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

  • [[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


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-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-xkb-plugin:start|Xkb]] – Setup and use multiple (currently up to 4 due to X11 protocol limitation) keyboard layouts.


Advanced

  • [[debugging|Debugging]] – Debugging plugins and the panel


Required Packages

For specific information on the minimum required versions, check configure.ac.in


Latest Release

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Previous Releases


Source Code Repository

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel


Reporting Bugs

  • [[:xfce:xfce4-panel:bugs|Reporting Bugs]] – Open bug reports and how to report new bugs


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