XFCE4 and Minimization to Taskbar

mac57 · 2006-02-01 02:56:13

I am running XFCE4 on two different machines, two different distros. On one distro (VectorLinux), when I minimize a window, it "disappears" into the taskbar and that is that, until I click the taskbar entry to bring it back. However, on Arch, when I minimize a window, it places an icon (iconfied window) onto my desktop, much like Windows 3.1 used to. This seems a pointless waste of desktop since you have a taskbar entry anyway.

Is there a way to configure XFCE4 so that when you minimize a window, it just collapses into the task bar? I know that it *can* do it, since this is how my VectorLinux copy of it works, but that might be a custom VectorLinux hack of XFCE4.

Thanks!

stonecrest · 2006-02-01 03:30:56

are you sure you aren't using xfce4-svn on arch? as far as i know, that's a feature of the xfdesktop in svn. but anyone, it definitely can be turned off in the desktop settings manager.

mic64 · 2006-02-01 09:23:37

something like this also happens if you´re using rox as a desktop.
But can be turned off in the options of rox-filer.

mic64

tomk · 2006-02-01 09:28:02

Or is it the iconbox? Check ps for xfce4-iconbox. If you find it, kill it and save your session.

mac57 · 2006-02-01 22:08:23

Thanks mic64, that was it. I *am* using Rox as my desktop, and there was an option, clearly labelled "iconified windows" for turning this on and off. I did not even look there, assuming that window management was the province of the window manager, not the desktop! Silly me! Thanks again.

keevn7 · 2006-02-01 22:21:01

mac57 wrote:

Thanks mic64, that was it. I *am* using Rox as my desktop, and there was an option, clearly labelled "iconified windows" for turning this on and off. I did not even look there, assuming that window management was the province of the window manager, not the desktop! Silly me! Thanks again.

It is, because that is not exactly window management.

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#1 2006-02-01 02:56:13

XFCE4 and Minimization to Taskbar

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Re: XFCE4 and Minimization to Taskbar

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#5 2006-02-01 22:08:23

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