[xubuntu-users] Adding items to a panel with a bash script

[Victor Forberger]

On 10/21/21 1:24 PM, Charles M wrote:
> What is the simplest way to add a new item to a panel from the command line?
> 
> I see that ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
> holds information about what's on the panel, but I'm not exactly sure
> how I would add something like the pulseaudio plugin for example.
> 
> I found xfconf-query and it appears to be able to do things with
> xfce4-panel, just again not sure how I could add something like the
> pulseaudio plugin via it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> 

Since the panel is part of the desktop GUI, modifications are best done 
through the desktop.

Right-click on the panel and select Panel Preferences. More info about 
modifying the panel in Xubuntu 20.04 is available at

https://docs.xubuntu.org/2004/user/C/settings-preferences.html

For customized installation, I believe you create a model desktop, and 
then use that model as the customized installation.

I guess you could reverse-engineer what modifications do via the GUI and 
then use terminal commands to re-create those actions.

Good luck.

- Victor

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