LXPanel

Developer LXDETeamLatestversion 0.8.1(from6May.2015)

Genre DesktopPanelLicense GNUGeneralPublicLicenseWebsite lxde.org(http://lxde.org/)

LXPanelFromLXDE.org

LXPanelisthestandardpanelofLXDE.Thedesktoppanelcangenerateamenuforinstalledapplicationsautomaticallyfrom*.desktopfiles.ItcanbeconfiguredfromaGUIpreferencesdialog,sothereisnoneedtoeditconfigfiles.Thecomponentprovidesa"Run"dialogwithautocompletion.Asofversion0.7.0,LXPanelhasgainedthemingsupportviacustomgtkrcfile.

Contents

1Importantnotes1.1FileLocations1.2MainConfigFile1.3Panels1.4Custommenupluginactions1.5GNOMELikeTwoPanelLayout1.6FixemptymenuinLXPanel

2TestingLXPanel2.1Addresses2.2Compilingoptions

3gxinemenuiconfix4Iconsonly5Seealso6ExternalLinks

Importantnotes

Warning:Althoughlxpanelisoriginallyderivedfromfbpanel,theyarenowalmosttotallydifferentbothininternalimplementationandconfiguration.So,don'tusefbpanelconfigfileshereorthingswillbreak.BasicconfigurationofLXPanelcanbedonewiththeGUIpreferenceconfigurationdialog.Justrightclickonthepanels,andyoucanaccesstheconfigdialog.PleaseusetheGUIinsteadofdirectlyeditingtheconfigfilesifyoudon'thaveveryspecialneeds.Theformatofconfigfileshaschangedsinceversion3.5tosupportmultiplepanellayout.Don'tmixolderconfigfileswithnewerversions.Theconfigfileformatwasnotdocumentedbeforeversion3.7becauseitwasnotyetstabilized.Now,it'sdocumentedhere.

FileLocations

TheconfigfilesofLXPanelarestoredin~/.config/lxpanel/.UnderLXDE,weuseadifferentprofilenameLXDE.Soit'sin~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE.Inthisway,ifyouchangedtheconfigofthepanelunderLXDE,itwon'tinterfereotherdesktopenvironments.Iftheconfigfilesaremissing,lxpanelloadssystemwideconfigin/usr/share/lxpanel/profile/instead.

MainConfigFile

Themainconfigfileisnamed"config",anditsformatislikethis:

[Command]FileManager=pcmanfm%sTerminal=xtermeLogoutCommand=

FileManagerfilemanagerusedwhenanappletinlxpanelneedtoopenafolder(onlybeforeversion0.7.0,since0.7.0itusesXDGpreferences).

Terminalterminalemulatorusedwhenanappletneedstopopupaterminalwindow(onlybeforeversion0.7.0,since0.7.0itusesLibFMconfig).

Logoutprograminvokedwhen"Logout"ischoseninthelxpanelmenu.Generally,thiscanbe"killall".UnderLXDE,youcanuse"lxdelogout"tologoutthesession.Warning:priortolxpanelversion0.5.10itseemsthatitwas"LogoutCommand"insteadof"Logout".

Panels

Filesdefiningthelayoutofpanelsarein~/.config/lxpanel//panels.Eachfileinthedirectorydefinesapanel.Onstartup,allpanelsdefinedinthosefilesareloaded.Thedefaultconfigfilelookslikethis:

#lxpanelconfigfile.Manuallyeditingisnotrecommended.#Usepreferencedialoginlxpaneltoadjustconfigwhenyoucan.

#Globalsection:definesappearanceandbehaviorofthispanel.Global{edge=bottom#Theedgethispanelattachestoallign=left#alignment:left/center/rightmargin=0#margin:margintotheedgeofthewholescreen

widthtype=percent#percent/pixelwidth=100#widthofthepanel:Theunitusedhereisaccordingtowidthtype.height=26#heightofthepaneltransparent=0#use(pseudo)transparentbackground:on=1,off=0tintcolor=#000000#colorblendedwiththebackgroudwhentransparencyisused.alpha=0#alphavalueusedtoblendtintcolorwithbackground.setdocktype=1#askthewindowmanagertotreatthepanelasadock.setpartialstrut=1#askthewindowmanagertoreservethespaceforthepanelandnottocoveritwithmaximizedwindowsusefontcolor=1#usecustomizecolorsforthetextinsteadofthatdefinedinsystemtheme.fontcolor=#ffffff#coloroftextonthepanel(Currentlythisisonlysupportedbyclockapplet)background=1#usecustomizeimagetodrawthebackgroundofthepanel.(cannotbeusedwithtransparent)backgroundfile=/usr/share/lxpanel/images/background.png#Theimagefileused.}

#Configurationofvariousapplets#Basicsyntax:#Plugin{#type=#expand=0(optional,mainlyusedin"taskbar"and"space"applets.#expand=1willstretchtheapplettofillallavailablespaces)#Config{#...#}#}

Plugin{type=spaceConfig{Size=2}}

Plugin{type=menuConfig{#imagemustbesetimage=/usr/share/lxpanel/images/mycomputer.png#nameisoptional#itmaybesettothenameofa*.directoryfilein/usr/share/desktopdirectoriestogetalocalisedlabel#eg.name=lxdemenuapplications.directoryname=Label#tintmaybesettoanX11colournameorahexvalue,#seehttp://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdkColormapsandColors.html#gdkcolorparse#Thedefaultisblue;blackdisablestinting.tint=redsystem{}separator{}item{command=run}separator{}item{image=gnomelogoutcommand=logout}}}

Plugin{type=launchbarConfig{Button{id=pcmanfm.desktop}Button{id=gnometerminal.desktop}Button{id=firefox.desktop}}}

Plugin{type=spaceConfig{Size=4}}

Plugin{type=wincmdConfig{Button1=iconifyButton2=shade}}

Plugin{type=spaceConfig{Size=4}}

Plugin{type=pager}

Plugin{type=spaceConfig{Size=4}}

Plugin{

type=taskbarexpand=1Config{tooltips=1IconsOnly=0AcceptSkipPager=1ShowIconified=1ShowMapped=1ShowAllDesks=0UseMouseWheel=1UseUrgencyHint=1FlatButton=0MaxTaskWidth=150spacing=1}}

Plugin{type=netstat}

Plugin{type=cpu}

Plugin{type=tray}

Plugin{type=dclockConfig{ClockFmt=%RTooltipFmt=%A%xBoldFont=0}}

Custommenupluginactions

UndertheMenupluginentryshownabove,customentriescanbeaddedusingtheaction=setting.Forexample:

item{image=bootname=Exitaction=lxdelogout}

(Thisshouldnotbeconfusedwiththemainmenuspecificationfromfreedesktop.orgimplementedvia*.desktopfilesin/usr/share/applications)

GNOMELikeTwoPanelLayout

LXPanelcansupportmultiplepanellayouts.Weprovideasetofconfigurationfilesthatmimicthedefaultlookandfeelofagnomeliketwopanellayouthere.http://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lxde/lxpanela=treef=data/two_panelshb=HEAD

FixemptymenuinLXPanel

Ifyouclickonthemenubutton,butthemenudoesn'tcomeup,youcanusethislittlescripttofixit:

#!/bin/bash

killalllxpanelfind~/.cache/menusname'*'typefprint0|xargs0rmlxpanelpLXDE&

Itwillkilllxpanel,deletethecurrentmenucacheandstartthepanelagain.Testedwith0.3.99/0.3.999.

TestingLXPanel

HereyoucanfindthespecialInformationforLXPanel.IfyouwanttousethemenupluginwithinLXPanel,youneedtocompileapplicationsmenucacheandlxmenudatatoo.Firstcompilemenucache,thenlxmenudataandatlastLXPanel.ForgeneralinformationontestingreadtheTesting(http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Category:Testing)pages.

Addresses

Sourcebrowser:http://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/lxpanel.gita=summarySourceGit:git://git.lxde.org/lxde/lxpanel.gitBugstracker:http://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/bugs/

Compilingoptions

./autogen.sh./configuremakemakeinstall

you'llneedmenucachefromtheLXDErepositorytocompileLXPanel.

gxinemenuiconfix

Openfile/usr/share/applications/gxine.desktop:

#nano/usr/share/applications/gxine.desktop

Deletelines:

xcontent/videosvcdxcontent/videovcd

Change"Categories"value:

Categories=AudioVideo;Player;TV;

gxineisplacedinthemenunow.

Iconsonly

Itispossibletochangethepanelappearancetoaveryminimaliststyle,similartotint2,displayingonlyiconsratherthantabs.Todothis,openpanelsettings(e.g.rightclickingonthe"desktops"partofthepanel)and:

choosePanelAppletstabfromthelist,choose"TaskBar(WindowList)"clickedittogetjusttheiconsagainstthebackgroundofthepanel,selectboth"Iconsonly"and"Flatbuttons"

"Showtooltips"and"Showwindowsfromallworkspaces"optionsarealsoavailableonthePanelAppletstab.

Toadjusticonsizeaswellaspanelwidthandheight,seetheGeometrytabinsettings.Thethicknessofthebarandthesizeoftheiconsaresetseparately.

Seealso

HowtowritepluginsforLXPanelMainMenuLXPanelTheming

ExternalLinks

LXPanelatsf.net(http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxde/files/LXPanel%20%28desktop%20panel%29/)LXDE:ConfiguringLXPanel(http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201010/page07.html)PCLinuxOSMagazinedetailedconfigurationinstructions.

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