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| class "*tray*" style "panel-color" | class "*tray*" style "panel-color" | ||
| + | * See also those threads in the forum : http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6169 and http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6196 | ||
| ===== How to add or remove applications in the system menu ===== | ===== How to add or remove applications in the system menu ===== | ||
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| * Copy the file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc to ~/.config/xfce4/ | * Copy the file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc to ~/.config/xfce4/ | ||
| - | * Add your own code to the file. For example, you could start the unicode server: | + | * Add your own code to the file. For example, you could start the rxvt-unicode server: |
| * source $HOME/.bashrc | * source $HOME/.bashrc | ||
| * # start rxvt-unicode server | * # start rxvt-unicode server | ||
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| The margins are also useful if you have only one Xfce panel: the margin area leaves a clear space to pull up application or workspace menus. By default, right click on the desktop (the margin) to show the Xfce menu, or middle (left+right) click to show the workspace menu. | The margins are also useful if you have only one Xfce panel: the margin area leaves a clear space to pull up application or workspace menus. By default, right click on the desktop (the margin) to show the Xfce menu, or middle (left+right) click to show the workspace menu. | ||
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| + | The size of the margins is in pixels, so, with a reasonably modern monitor, at a resolution of, say 1680 x 1050, a setting of '10' will give a margin of about 1/8 of an inch. Note that nothing will change on any open window until you minimize and re-maximize it again. Also note that these margins only apply to maximized windows -- you can manually resize any window right to the edge of the screen if you want to. | ||
| ===== Handle acpi event for power button, show Xfce logout options ===== | ===== Handle acpi event for power button, show Xfce logout options ===== | ||
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| If you would like the xfce logout menu to show up when you press your power button, and your machine has acpi support, then do the following: | If you would like the xfce logout menu to show up when you press your power button, and your machine has acpi support, then do the following: | ||
| - | * ''/etc/acpi/events/powerbtn'' | + | ==== Solution 1 ==== |
| + | * ''/etc/acpi/events/powerbtn'' | ||
| <file> | <file> | ||
| # /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn | # /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn | ||
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| </file> | </file> | ||
| + | * Make those scripts executable : | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/xfce4-user-session-shutdown.sh /usr/local/sbin/xfce4-shutdown-as-user.sh | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | ==== Solution 2 ==== | ||
| + | * Open Settings Manager (or by command : xfce4-settings-manager ) | ||
| + | * Open Power Manager settings | ||
| + | * In General : set //When power button is pressed// to //Ask// | ||
| + | * Close Power Manager settings | ||
| + | * If you have ACPI scripts installed, deactivate or update the **power-button** script from **/etc/acpi/events/**, and change the //action// field to ///bin/true//: | ||
| + | <file> | ||
| + | # EXAMPLE | ||
| + | event=button/power.* | ||
| + | #action=/usr/lib/acpid/power_button | ||
| + | action=/bin/true | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| ===== Use mnemonics to create Thunar Custom Actions ===== | ===== Use mnemonics to create Thunar Custom Actions ===== | ||
| When you create a [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/custom_actions|Thunar Custom Action]] you can set the name with an underscore "_" before a letter to use it as mnemonic. When you right click in a Thunar view, you can type the letter to access your custom action. | When you create a [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/custom_actions|Thunar Custom Action]] you can set the name with an underscore "_" before a letter to use it as mnemonic. When you right click in a Thunar view, you can type the letter to access your custom action. | ||
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| + | ===== Accessing man pages through xfrun4 ===== | ||
| + | Use '#' as a shortcut to open man pages using xfrun4. e.g. #man | ||
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| + | ===== Other Unique Xfce Features ===== | ||
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| + | ====== Add newlines to a panel ====== | ||
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| + | Xfce allows full control over multi-line panel configuratinos, via the Separator component. Simply add a separator to your panel, move it to where you'd like a new line to begin, edit its properties, and change its "style" drop-down to "New Line." | ||
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