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kevanf1

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Registered: 2008-05-04

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Panel 1 (top) question

Hi all.  I'm new to Xfce having been a KDE lover for the last umpteen years. I am stumbling my way through and learning as I go along.

I seem to have done something a bit daft  :?  I've tweaking bits of the top panel (designated 'Panel 1 in the GUI panel editor) adding spacers here and there.  I have removed the large space that separated the 'Applications' menu from the other icons that from default are justified to the far right of the panel.  I have looked for a GUI way of putting this right (via the panel editor) but cannot find anything. So, I assume I need to manually edit a file somewhere.  But which one and where?

I'm running Xfce 4.4.1 as Xubuntu 7.10 (I'm leaving upgrading it to 8.04 after I had some problems with my Kubuntu upgrade, which are now fixed but still...).

Any suggestions gratefully accepted 

Kevan

churchyard

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From: Prague [CZE]

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 25

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Re: Panel 1 (top) question

Add 1 spacer to the middle. Be sure to check second checkbox in its preferences.

kevanf1

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Registered: 2008-05-04

Posts: 3

Re: Panel 1 (top) question

Add 1 spacer to the middle. Be sure to check second checkbox in its preferences.

Cheers   That's exactly how I have got around the problem.  It just doesn't look right though.  It does the job but I'm sure there wasn't a spacer line in the middle to start with if you see what I mean.  It's as if I have gone down a path with no return and have had to go back by a different route.

Still, your solution does work and I thank you for it.

Kevan

churchyard

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From: Prague [CZE]

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 25

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Re: Panel 1 (top) question

There is a spacer in Xubuntu AFAIK.
Also, you can upgrade to Xfce 4.4.2 without upgrading to Xubuntu HH - add this sources to source list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-team/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-team/ubuntu gutsy main