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zoloshot

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Registered: 2020-04-25

Posts: 9

blacklist for xfce-panel

i was wondering if there is some way to "blacklist" applications to dont appear on my panel

example:
i want a gnome-terminal instance, but i want it to appear invisible on the panel

sorry if this was posted before , i found nothing about it

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,006

Re: blacklist for xfce-panel

You could do this via wmctrl using a command like:

wmctrl -r :SELECT: -b toggle,skip_taskbar

...and then clicking on the terminal window.

Or bind:

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,skip_taskbar

...to a keyboard shortcut and press this shortcut to affect the active window (note, since its a toggle, you can press the shortcut again to bring it back up on the panel).

To automate this you could use devilspie or devilspie2.

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zoloshot

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Registered: 2020-04-25

Posts: 9

Re: blacklist for xfce-panel

thanks ToZ <3 exactly what i was looking for

Troglodyte

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Registered: 2020-04-09

Posts: 16

Re: blacklist for xfce-panel

Had the same issue with my Anyconnect client.  It would appear in the notification panel AND my taskbar.  Never even occured to me to look in wmctrl.  Thanks ToZ!

Last edited by Troglodyte (2020-07-10 22:08:25)