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dselen

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XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

https://preview.redd.it/xfce4-cannot-ad … 5bcd96030a

In the above I showed what I wanted. The Status Tray Icon can only be added once, along with a few other items for in panels. But why? And is it possible to add it twice? How? I want to duplicate my panel on another monitor, a bit like the taskbar in Windows does.

eriefisher

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Re: XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

Not sure why you would want multiple status trays on one panel?

You should be able to add the status trays to A second panel.

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k3dAR

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Re: XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

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You should be able to add the status trays to A second panel.

If status tray is already on any panel, then is not possible add it to another panel, as in Add New Items is grayed out.

dselen

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Registered: 2025-01-06

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Re: XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

Not sure why you would want multiple status trays on one panel?

You should be able to add the status trays to A second panel.

The reason I want this is to create a second panel (inside a panel profile). Right now It stretches my current "taskbar" along the bottom of 2 screens. I want to duplicate the panel across monitors. So I have 2 identical bottom panels.

I hope I conveyed the idea succesfully! But most external plugin/items are allowed only once.

LMM

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Registered: 2025-02-19

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Re: XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

I hope I conveyed the idea succesfully!

Yes for me, cause I'm on the same boat!

most external plugin/items are allowed only once

If status tray is already on any panel, then is not possible add it to another panel, as in Add New Items is grayed out.

Exactly, and I'm looking forward to being able to do it too
...or not?

edit:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=296092
maybe it will end up like that...

Last edited by LMM (2025-02-19 12:57:50)

dselen

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Re: XFCE4 cannot add multiple status tray icons and other widgets

@LMM thanks for that! But I have no tried it yet. Have you?