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herbzhang

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Registered: 2023-10-23

Posts: 2

how to hide all desktop panels and disable desktop right click menu

I am using xfce4 in library PCs, what I want to achieve is to run firefox only and hide all panels, icons, context menus from desktop so that user cannot launch other applications or browse files. Is it possbile?

Last edited by herbzhang (2023-10-23 12:48:32)

Clio

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Registered: 2011-01-25

Posts: 102

Re: how to hide all desktop panels and disable desktop right click menu

Your search term:
xfce4 kiosk mode

herbzhang

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Registered: 2023-10-23

Posts: 2

Re: how to hide all desktop panels and disable desktop right click menu

thanks Clio,
i created /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc like this:

[xfdesktop]
UserMenu=NONE
CustomizeBackdrop=NONE
CustomizeDesktopMenu=NONE
CustomizeWindowlist=NONE
CustomizeDesktopIcons=NONE

but still i can see desktop icons and panels, and i can see desktop right click menu as well.
any idea?

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: how to hide all desktop panels and disable desktop right click menu

"NONE" means the user can't adjust the settings. It does not hide them. You can specify a user or group. This may help.
https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/kiosk_mode

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