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– Different indicator styles
– Pinnable applications, grouped windows, and desktop actions
– Use Ctrl to reorder your applications or access the settings panel (with right-click)
– Fast application switching : by hovering mouse while button pressed or scrolling
– Window previews (disabled by default)
– Use your Super key to start or switch applications extremely fast
You can access the xfce4-docklike-plugin Properties window several ways:
– Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+right-click on an icon
– Right clicking the empty space between two icons
– MX Tweak – Panel tab
– Xfce4 Panel Preferences application – select the Items tab – double-click Docklike Taskbar (external)
Keyboard shortcuts:
– Ctrl+left-click to begin dragging an item in the dock
– Ctrl+right-click to access Properties, move/remove the plugin
– Shift+click to launch another instance
– Ubuntu Unity style application switching with Super+[1,2,…] (disabled by default)
– Super to switch to the previous application (disabled by default)
– Use the mouse wheel to cycle through open windows
Hidden settings:
Your settings file is located at ~/.config/xfce4/panel/docklike-#.rc
Note: this file is only created after editing any option in the xfce4-docklike-plugin Properties window
– dockSize=<int> sets the minimum width/height (depending on panel orientation) of the dock widget
– previewScale=<double> adjusts the scale factor of preview images (the default value is 0.125)
– previewSleep=<int> adjusts the time, in milliseconds, between new preview images being generated (the default is 250)
Version: 21.08.16
10 thoughts on “Docklike Taskbar”
I have uninstalled firefox, but now firefox icon (missing icon) still showing. And there’s no option to remove it. Can you help me? Thanks!
Right click and unselect “Pinned to dock”
How do I set the order of pinned items?
I think the text tells you:
Is there any way I can remove the firefox icon? The Docklike taskbar settings don’t have an option
Application launch buttons are not highlighted when the mouse hovers over them. I didn’t find any settings. How to fix it?
Hallo, das würde mich auch sehr interessieren. Ich kann zwar mit Rechtsklick auf das Icon auf “Starter bearbeiten” die “visuelle Rückmeldung über den Programmstart” aktivieren, allerdings passiert nichts.
I found a solution for this. But it is not perfect.
As discribed here:
https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/start
” You can modify the appearance of dock items with CSS. Create (or modify) ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and add any of the following:
…
#docklike-plugin .hover_group { background-color: orange; }
…
Changes will take effect after the panel is restarted (xfce4-panel -r). ”
You can replace orange with any color. You can also use a rgba color.
Unfortunately this color won’t be used while hovering over an item of the list of this group.
I hope this helps you.
Applications after install doesnt show up in the dock without a restart. Please fix. Great improvement from the previous dock.
I would like to change the icon of a starter. I can also select an appropriate icon, but nothing happens when I save.