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What is it?
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'xfce4-panel' is the panel of the Xfce Desktop Environment. It is no longer
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modeled after the CDE panel like the first versions of xfce.
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This version is based on GTK+ and should have all the advantages that come
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with this toolkit (see http://www.gtk.org).
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The panel provides program lauchers with, optionally, non-hierarchical menus
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(easier to read at a glance), and several panel 'plugins' like a clock and a
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pager. Additional plugins may be installed separately.
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Installation
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The file 'INSTALL' contains generic installation instructions.
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Plugins
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Starting from version 4.4, the Xfce Panel support two types of plugins:
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* Internal plugins. These are loadable modules, using the gmodule interface.
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* External plugins. These are separate programs that are embedded into the
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panel using the GtkPlug/GtkSocket mechanism.
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For more information about the panel plugins framework, you can read the API
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documentation (http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.4/api/libxfce4panel/) or
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the panel plugins how to (http://wiki.xfce.org/panel_plugins_howto).
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KIOSK mode
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The Xfce Panel supports the KIOSK mode introduced with libxfce4util 4.1.13.
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It provides the following KIOSK capabilities:
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CustomizePanel: Only users with this capability will be allowed to customize
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their panel (add panel plugins, configure panel plugins, add launchers, etc.).
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This is similar to setting the environment va- riable XFCE_DISABLE_USER_CONFIG
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with the old panel.
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So a sample xfce4-panel section in your kioskrc might look like this:
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<-- start snip -->
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[xfce4-panel]
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CustomizePanel=%powerusers,foo
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<-- end snip -->
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This allows only users in the group powerusers and the user foo to customize
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their panels.
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How to report bugs?
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Bugs should be reported to the Xfce bug tracking system:
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(http://bugzilla.xfce.org, product Xfce, component xfce4-panel).
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