autohide the panel

[chicknfangz]

Hi guys here at linux lite

Is there a way to autohide the panel  just when firefox opens so it does not completey disappear

I like the penal there but it gets in the way when Firefox opens

[Valtam]

I don't think you can set this for just one application. Right click on the panel, Panel > Panel Preferences > Automatically show and hide the panel.

[chicknfangz]

I know regular xfce4 has it. either autohide. Like if you open up firefox the penal wont be there. or another window and you maximize it the panel goes away.

The one that is in the panel if you hit hide it will go away nomatter what even if your corsair above the penal. I like it to stay there if you know what i mean

[chicknfangz]

If you look here jerry you will see the option i'
m talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkSTa9ITISY timeline at 8:41

[LL-user]

Hi chicknfangz,

The feature you're looking for/ referring to is available in Xfce 4.12. However Linux Lite is currently still using Xfce 4.10.

Maybe a workaround could be the following till Linux Lite upgrades to Xfce 4.12:

a) You right click on the Firefox window title bar and choose "Always on Top". Then you can maximize the window overlapping the panel by dragging the corner with the mouse.

b) In addition you can play with the "Margin" settings for "Workspaces". For example, you could set the margin to 0. Then by maximizing the window via the button in the window title bar it will automatically overlap the panel, so you wouldn't have to drag the corner over it - see a). However all other windows would also overlap the panel when maximized.

Hope that helps and gives you some ideas for an interim solution

[chicknfangz]

Thank you LL-user thats most helpful to me. I wasn't where it was on a older release of xfce thanks

This is awesome very helpful


So i guess my question is now to jerry. Are you going to be going with xfce 4.12?  And why did you choose to hold back version of xfce 4.10

[chicknfangz]

Hi chicknfangz,

The feature you're looking for/ referring to is available in Xfce 4.12. However Linux Lite is currently still using Xfce 4.10.

Maybe a workaround could be the following till Linux Lite upgrades to Xfce 4.12:

a) You right click on the Firefox window title bar and choose "Always on Top". Then you can maximize the window overlapping the panel by dragging the corner with the mouse.

b) In addition you can play with the "Margin" settings for "Workspaces". For example, you could set the margin to 0. Then by maximizing the window via the button in the window title bar it will automatically overlap the panel, so you wouldn't have to drag the corner over it - see a). However all other windows would also overlap the panel when maximized.

Hope that helps and gives you some ideas for an interim solution

Ok i tried this way and seems this does not work. I hit always on top like you said. But it does not seem to do anything and this does not stay there

[firenice03]

Thank you LL-user thats most helpful to me. I wasn't where it was on a older release of xfce thanks

This is awesome very helpful


So i guess my question is now to jerry. Are you going to be going with xfce 4.12?  And why did you choose to hold back version of xfce 4.10

I can not speak on Jerry's behalf - but searching the forums for XFCE; the following link may lend information to the DEV's decision to keep with xfce 4.10 throughout the 2.x series..
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/on-to...ext-week!/

[LL-user]

Ok i tried this way and seems this does not work. I hit always on top like you said. But it does not seem to do anything and this does not stay there

So what exactly are you hitting on the top? And what do you mean by it does not stay there?

In my setup I can maximize a window either by double clicking on the window title bar or I can click the symbol on the right to maximize it.

[chicknfangz]

[quote author=chicknfangz link=topic=2765.msg21278#msg21278 date=1455561497]
Ok i tried this way and seems this does not work. I hit always on top like you said. But it does not seem to do anything and this does not stay there

So what exactly are you hitting on the top? And what do you mean by it does not stay there?

In my setup I can maximize a window either by double clicking on the window title bar or I can click the symbol on the right to maximize it.
[/quote]


What i mean is. i right click the Firefox and hit always on top. But it does not overlap the panel. And when i logout and back in the check mark is gone from always on top i have to click it again. But this is pointless because it doesn't work anyway.

So you say you have the windows and Firefox can overlap the penal Right?. If so then there must be something you have turned else on or something i have turned on that is not allowing me to do this

I got it working. I had to checkmark "don't reserve space on borders" it works But when i close Firefox i have to hit always on top again