Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
plugins_wish_list [2012/06/12 04:47] – notes on keyboard layout options gcb | plugins_wish_list [2018/04/27 14:15] – [Notification Area] nutsek | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
* < | * < | ||
* Allow plugins to be run in the notification area, so they can be used with other panels, like tint2. (e.g. plugins: clipman & notes) | * Allow plugins to be run in the notification area, so they can be used with other panels, like tint2. (e.g. plugins: clipman & notes) | ||
+ | * xfce4-weather-plugin and xfce4-datetime-plugin (possibly others) only display in black font. When panel color is a dark color or transparent with a dark wallpaper the font is unreadable. | ||
+ | * That's a good idea! But, for the time being, you can have something like that in your gtk theme file: | ||
+ | style " | ||
+ | { | ||
+ | fg[NORMAL] = "# | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | widget " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Directory Menu ===== | ||
+ | * Include a "Show label instead of icon" option in the properties dialog, like the Launcher plugin has, so people can call it " | ||
+ | * Merge functionalities from Places Plugin: removable media, recent files, and maybe search (search current directory? | ||
+ | * modify filtering function to implement -filter to remove from the menu list, ex i dont want to display all subdirs of the base dir so having a filter like -somedirname would be useful | ||
===== Launcher ===== | ===== Launcher ===== | ||
* < | * < | ||
Line 34: | Line 46: | ||
* < | * < | ||
* Not something the panel can control. | * Not something the panel can control. | ||
+ | * Enable the Launcher to display Icon AND Text | ||
+ | * Ability to set custom keyboard shortcuts for each item in a multi launcher by e. g. setting its label to "& | ||
+ | * Make adding the first program to a launcher more user friendly. Currently clicking a new Launcher does nothing; it instead automatically open the application picker dialog. Editing existing Launchers should not be changed. | ||
===== Taskbar ===== | ===== Taskbar ===== | ||
* Add sorting order option " | * Add sorting order option " | ||
Line 49: | Line 63: | ||
* Show only (or no) minimized tasks. | * Show only (or no) minimized tasks. | ||
* Unhide the panel when a task becomes urgent in the taskbar. | * Unhide the panel when a task becomes urgent in the taskbar. | ||
- | * Quickly close a task with (for example) a middle mouse click. | + | * <del>Quickly close a task with (for example) a middle mouse click. Option for close Buttons on every Task? (most Laptop touchpads don’t have a middle button, and emulation dosn’t work well either)</ |
+ | * Option | ||
* Option to enable hide/unhide or shade/ | * Option to enable hide/unhide or shade/ | ||
- | - particularly with Logitech' | + | - particularly with Logitech' |
* Option to enable/ | * Option to enable/ | ||
* Option to toggle dimming of inactive icons [[http:// | * Option to toggle dimming of inactive icons [[http:// | ||
Line 58: | Line 73: | ||
* Changing order of items in a taskbar by moving current task left or right (or up or down) in the list (again, new keyboard-event or a command?) (hmm... just released that a task order is a vague thing...) | * Changing order of items in a taskbar by moving current task left or right (or up or down) in the list (again, new keyboard-event or a command?) (hmm... just released that a task order is a vague thing...) | ||
* Change icon size according to panel size. instead of a static 16x16 icon. | * Change icon size according to panel size. instead of a static 16x16 icon. | ||
+ | * Add an option to display inactive and/or minimized windows as icon only, while showing the label only for active and/or normal/ | ||
+ | * Filtering: Show (only) windows from workspace [#] This would allow multiple panels/ | ||
===== Notification Area ===== | ===== Notification Area ===== | ||
* < | * < | ||
Line 64: | Line 81: | ||
* < | * < | ||
- | * Trunk has an option to set the number of rows. Work for both horizontal and vertical panels. --nick | + | * <del>Trunk has an option to set the number of rows. Work for both horizontal and vertical panels. --nick</ |
+ | * Not any more, this option has gone. | ||
* < | * < | ||
Line 71: | Line 89: | ||
* Make other panel-plugins dockable like volume-manager or clock(would be great to have one frame around all) | * Make other panel-plugins dockable like volume-manager or clock(would be great to have one frame around all) | ||
* Only show icons for applications on the current workspace. | * Only show icons for applications on the current workspace. | ||
+ | * Pleeeeeeeease bring back the rows option that was definitely in 4.6.1. In 4.10 I cannot make icons small AND use the all the space available in the notif area: I have a 22 pixel bar but icons can only go down to 12 pixels... not that with a 24 pixel bar (or any size) the rows come back (even 24px is far too big - vertical space is at a premium since the fashion and cheapness/ | ||
+ | < | ||
Line 76: | Line 96: | ||
* Show the workspace number in the button. | * Show the workspace number in the button. | ||
* Option to show a task on this native workspace or on the current workspace (when showing tasks from multiple workspaces). | * Option to show a task on this native workspace or on the current workspace (when showing tasks from multiple workspaces). | ||
- | * Use middle click button to close a window like a web tab | + | * Use middle click button to close a window like a web tab and maybe add an optional close button on the current task. |
* Mouse Wheel on the icon box to cycle through windows (= Alt-Tab) | * Mouse Wheel on the icon box to cycle through windows (= Alt-Tab) | ||
* Allow a window to be brought to the foreground by dragging a text selection, link, image, or file to the target window' | * Allow a window to be brought to the foreground by dragging a text selection, link, image, or file to the target window' | ||
Line 105: | Line 125: | ||
* Allow activation/ | * Allow activation/ | ||
* Have an item in the context menu to clear the error log. No need to look into the log when you know exactly why some updates failed (e.g. pulled network cable). Now that's 6 clicks! With context menu item you'd only have 2 (context open and "clear log") | * Have an item in the context menu to clear the error log. No need to look into the log when you know exactly why some updates failed (e.g. pulled network cable). Now that's 6 clicks! With context menu item you'd only have 2 (context open and "clear log") | ||
- | + | * Hide icon when there are no new messages; show icon only when there are new messages. Could function similar to notifications of new updates. When there aren't new messages, the icon serves no purpose. | |
- | + | ||
===== Volume control ===== | ===== Volume control ===== | ||
* Alternative way of setting the volume level. Current implementation isn't very user friendly when the panel size is small. A slider alternative like Gnome could be a solution. | * Alternative way of setting the volume level. Current implementation isn't very user friendly when the panel size is small. A slider alternative like Gnome could be a solution. | ||
Line 119: | Line 137: | ||
* An global Equalizer would be great | * An global Equalizer would be great | ||
* Single-click mute would be fabulous, or even a fast double-click. | * Single-click mute would be fabulous, or even a fast double-click. | ||
+ | * Scrolling the mouse wheel should change the volume when the control is clicked (and the blue volume bar is visible) | ||
+ | * Right-click menu could have a quick option for toggling the default audio device. This is useful for switching between speakers & headphones | ||
+ | * Ability to add multiple audio mixer controls to the panel, to quickly control volumes for multiple audio devices | ||
===== Performance Monitor ===== | ===== Performance Monitor ===== | ||
Line 134: | Line 155: | ||
* < | * < | ||
*or display as default in 22 or 24px | *or display as default in 22 or 24px | ||
- | |||
* Context menu to add, edit, remove menu items. | * Context menu to add, edit, remove menu items. | ||
* Drag and drop between menu, panels, and Thunar. | * Drag and drop between menu, panels, and Thunar. | ||
- | |||
* xfce4-toggle-applicationsmenu script that could be mapped to a keyboard key to popup/hide the menu. Currently, xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu can be mapped to a key, but the menu needs to be closed using Esc key. Same wish applies to all xfce4-popup-*. | * xfce4-toggle-applicationsmenu script that could be mapped to a keyboard key to popup/hide the menu. Currently, xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu can be mapped to a key, but the menu needs to be closed using Esc key. Same wish applies to all xfce4-popup-*. | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
===== Keyboard layout chooser ===== | ===== Keyboard layout chooser ===== | ||
* The current keyboard layout chooser allows you to select a compose key, but not a third level chooser (the xkb options beginning " | * The current keyboard layout chooser allows you to select a compose key, but not a third level chooser (the xkb options beginning " | ||
* Swap caps and ctrl. (or caps to extra ctrl (no swap). or caps to extra esc.) | * Swap caps and ctrl. (or caps to extra ctrl (no swap). or caps to extra esc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Workspace Switcher ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Add a display option "Show **tasks** overview" | ||
+ | |||
+ | * When not checked, the names of available workspaces will be visible (as currently) | ||
+ | * When checked: | ||
+ | * This displays the icons of all Apps currently opened in the workspaces in a miniature view. | ||
+ | * If no app, show an empty workspace in a miniature view. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
===== New Plugins ===== | ===== New Plugins ===== | ||
Line 162: | Line 195: | ||
* has been requested in [[http:// | * has been requested in [[http:// | ||
- | * Xfce version of [[http:// | + | |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | * Nowadays it is better to follow the [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
+ | * Nowadays it is better to follow the [[http:// | ||
* Bluetooth plugin | * Bluetooth plugin | ||
Line 198: | Line 232: | ||
* Force-quit application plugin, like the one featured in GNOME 2.x. | * Force-quit application plugin, like the one featured in GNOME 2.x. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * < | ||
+ | * The new [[http:// | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Add a plugin that shows recent notifications. Like Cinnamon and Gnome desktops. |