LXPanel is an open source graphical software, an applet to be more exact, which is used on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) as a panel, taskbar, and application launcher.
LXPanel is a user-friendly launcher with a menu automatically generated from *.desktop files on the system, it features taskbar urgency hint, notification area (system tray), digital clock, run dialog, network status icon, and volume control.
The project also includes the lxpanelctl tools, an external controller that lets users to control LXPanel in other programs. LXPanel is based on the fbpanel project, which was created by Anatoly Asviyan, and can be used on other desktop environments and windows managers too.
What is new in this release:
- A whole new application menu generated according to freedesktop.org menu spec.
- (faster and more standard-compliant. has tooltips for menu items)
- Enhanced "Run" dialog.
- Auto-resize of application launcher buttons when panel size gets changed.
- Some important critical bug fixes.
- The problematic netstat plugin is now turned off by default. It will be moved to a separate project later.
- Building dynamic panel plugins outside the source tree of lxpanel is now possible.
- and more...
What is new in version 0.4.0 Beta:
- Greatly rewrite application menu with our new menu-cache library. Now it's complete and more user-friendly
- Improved "Run" dialog
- Improved OSS volume plugin
- Image showed on application menu button can be changed with GUI.
- Add new temperature monitor plugin by Daniel Kesler
- Size of icons now can automatically be automatically adjusted according to the height of the panel.
- Numerous bug fixes and more...
Requirements:
- gtk+
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