Panel Hide Timeout Delay (Solved)

KitchM · 2022-02-16 17:50:57

I recently upgraded to Debian 11 (Bullseye) and Xfce 4.16. There were a few changes which I did not authorize.

One of the most annoying is the timeout delay for hiding a panel. For some reason it is now longer. I find it too slow to navigate as I wish.

How does the user change that setting?

Thank you.

Last edited by KitchM (2022-03-18 16:10:49)

ToZ · 2022-02-16 19:36:37

Have a read through this thread to see if those settings help.

KitchM · 2022-02-16 19:44:37

Yes, that is the issue. Sorry I missed it. I will try to follow the directions there.

BTW, it would be nice if the settings did not change from one version to the next and/or the timeout could be set in the panel preferences directly.

Please feel free to mark this as a duplicate of that one.

Thank you for your help.

KitchM · 2022-03-15 18:02:52

ToZ, I had an opportunity to try the ideas you suggested in the linked issue. However, I was stopped at the point where you said to edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css. I have no such file. Mine path contains two files; custom-papers and bookmarks. Please advise. Thanks.

ruuwa · 2022-03-15 19:59:34

Just create it, KitchM. An empty ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css, and edit it.

KitchM · 2022-03-15 22:08:41

Thanks. That did the trick. I used:

#XfcePanelWindow {
   -XfcePanelWindow-popup-delay: 400;
   -XfcePanelWindow-popdown-delay: 10;
}

and all works fast now.

The link ToZ gave to the other similar issue points to a file at the end that includes the line:

<property name="autohide-behavior" type="uint" value="2"/>

That makes me wonder which is the proper place to make changes. It does get a bit confusing, especially in light of the fact we didn't have to do that before the upgrade.

Last edited by KitchM (2022-03-15 22:09:41)

ruuwa · 2022-03-15 23:16:06

KitchM wrote:

That makes me wonder which is the proper place to make changes.

If I understand it correctly, you just use the xfconf-query command to modify the xml file. So no need to change the xml file directly.

KitchM wrote:

It does get a bit confusing, especially in light of the fact we didn't have to do that before the upgrade.

Yeah, they changed some things about the autohide in the big update. I was not sure why there was not a lot of discussion about it. I guess not everyone autohides their panels. Or the problem only shows up in certain configuration.

KitchM · 2022-03-15 23:42:05

Yeah, it is strange.

Thanks for the responses.

Sov Thade Tage em Ereb · 2023-03-28 09:54:26

KitchM wrote:

[...]
The link ToZ gave to the other similar issue points to a file at the end that includes the line:
<property name="autohide-behavior" type="uint" value="2"/>
That makes me wonder which is the proper place to make changes. It does get a bit confusing, especially in light of the fact we didn't have to do that before the upgrade.

maybe you know it already by now, but it also can be found in "Panel Preferences" as "Automatically hide..." option with values "Never", "Always" and "Intelligently".
[and in "Settings Editor" too, with those integer values you mentioned... "2" is "Always"]

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