Re: XFCE Panel to the bottom
On 6/23/17, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 06/23/2017 09:59 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
>> On 6/23/17, Mike Stroud <stroudmw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have just installed Debian 8 32 bit XFCE. I've removed the bottom
>>> "dock"
>>> panel because I don't need it. I've added the Whisker menu onto the top
>>> panel menu. Now I'd like to move the top panel from it's default
>>> position
>>> on the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen, but I can't figure
>>> out how.
>>>
>>> I've "unlocked" the panel in Panel Preferences. When I right-click and
>>> select "move", I get a "fist" icon and a small blue horizontal bar.
>>> Google
>>> search tells me that I should see 2 dots at the end of the panel that I
>>> must "grab", but I don't. When I move the blue bar to the bottom, it
>>> moves
>>> back to the top.
>>>
>>> So, how do I move the panel to the bottom?
>>
>>
>> You are singlehandedly responsible for my own first "kernel panic" of
>> the day. I tried playing along to see if I could help find a fix.
>> Instead I initially... 100% totally lost a visual on that CRUCIAL
>> toolbar panel. *smacking (my) head!*
>>
>> After that first panic, I recouped and hit "ALT+F1" which brings up
>> access to Settings > Panel. By running down the list of 2 panels, my
>> top one reappeared. It's now located about a third of the way down the
>> screen.
>>
>> And there it very stubbornly sits while refusing to budge.
>>
>> Trial and error has shown me that the "blue bar" is *possibly* a
>> "Separator" (spacer) reference, i.e. NOT the whole panel being moved.
>> Right clicking and hitting "Properties" was my clue there. It keeps
>> snapping back because it (obviously) wants to stay on the panel to
>> which it is assigned.
>>
>> So if you... ok, if WE... can find some toolbar real estate that is
>> NOT that spacer placeholder [thingie], WE might be able to grab and
>> move that entire panel toolbar where WE both wish to see it in each,
>> our own, unique window setups......
>>
>> Just thinking out loud again.... *from ye ol' Pickens, grin* :)
>>
>> Cindy :)
>>
> It's really simple:
>
> 1. Unlock the panel
>
> 2. grab the panel at either edge and move it.
It has likewise been my lifelong observation that things are always,
yes, "simple" when one already knows how to do those things. In my
case, I actually knew how to do this, but early Alzheimer's disability
emulating cognitive issues precluded any instant memory recall of
having already successfully accomplished this, yes, very basic task.
Accomplishing this task successfully took going back through the whole
thing as though it was the first time all over again. :)
Glass half full: 1) Early Alzheimer's emulating issues help me see
things like Debian from the eyes of newby noob newcomers even though
I've been using computers since circa 1994 (8088 personal home
computer).
2) A plus for the long route this thread took is that somewhere a
newcomer will some day (if not today) learn they can.... for
example... use ALT+F1 to instantly bring up their Applications menu on
at least one desktop environment, Xfce4. That, yes, very tiny little
tip has saved me tons of hair pulling moments over the last few years.
:)
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with duct tape *
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