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1 xfce4-panel
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4 Description
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6
7 When xfce4 tools are on the system anyway, it might make sense to try `x…
8
9 This patch modifies dwm, so that it treats any window with name `xfce4-p…
10 as a status bar, i.e.:
11
12 - it never has borders
13 - always has y=0 on the monitor it is shown at (see below)
14 - it is never shown as active window in the tag indicators
15 - it is shown on all tags (via a tag rule in the config)
16 - it is ignored on `focusstack` (MOD+j / MOD+k)
17
18 ![dwm_xfce4-panel.png](dwm_xfce4-panel.png)
19
20 - The panel does also act as **systray** for third party tools
21 - Looks best when background is set to same color as the dwm statusline …
22 - Using a compositor you can dimm or completely hide it, when not hovered
23
24 The patch has been created against dwm6.3 but will apply on 6.2 as well.…
25
26 Download
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29 * [dwm-xfce4-panel-20220306-d39e2f3.diff](dwm-xfce4-panel-20220306-d39e2…
30
31 * Older version(s):
32
33 - [dwm-xfce4-panel-20210701-67d76bd.diff](dwm-xfce4-panel-20210701-6…
34
35 Notes
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37
38 - The workspace switcher won't work interactively, but dwm's interactive…
39 the left anyway.
40 - Some actions in the "session menu" applet (the one with your name as t…
41 box. You might supply your own sub menu or modify the actions of the e…
42 - The rest of xfce4's 40 or so panel apps _should_ work (if installed) a…
43 (see below) are working
44 - Startup: A start via xinitrc should be fine. I use the [autostart](htt…
45
46 sleep 0.3
47 xfce4-panel --disable-wm-check
48
49
50 Panel Config
51 ------------
52
53 **dwm**
54
55 In dwm `config.h` rules, the panel should be configured to be shown on a…
56
57 **xfce4-panel**
58
59 You can inspect and set attributes in the command line via `xconf-query`…
60 right mouse click and go to panel settings).
61
62 Here are *all* settings as I have it:
63
64 ~ ❯ xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1 -lv
65 /panels/panel-1/autohide-behavior 0
66 /panels/panel-1/background-alpha 1
67 /panels/panel-1/background-rgba <<UNSUPPORTED>>
68 /panels/panel-1/background-style 1
69 /panels/panel-1/disable-struts true
70 /panels/panel-1/enter-opacity 100
71 /panels/panel-1/icon-size 0
72 /panels/panel-1/leave-opacity 45
73 /panels/panel-1/length 5
74 /panels/panel-1/length-adjust true
75 /panels/panel-1/nrows 1
76 /panels/panel-1/output-name Primary
77 /panels/panel-1/plugin-ids <<UNSUPPORTED>>
78 /panels/panel-1/position p=0;x=5000;y=0
79 /panels/panel-1/position-locked true
80 /panels/panel-1/size 21
81 /panels/panel-1/span-monitors false
82
83 Discussion:
84
85 - `position`: Configure the position to be at `y=0` and `x=<a big number…
86 (it will *use* the maximum possible x). See [here](https://forum.xfce.…
87 xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/position -s 'p=0;…
88 - `leave-opacity`: Requires a compositor like picom. Set it to 0 to comp…
89 not hovered.
90 - `size`: 21 matches the height of dwm status bar
91 - `output-name`: Set to "Primary" instead of a fixed display name, in or…
92 multi monitor layouts.
93
94 **Multi Monitor Support**
95
96 I recommend using
97
98 - [`arandr`](https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/) to *create* a …
99 - [`autorandr`](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr) to store and…
100 state changes (via `autorandr -c`). This also supports hooks after swi…
101
102 ---
103
104 Below is a usage example for adding your own information into the panel.
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106
107 Optional: Using the `genmon` Applet
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109
110 Most panels offer the possibility to include generic scripts output.
111 In `xfce4-panel` this is done by the panel item: "Generic Monitor" (genm…
112
113 Here are some `genmon` script collections:
114 - [xfce4-genmon-scripts](https://awesomeopensource.com/project/xtonousou…
115 - [xfce4-genmon-scripts-2](https://github.com/almaceleste/xfce4-genmon-s…
116 - [xfce4-genmon-scripts-3](https://github.com/levimake/xfce4-genmon-pane…
117
118 Manual is [here](https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin…
119
120 Personally I wanted to have CPU monitor, which shows the name of current…
121
122 ![genmon.png](genmon.png)
123
124 To get that, I cat the content of a file generated by this script, start…
125 [cpu_mon.py](cpu_mon.py).
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127
128 Author
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130 * Gunther Klessinger <gklessinger[at]gmx.de>
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