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merazi

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Show xfce4-panel on workspace switch

Hi, I'm trying to implement some kind of visual feedback for workspace switching, I'm trying to have a separate panel with just the workspace switcher and nothing more and set to auto-hide, however I would like this panel to show for a moment every time I switch workspaces... Any ideas/suggestions on how I could achieve this?

Little screenshot of the xfce4-panel I mentioned for illustrative purposes: https://ibb.co/wBMFymR

ToZ

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Re: Show xfce4-panel on workspace switch

There is no built-in functionality to accommodate this. However, you can script something to achieve a similar result.

Have a look at this script that fires up a notification on workspace change. For your use case, instead of the notify-send command on line 27, enter the following command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-3/autohide-behavior  -s 1 && xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-3/autohide-behavior  -s 2

...note that you should change "panel-3" to be the actual number of the panel that you want to momentarily display.

With this script running, the panel should momentarily display when you change workspaces.

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merazi

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Re: Show xfce4-panel on workspace switch

This works perfectly just like I wanted, thank you ToZ!! :-)

Last edited by merazi (2024-08-13 03:03:02)