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uid3s1gn3r

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Registered: 2018-12-02

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How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

OK after almost an hour of modifications on my xfce4 panel, i am very satisfied with the result. And here is the BIG question. How can i clone/copy my customized panel to my wife's computer or any other computer? Hope i can do that somehow as it will save me a lot of work on any new installation. Could you point me on the right direction of how to do that ?
I would appreciate a step by step guide as i m new in xfce DE. Thank you

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

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Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

I think you can just copy this file:

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

But there may be something in addition...

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uid3s1gn3r

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Registered: 2018-12-02

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Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

I think you can just copy this file:

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

But there may be something in addition...

Thanks i will try

ToZ

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Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

xfce4-panel-profiles (formerly xfpanel-switch) allows you to back up and restore panel configurations.

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uid3s1gn3r

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Registered: 2018-12-02

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Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

xfce4-panel-profiles (formerly xfpanel-switch) allows you to back up and restore panel configurations.

How can i install it to my computer ??
I m on a Mint XFCE machine.

mint4all

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Registered: 2018-08-21

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Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

xfce4-panel-profiles (formerly xfpanel-switch) allows you to back up and restore panel configurations.

How can i install it to my computer ??
I m on a Mint XFCE machine.

Greetings!

Simply open your synaptic package manager, look for "xfpanel-switch", then select it for installation, "apply" your selection, and tahdah -- installed. I did this yesterday on my LM18.3 systems because i rely on heavily-customized panels and needed this feature before it becomes standard {or so i hope} in the upgrade to LM19.1 ...

Tested and works like a charm

Cheers, m4a

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uid3s1gn3r

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Registered: 2018-12-02

Posts: 12

Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

Greetings!

Simply open your synaptic package manager, look for "xfpanel-switch", then select it for installation, "apply" your selection, and tahdah -- installed. I did this yesterday on my LM18.3 systems because i rely on heavily-customized panels and needed this feature before it becomes standard {or so i hope} in the upgrade to LM19.1 ...

Tested and works like a charm

Cheers, m4a

Thank you, i will itry it immediately

Last edited by uid3s1gn3r (2018-12-06 14:01:29)

tortilla

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Registered: 2021-06-14

Posts: 32

Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

Hi,

I have found xfpanel-switch in the Synaptic package management - the name is left in the column "All" and when marking "xfpanel-switch" the right column remains empty. I assume that there are no known packages with this name in Synaptic. I did some research - the solution https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/4.16/ was  developed as "a simple application to manage Xfce panel layouts. ... formerly known as xfpanel-switch" I'm just not sure - does the package xfce4-panel-profiles only manage the layout or is there also a way to save and restore the menu items?

Last edited by tortilla (2022-08-09 16:27:30)

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

Posts: 689

Re: How can i clone my customized xfce4 panel to another computer?

Hello.

xfpanel-switch is discontinued. xfce4-panel-profiles is its successor. It exports and imports your panel's Xfconf settings, which includes layout, positioning, panel preferences, items and item preferences so long as their back-end is Xfconf. As long as all plug-ins (configuration of which was exported initially) are installed on your new system, it will import everything properly. For example, if you had xfce4-xkb-plugin in the export, you're gonna have to install it on your new system manually for it to appear on the panel and restore its configuration.

In short, it only exports Xfconf properties, .desktop files that may accompany certain panel items (mainly custom launchers, or Exo launchers) and whiskermenu.rc file if the defaults were changed. It cannot install missing plug-ins and packages for you; this task is out of its scope. Configuration is exported to a compressed archive with a bunch of members in it, with config.txt containing all panel properties.

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