 and newer (Linux Mint 17 and newer). To add the PPA and install the applet, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends xfce4-dockbarx-plugin(I added "--install-recommends" to the command above because recommended packages arent installed by default in Linux Mint as far as I know and and you may need some of those packages for various extra features. Remove that part if you only want the basic functionality)
Theres also an extra DockBarX themes packages you can install using the following command:
sudo apt-get install dockbarx-themes-extraArch Linux users can install the Xfce4 DockBarX Plugin via AUR (though it wasnt updated to the latest version yet).
For other Linux distributions, grab the applet from GitHub (youll also need DockBarX).
For other Linux distributions, grab the applet from GitHub (youll also need DockBarX).
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
Dock Applet Icon Only Window List For MATE Panel
Dock Applet Icon Only Window List For MATE Panel
Dock Applet is a new MATE Panel applet which displays running applications/windows as icons, unlike the default Window List applet which displays the app icon as well as the window title.
The application is only 10 days old and it doesnt have too many features, but its already usable. Right now, it supports pinning/unpinning applications, displays an indicator under the icon for running applications (with configurable color for light and dark panels) and allows moving items via right click > move left/right.
Also, the app honours the panel transparency and background settings, so it it should be compatible with any theme or any MATE panel customizations (including using it with a vertical panel).
Also, the app honours the panel transparency and background settings, so it it should be compatible with any theme or any MATE panel customizations (including using it with a vertical panel).
In this very early development stages, the application doesnt support themes, theres no multi-monitor support and it doesnt indicate if there are multiple windows of the same app. Update: the app was updated and it can now indicate when there are multiple windows of the same app (for up to 4 windows).
Also, switching between multiple windows of the same app could use some work because right now, you can only do this by right clicking on the icon and selecting a window.
Even though it needs work, Im sure some MATE users will appreciate this small applet and maybe even help improve it, especially since other similar solutions (like the DockBarX MATE Panel applet which apparently cant be ported to the latest MATE, at least in its current state) dont work with recent MATE versions.
Also, switching between multiple windows of the same app could use some work because right now, you can only do this by right clicking on the icon and selecting a window.
Even though it needs work, Im sure some MATE users will appreciate this small applet and maybe even help improve it, especially since other similar solutions (like the DockBarX MATE Panel applet which apparently cant be ported to the latest MATE, at least in its current state) dont work with recent MATE versions.
Install Dock Applet in Ubuntu MATE or Linux Mint MATE
To make it easier to install, I uploaded Dock Applet to the WebUpd8 MATE/TopMenu PPA. To install the applet in Ubuntu MATE 15.10, 15.04, 14.10 or 14.04 / Linux Mint MATE 17.x, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-dock-appletUpdate: Ubuntu MATE 16.04 users can install the applet from the official repositories:
sudo apt-get install mate-dock-appletArch Linux users can install Dock Applet via AUR.
Once installed, right click on the panel, select "Add to panel" and add Dock Applet.
To download the source code, report bugs or help improve Dock Applet, see its GitHub page.
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