Thanks - I finally had the chance to check these out.
It took me a long time to find where to make these changes, but it's now
looking really nice. For the record (and I'll add it to the wik):
Open panel settings (e.g. right clicking on the "desktops" part of the panel
)
-> choose Panel Applets tab
-> from the list, choose "Task Bar (Window List)"
-> click edit
-> to get just the icons against the background of the panel, select both
"Icons only" and "Flat buttons"
-> "Show tooltips" and "Show windows from all workspaces" also available
here.
There are still a few small advantages I see in tint2 (or maybe I haven't
found the LXPanel settings yet) but overall LXPanel is now my favorite
panel. For the record, tint2 still wins on these points:
- It's *slightly* better looking, IMO.
- Each desktop has its own section on the task bar, rather than the icons
being mixed together.
- I can have the date in tiny font under the time. That's how it's set up
on CrunchBang & I like it.
- I can change icon size in tint2. (In LXPanel, I shrink the panel
height, but the icons get cut off at the knees.)
As for being lighter, Marty is right - completeness is more important, since
LXPanel is already light.
Thanks for your fantastic work!
Chris
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 00:04, Sergio Cipolla <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, one can choose 'Show only icons' and also 'Show windows from all
> workspaces'.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Marty Jack <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Your first point should be there, if I understand what you are saying.
>> Select Icons Only and Show Tooltips.
>>
>> We don't have the click to raise in the Pager right now, but I know that
>> is fairly widely implemented. Should look at.
>>
>> If anything there is more pressure to be complete than light. Most of the
>> feedback is of the form why don't you have this Gnome feature yet.
>>
>> As always, please feel free to put your system together from whatever
>> pleases you.
>>
>> On 12/09/2010 10:21 PM, Chris Watkins wrote:
>> > I have been using the tint2 panel as part of CrunchBang Linux. It's has
>> strengths and weaknesses - I'd like to mention the strengths, which I love
>> and which might be worth thinking about as options for LXPanel:
>> >
>> > * Each windows is represented in the panel by an icon (a small icon,
>> in my setup), and not by a "tab". If I hover over the icon, I get the
>> application title text as hovertext.
>> > * Even with many, many windows open, they all squeeze together,
>> rather than disappearing from view. Because they're just icons, I can still
>> make them out.
>> > * All desktops are represented in the panel, so I can switch
>> directly to a program in any panel by clicking its icon.
>> > * Very elegant, minimalist look.
>> > * Even lighter than LXPanel.
>> >
>> > Some of the problems:
>> >
>> > * There's no compatible menu , or those that want a docked menu.
>> (Actually there's a way of adding one to the system tray, but it's python
>> and not light.)
>> > * It doesn't stay on top - if there's a maximized window in the
>> background, that will hide the panel.
>> >
>> >
>> > Jez mentioned on this list in March that he uses a similar setup with
>> tint2 and Openbox, but in Arch. And I notice that people that use tint2 seem
>> to love it, because of its simplicity and good looks - but it's not suitable
>> for newbies.
>> >
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