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daxq

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Registered: 2025-04-25

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Panel Preferences menu appears bottom of screen while panel is at top

Happy Friday all - I am using openSuse Tumbleweed (new install) using the XFCE desktop - I have move my panel from the default location of bottom of the screen to the top, now when I right click on the panel to bring up the menu for [properties, >move, -remove, Panel >] the menu displays at the bottom of the screen as if the panel is still down there rather than displaying at the top as it should. Would anyone have any ideas of where I can change this behavior? (was gonna add a screen shot could not figure it out sorry). Any assistance is much appreciated.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Panel Preferences menu appears bottom of screen while panel is at top

Hello and welcome.

Can you tell us which version of Xfce and specifically xfce4-panel you are running?

Are you running Xfce under wayland?

Do you have multiple monitors? If so, in what configuration?

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daxq

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Registered: 2025-04-25

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Re: Panel Preferences menu appears bottom of screen while panel is at top

Looks like xfce4-panel 4.20.4-1.1
x11
Multiple - yes side by side

Oddly enough - I installed on a second PC at home (same installer Suse Tumbleweed and another dual monitor [top to bottom]) and it does not seem to do it - moved the panel and its settings come up fine - odd. I seems to recall XFCE having issues with dual monitors, for this install after every reboot it puts the desktop icons in the middle of my top screen rather than the Top right vertical of the primary as it should.

The computer the panel menu was occurring on is at work and I just checked I think it has gone into a power save mode or something I cannot remotely get to it. So I wont be able to try or check anything until Monday.

ToZ

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Re: Panel Preferences menu appears bottom of screen while panel is at top

See if you can replicate the issue with just one monitor, or whether it happens only with 2 monitors connected. Also, post back:

xrandr

...with the 2 monitors connected.

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daxq

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Re: Panel Preferences menu appears bottom of screen while panel is at top

Sorry my information was incorrect, the PC this is installed on is a single monitor desktop - and the more I dig into it, I am thinking the issue may be resultant of the remote desktop software (DWservice) - regardless - it appears to be  intermittent at best and certainly not worth anyone wasting any more time on the issue. I should have dug a bit deeper before asking on the forum.