Two xfce questions

Martin Franklin mfranklin1 at gatwick.westerngeco.slb.com
Mon Nov 21 09:12:01 UTC 2005


j Mak wrote:
> Thanks for the clues. 
> 
> J. Mak
> 
> 
> --- Jani Monoses <jani.monoses at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>j Mak wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I've just downloaded and installed xfce and I have
>>
>>two questions
>>
>>>regarding the configuration of the panel. First,
>>
>>how to position the
>>
>>>panel to the top, like it is in gnome. And second,
>>
>>how to force it to
>>
>>>stretch from side to side.
>>
>>It looks like the panel has no config UI for
>>specifying position. But
>>you can drag it to the top if you click on either of
>>it's edges.
>>You can only stretch it if using the taskbar panel
>>plugin, which in a
>>way replicates the functionality of xftaskbar, but
>>as a plugin and has a
>>stretch option.
>>In xfce 4.3 both of these issues are solved (UI for
>>position setting,
>>stretch as a panel option) but that will only be
>>available in dapper.
>>
>>Jani
>>

In xfce 4.2.2 you can add a task bar plugin for the panel that when
configured to 'expand' will also stretch the panel...

Martin









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