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[Member ile]

hello rokytnji hello everyone happy new year
fbpanel sample left edge
Monitors show value in tooltip text.
The swirl menu is Applications by Category menu menu; add to it, script and launcher.
Horizontal with task labels is easy to read.
Corners can be rounded.

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[Member ile]

hello rokytnji and everyone
hi hughtmccullough
As application launcher capable of hiding,
on the left in space-icewm Dust, antiX-21_full, is
<xfce4-panel 4.16.2-1> and
<fbpanel 7.0-4.2>.
The xfce panel can drag and drop shortcuts from its application menu to its panel for create new launcher.
To fbpanel is added a launcher star to open fbpanel-settings window. [or use Cntrl+right-click in fbpanel]
The fbpanel can add a launcher to its panel or add the launcher to the top level of its application menu.

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[Member hughtmccullough]

Thank you both for your suggestions.

I tried Rox Panel and it was the easiest to set up and use. However, when I placed the panel down the left hand side, it extended all the way from top to bottom and partially covered the antiX button on the toolbar. I couldn’t find a way to change the size or make it auto-hide.

I looked at stalonetray but the documentation I found was rather confusing. So, I set it aside.

Then I tried fbpanel. The documentation was straightforward but only the basics of the panel can be set up through a GUI. Adding applications to the panel has to be done manually by editing a configuration file. I persisted with this and now it does everything I want and looks fine. I don’t intend to change it often. So, hopefully the effort of setting it up won’t have to be repeated.

[Anonymous]

a couple other candidates for your consideration:

screenshots.debian.net/package/stalonetray

screenshots.debian.net/package/fbpanel

• This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Brian Masinick. Reason: From skidoo

[Member Xecure]

If you can’t do it with IceWM, you could also use another panel to complement icewm’s panel. You simply need to add the command in the startup file to launch it with your system.

There are many panels in the repo to choose from: LXpanel, fbpanel, tint2… You could even try to configure Rox-panel, already in the system.
A thread about panels: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/the-tiny-panel-bar-thread/

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Anonymous]

disclaimer:
my unflattering screenshot seen within one of those posts among the search results
doesn’t accurately depict “what fbpanel is, whatall fbpanel does”

The older releases of fbpanel (maybe that’s what debian “stable is still serving?) were superior, IMO. From the version available on github, I ripped out some (for my use) bloat, along with the objectionable (to me) “callout to remote server and retrieve a ‘gravatar’ icon” feature.

[Member fatmac]

Tint2, fbpanel, lxpanel are the only ones I’ve really had much to do with, they were what came with the distros I was using, but I can happily just use a right click menu, & do without ‘extras’. 🙂

Linux (& BSD) since 1999

[Member cpoakes]

I am an openbox user since Crunchbang Statler (Debian Squeeze) and have strayed little since then. While I was introduced to tint2 in Crunchbang, I have also used fbpanel, lxpanel (another lightweight bar missing from your list), and lemonbar. Tint2 remains my favorite for the degree of flexability and customization. I find lxpanel and fbpanel are functionally adequate “traditional” taskbars with the expected menu+launchers+tasks+tray format. Tint2 doesn’t force the traditional model on your design and renders with more pleasing aesthetics.

Lemonbar is great for simplified text-only interfaces (no graphic/icon support). I have used it to create controls supplementing my usual task bar; lemonbar can place controls anywhere, not just at the edges of the screen. The standard version of lemonbar (as packaged by Debian) employs the X Core Font library. To change your fonts, you must use “old school” xfont specs and keep up on font cache and font alias maintenance if you install your own fonts. And the X Core Font library doesn’t create antialiased text which I often find a noticeable contrast to other onscreen text (conky/openbox/fluxbox/tint2). I recommend another version lemonbar-xft which supports xft/fontconfig. With xft, you get “normal” typeface specs like “ITC Kabel-24:Bold” plus antialiased text providing consistency with other onscreen text.

I played with yabar once but cannot find any notes and have no recollection. Experimenting with polybar remains on my todo list, and xlunch just got added…

Edit: just found another version/fork of lemonbar-xft with recent mods and intention to stay in sync with upstream. Probably worth a look.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by cpoakes. Reason: Updated additional lemonbar-xft version

[Member manyroads]

@xecure thank you. I, also, am a pretty big fan of tint2. The excutor function is very handy for setting up common ‘start functions’ across multiple window managers, without having to edit autostart (or similar) files.

I had not considered fbpanel. I assumed it was geared to flux (not my favorite wm).

I just published the following. Perhaps some of the links might be of interest (and since it almost all links… well, you get my concern) 😉
https://eirenicon.org/knowledge-base/lightweight-panels-menus-examples/

Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - http://many-roads.com
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
dwm & i3wm ~Reg. Linux User #449130
20 Jan 2021 ~ "End of an Error"

[Member Xecure]

I only have experience with the Tint2 panel, as it was readily available on the repos and it is recommended for lightweight WMs (like openbox). I used it as a right-side panel on my tablet containing a quick set of launchers for easy use for a touchscreen (mainly to access Control Center, htop, launching Onboard, the terminal, rotating the screen, restarting touchegg when it “breaks”, exiting session, etc.).
The big problem I had with it was that it wasn’t easy to configure without a keyboard, (not like plank, but I will not talk about plank here).
One big problem the Tint2 panel had in antiX17.4 (stretch) was how old a version it was (Debian stretch repository = stable but old ☹) This has changed with antiX19 (buster), and the new Tint2 version supports new tint2 themes! You will find many themes from a simple internet search. Also, it supports more modern Executor options!

One thing most people forget or ignore about tint2 is the option to create Executors. Tint2 executors are a way to place “an interactive icon” anywhere on the panel that would be connected to a script (which would manage how it worked). If configured properly, you would be able to change right and left click behaviors on the icon and what would be displayed on its place on the panel. I haven’t studied them very much. I only went as far as creating another “launcher” on the other side of the panel, so I could add “buttons” without depending on where I placed the tint2 launcher. But I must say that, if you study a bit, you can make fantastic things. I bookmarked this link to a well-developed collection of Tint2 Executors for everyone to easily use.

Biggest advantage: Very flexible and easily customizable with a gui interface. That is a BIG winning point when you don’t want to configure it modifying the configuration text files (very good for beginners). Probably this is the reason the Arco Linux guy has done so many videos and tutorials about it.
Other things I like:
1. I can create a folder full of .desktop files and link it to tint2 launcher. I can always add/delete .desktops files in the folder and it will update on the tint2 launcher section of the bar (after restarting tint2). This makes it very convenient when trying out new themes without having to configure the launcher each time.
2. Also, you can select what icon theme (independent of your current selected icon theme) you want you’re tint2 panel to display. If you want the tint2 panel to have another vibe to your main system, this is convenient.
3. I can create bash scripts (connected to a .desktop file that launches them) to modify the tint2rc configuration file, then restart tint2 (also in the script) and that modifies the tint2 panel almost instantly! It terminates and restarts very fast. I have done this with the main purpose of hiding the bar when hitting a button (moving it between layers) so I can use it with a touchscreen (autohide isn’t useful when you are not moving a mouse but a finger!). That is something plank doesn’t have; I need to know about dbus stuff, which I don’t dominate (too difficult for me).

One disadvantage: The panel size is fixed (at whatever percentage you decide), and doesn’t grow, so it isn’t very useful to use it as a dock (except if only for launching). The only fix would be to create a script that modified the size counting the number of opened apps in the taskbar, but I haven’t tried it.
Another disadvantage: You can only have one “icons launcher”. If you want more buttons, you have to use executors.

Note: In some topics in the forum, fbpanel was recommended as a lightweight panel. I think you should also consider it, as it seems very flexible and seems to have many options, and it is included in the repo (no need to build from source).

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Anonymous]

hi skidoo,

good link for fbpanel…haven’t messed with it much but
seems pretty light and configurable.
Your link above is only a dot and hard to find.
https://aanatoly.github.io/fbpanel/shots.html
here it is for anyone who is interested.

[Anonymous]

Wish there was a way to make the taskbar transparent

Instead, you could set, in the icewm prefs:
ShowTaskBar=0

and install an alternative, e.g. “stalonetray” or “fbpanel” or “tint2”

can review some sample screenshots of fbpanel here: .
(you can run multiple fbpanel instances concurrently, docked to whichever screen edges you prefer)

[Anonymous]

Are two other editors also pre-installed, along with those you mentioned?
“e3” and “wordgrinder”

LibreOffice only ships in antiX “Full” version.
geany is an IDE, displays under Programming applications submenu.
vim is actually “vim.tiny” and (along with mc) is present due to requests by longtime users.
So I wouldn’t expect any of these will be removed.

Based on fewest/smallest dependencies and on runtime memory overhead (I checked/compared),
mousepad would be the “leanest/meanest” leafpad replacement.

Heh, I’m the wrong person to ask “how many text editors one needs?” You’re golden rule would be a noose around my neck. Glancing at fbpanel, I notice that I’m even running one we haven’t yet mentioned ~~ “tea”. It provides a robust set of text manipulation commands, but I guess it’s an app I regard as an IDE rather than a text editor.

[Anonymous]

rox helpdocs mention something like “if your windows have transparency (meaning: a compositor is running) the rox panel can have transparency”.

Maybe your rox configuration files are corrupted? To rule out that possibility, try this: create another fresh user account then login as that new user. If the new user’s rox panel menu is (yes) broken, reinstall the desktop-defaults-rox package. Afterward create yet another user account, login, and check whether his rox panel menu is alright.
If working for other user accounts, overwrite youruser’s config files with fresh copies
cp /etc /skel /.config /rox.sourceforge.net /ROX-Filer/* ~/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/ROX-Filer
chown yourusername:yournusername cp /etc /skel /.config /rox.sourceforge.net /ROX-Filer/*
and afterward try launching rox panel and recheck availability of the panel menu

The desktop menus provided by Xfce and mate environments probably do not respect or recognize all of the entries in the stock antiX desktop menu. The desktop menu entry “toggle rox panel” might be absent, but you can still start it manually but you might still wind up with some confusing hassle running it in those environments so better to just install some other panel app or dock app (docky?)(fbpanel?)