Duplicating xfce panel across multiple monitors
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I have multiple monitors on my desktop using XFCE for a DE and I'd like to have the panel on the bottom to be duplicated across all of my screens and show the same open applications on both. Currently the panel is only displayed on my right screen.
How would I go about setting this up with XFCE?
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asked Jul 13 '16 at 13:48
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I have multiple monitors on my desktop using XFCE for a DE and I'd like to have the panel on the bottom to be duplicated across all of my screens and show the same open applications on both. Currently the panel is only displayed on my right screen.
How would I go about setting this up with XFCE?
configuration xfce panel
asked Jul 13 '16 at 13:48
Qwertie
271213
add a comment |
I have multiple monitors on my desktop using XFCE for a DE and I'd like to have the panel on the bottom to be duplicated across all of my screens and show the same open applications on both. Currently the panel is only displayed on my right screen.
How would I go about setting this up with XFCE?
configuration xfce panel
asked Jul 13 '16 at 13:48
Qwertie
271213
I have multiple monitors on my desktop using XFCE for a DE and I'd like to have the panel on the bottom to be duplicated across all of my screens and show the same open applications on both. Currently the panel is only displayed on my right screen.
How would I go about setting this up with XFCE?
configuration xfce panel
configuration xfce panel
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Open xfce4-panel. You can right click on a panel > Panel > Panel Preferences. Select the target panel under the drop down near the top. Under the Display tab, check the box next to Span Monitors.
Note: I am on XFCE 4.12 and I am not sure if the span monitors option is available on earlier versions.
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
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As an alternative to putting one panel across two monitors, you could have a separate panel on each monitor. You can put the same widgets into each panel, and they'll look the same.
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
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That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.
– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
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The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your monitor, so you can see how it displays in the config file.
You can paste the settings for your first panel to replace the settings for your second panel. You just need to change the panel number and position numbers to make the same settings apply to your second panel.
answered Dec 12 at 14:31
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Open xfce4-panel. You can right click on a panel > Panel > Panel Preferences. Select the target panel under the drop down near the top. Under the Display tab, check the box next to Span Monitors.
Note: I am on XFCE 4.12 and I am not sure if the span monitors option is available on earlier versions.
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
add a comment |
Open xfce4-panel. You can right click on a panel > Panel > Panel Preferences. Select the target panel under the drop down near the top. Under the Display tab, check the box next to Span Monitors.
Note: I am on XFCE 4.12 and I am not sure if the span monitors option is available on earlier versions.
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
add a comment |
Open xfce4-panel. You can right click on a panel > Panel > Panel Preferences. Select the target panel under the drop down near the top. Under the Display tab, check the box next to Span Monitors.
Note: I am on XFCE 4.12 and I am not sure if the span monitors option is available on earlier versions.
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
Open xfce4-panel. You can right click on a panel > Panel > Panel Preferences. Select the target panel under the drop down near the top. Under the Display tab, check the box next to Span Monitors.
Note: I am on XFCE 4.12 and I am not sure if the span monitors option is available on earlier versions.
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
answered Jul 13 '16 at 20:50
Paul Nordin
86249
86249
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
add a comment |
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
This works ok, but I'd much rather have 2 panels showing the same applications open so I would have a clock and menu on each
– Qwertie
Jul 14 '16 at 9:09
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
You can do this by adding another Window Menu and another Clock item to the panel and positioning them to the panel on the other monitor.
– Paul Nordin
Jul 26 '16 at 0:46
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
This is not what the original poser asked for and for me is worse than just having it on one monitor.
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:31
add a comment |
As an alternative to putting one panel across two monitors, you could have a separate panel on each monitor. You can put the same widgets into each panel, and they'll look the same.
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.
– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
add a comment |
As an alternative to putting one panel across two monitors, you could have a separate panel on each monitor. You can put the same widgets into each panel, and they'll look the same.
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.
– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
add a comment |
As an alternative to putting one panel across two monitors, you could have a separate panel on each monitor. You can put the same widgets into each panel, and they'll look the same.
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
As an alternative to putting one panel across two monitors, you could have a separate panel on each monitor. You can put the same widgets into each panel, and they'll look the same.
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
answered Mar 24 '17 at 0:33
rosuav
4091411
4091411
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.
– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
add a comment |
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.
– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
That sounds a bit painful to configure. How can I just copy-paste a panel over so I don't have to go through the process of recreating the whole setup for a panel?
– Gabriel Staples
Mar 25 '17 at 18:11
1
1
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in
.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
Panel configuration is all stored in text files in
.config/xfce4. You can edit those files if necessary.– rosuav
Mar 25 '17 at 21:41
1
1
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
This is the solution I used however the 'notification area' can not be put on more than one panel. When my laptop is docked I have it on the panel for my middle monitor which is fine, but when I undock I have little control over which panel displays on my laptop screen, and it is never the one with the notification area, so I have to hide the other 2 panels so that the one I need displays. Then when I re-dock I have to unhide them. it kinda sucks...
– Logikos
Sep 25 at 16:29
add a comment |
The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your monitor, so you can see how it displays in the config file.
You can paste the settings for your first panel to replace the settings for your second panel. You just need to change the panel number and position numbers to make the same settings apply to your second panel.
answered Dec 12 at 14:31
JCD
11
add a comment |
The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your monitor, so you can see how it displays in the config file.
You can paste the settings for your first panel to replace the settings for your second panel. You just need to change the panel number and position numbers to make the same settings apply to your second panel.
answered Dec 12 at 14:31
JCD
11
add a comment |
The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your monitor, so you can see how it displays in the config file.
You can paste the settings for your first panel to replace the settings for your second panel. You just need to change the panel number and position numbers to make the same settings apply to your second panel.
answered Dec 12 at 14:31
JCD
11
The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your monitor, so you can see how it displays in the config file.
You can paste the settings for your first panel to replace the settings for your second panel. You just need to change the panel number and position numbers to make the same settings apply to your second panel.
answered Dec 12 at 14:31
JCD
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JCD
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