Xfce Wiki - dev

appfinder-plugin

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:15:07 +0000

Appfinder panel plugin README (from repo): Application Finder Panel Applet (appfinder) =========================================== Appfinder is an extension for the Xfce Panel. It enables users to add a button to the panel, which, when pressed, pops up an appfinder widget (same as the one displayed by running an xfce4-appfinder command). The differences between this panel and having a simple launcher on the panel that starts xfce4-appfinder are: - the button is configurable, i.e.: * it can h…

garcon

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:57:09 +0000

Garcon Thoughts There are some issues in garcon (previously libxfce4menu, with API changes and GIO support) that needs some discussion, most important: file monitoring support. Specifications: Desktop Menu, Desktop Entry. Sources: Garcon, Alacarte. File Monitoring We'd like the give the library built-in support for monitoring menu changes. This means we monitor the .menu file(s) for changes (for example made by Alacarte) and the .desktop file directories for added/removed/changed desktop fi…

monitor-plugin

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:45:52 +0000

Scope Every Xfce panel plugin is required to reimplement UI, which makes writing basic plugins more difficult and leads to UI inconsistencies. There is a need for a generic plugin that provides basic UI (icon, label(s), menu, etc., see below) and allows the plugin writer to implement only data collection logic.

panel-deskbar-mode

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:24:44 +0000

Panel changes related to the deskbar-mode: * panel&plugin “orientation” property has been replaced with “mode” property. There are three modes now: horizontal, vertical and deskbar. Old “orientation” property is still available so that plugins which were not ported to 4.9+ see vertical and deskbar modes as vertical orientation.

power-display-management

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:15:18 +0000

This page describes the use-cases for user switching, session locking and power management. A describtion of these use-cases is given using xflock + xfpm + light-locker + lightdm. This page should help understand what is happening in which cases and what alternative there are to improve the situation.

session-management