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Mr. A. M. B. M. A.

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Registered: 2021-03-26

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Deskbar auto-hide question.

Hello everyone, I'm running Debian Bullseye upgraded daily with XFCE. I've set to using Deskbar set on the left side of the desktop with auto-hide option enabled. It's near perfect for my needs with 1 exception. I like a fast, blazing fast desktop, now I suppose that it is an animation, but hovering over the left side it appears rather quick but then hangs for like a second or a bit more after the mouse is no longer hovering it.
I would like to find a tweak which allows me to remove the animation and have the Deskbar hide instantly as soon as the mouse is no longer hovering it. Well, really whatever works, no animation at all = best option.

Cheers everyone, glad to become part of the community, finally.

Last edited by Mr. A. M. B. M. A. (2021-03-26 17:36:18)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Deskbar auto-hide question.

Hello and welcome.

Add the following snippet to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css:

* { -XfcePanelWindow-popup-delay: 0; -XfcePanelWindow-popdown-delay: 0; -XfcePanelWindow-autohide-size: 1; }

...and restart the panel.

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Mr. A. M. B. M. A.

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Re: Deskbar auto-hide question.

Thank you, that is indeed good enough to remove the delay when the Deskbar is no longer being hovered, really the worst from usability perspective for me.
I would however like to also remove the animation of sliding and out overall and have it instantaneous pop to front and back. Judging from the snippet of code you shared it will be a much deeper modification to perform thus I wouldn't ask for a code for it but a mere direction, would it be possible with placement of the actual code to resolve that in the same file mentioned above or would it require a different approach, perhaps reaching deeper?

In this case though, good enough! Working with dilated pupils (due to new glasses) is a wonky task at hand for me.

ToZ

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Re: Deskbar auto-hide question.

I would however like to also remove the animation of sliding and out overall and have it instantaneous pop to front and back.

Does this work:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/popdown-speed -t int -s 0 --create
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/popup-speed -t int -s 0 --create

...replace the "2" with the actual panel number that you want to affect.

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Mr. A. M. B. M. A.

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Re: Deskbar auto-hide question.

Indeed, it does. I am very grateful for your support!
Can't wait for the summer's free time in order to start learning how to operate with XFCE on advanced level, as I've set myself to using it as the default desktop on my Linux and BSD machines.

Last edited by Mr. A. M. B. M. A. (2021-03-27 21:52:59)