Re: Debian 9.1 amd64 Xfce panel clock broken

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 08/11/17 04:57, John Ratliff wrote:
> <quote who="Dan Ritter">
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 05:13:55PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > >      Time Settings
> > >        Timezone		PST8PDT
> > >      Appearance
> > >        Layout		Digital
> > >        Tooltip format	Wednesday 09 August 2017
> > >      Clock Options
> > >        Format		05:04:55 PM
> > >
> > > Once I have made the above settings, but before choosing "Close", the
> > > current time is displayed at the proper location in the Xfce panel. This
> > > is
> > > what I want.
> > >
> > > - But when I click "Close", the current time disappears from the panel
> > > --
> > > e.g. Clock breaks.
> >
> > Does the space for the clock disappear, or go blank?
> >
> > If it's going blank, I suggest you look at color settings for
> > the clock -- you may have accidentally selected 100% transparent
> > text, or the same color as the background.
> >
> > -dsr-
>
> This is a known bug in the clock applet for Xfce. Last I checked the bug
> tracker upstream, it hadn't been fixed. I have the same issue. You can't
> adjust the clock settings without it erasing your format string and making
> the clock blank. 

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11527


> My workaround is to use the orange date/time panel item
> instead.

I thought about that -- might as well until the Xfce clock gets fixed.


David