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BlueYoshi

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Registered: 2015-03-14

Posts: 62

[SOLVED] tint2 hide/disable taskbar

I've been searching for a way to hide the taskbar with tint2 as I do not want it, and only wish to use its other features like the system tray.

I've tried some of the other standalone system trays (because they do not include a taskbar) such as stalonetray, trayer, etc. but they just don't fit the bill for me.

I've tried a few things to try disabling the tint2 taskbar which I've found from searches of the forums, past issues on the tint2 issue tracker, and miscellaneous sites discussing this.

- commenting out all taskbar configuration in tint2rc files
- setting taskbar_mode to off like was mentioned in a tracker issue
- setting dimensions and padding, and other settings to 0 (does not seem to do anything at all)

Is there any way to hide or disable the taskbar? Other than just making it invisible in appearance, because it's still technically there occupying space and clickable.

# Tint2 config file
# Generated by tintwizard (http://code.google.com/p/tintwizard/)
# For information on manually configuring tint2 see http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Configure

# Background definitions
# ID 1
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #1793D1 100
border_color = #1793D1 100

# ID 2
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 38
border_color = #000000 38

# ID 3
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #F9F9F9 0
border_color = #F9F9F9 0

# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom center horizontal
panel_size = 100% 14
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 0 0 0
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 0
panel_layer = bottom
panel_background_id = 0

# Panel Autohide
autohide = 0
autohide_show_timeout = 0.3
autohide_hide_timeout = 2
autohide_height = 2
strut_policy = follow_size

# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 0 0 0
taskbar_background_id = 0
taskbar_active_background_id = 0

# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 8
task_icon = 0
task_text = 1
task_centered = 1
task_maximum_size = 180 14
task_padding = 10 0
task_background_id = 1
task_active_background_id = 1
task_urgent_background_id = 1
task_iconified_background_id = 0

# Task Icons
task_icon_asb = 90 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 90 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 90 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 90 0 0

# Fonts
task_font = Ohsnap 8
task_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
task_active_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
task_urgent_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
task_iconified_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
font_shadow = 0

# System Tray
systray = 1
systray_padding = 15 1 5
systray_sort = right2left
systray_background_id = 0
systray_icon_size = 14
systray_icon_asb = 90 0 0

# Clock
time1_format = %A %l:%M %p %m-%d-%Y
time1_font = Ohsnap 8
clock_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
clock_padding = 10 0
clock_background_id = 0
clock_rclick_command = orage

# Tooltips
tooltip = 0
tooltip_padding = 5 2
tooltip_show_timeout = 0.7
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0.3
tooltip_background_id = 0
tooltip_font = Ohsnap 8
tooltip_font_color = #F9F9F9 100

# Mouse
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = none
mouse_scroll_up = none
mouse_scroll_down = none

# Battery
battery = 0
battery_low_status = 10
battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
battery_hide = 98
bat1_font = Ohsnap 8
bat2_font = Ohsnap 8
battery_font_color = #F9F9F9 100
battery_padding = 2 1
battery_background_id = 0

# End of config

Last edited by BlueYoshi (2015-07-26 23:08:18)

justasug

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Registered: 2014-08-03

Posts: 174

Re: [SOLVED] tint2 hide/disable taskbar

Have you tried the latest, stable 0.12 version? There's a new option to enable or disable certain panel items, which allows you to hide the taskbar.

https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/wikis/Configure#panel

Last edited by justasug (2015-07-26 08:49:53)

BlueYoshi

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Registered: 2015-03-14

Posts: 62

Re: [SOLVED] tint2 hide/disable taskbar

Have you tried the latest, stable 0.12 version? There's a new option to enable or disable certain panel items, which allows you to hide the taskbar.

https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/wikis/Configure#panel

I'm using the outdated one from official repositories, but just saw the -git version is in AUR. I'll try that and remove the 'T' in panel_items

BlueYoshi

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Registered: 2015-03-14

Posts: 62

Re: [SOLVED] tint2 hide/disable taskbar

Okay, tint2-git from AUR solved the problem with tint2conf interface for removal of undesired elements, and addition of freespace in place of taskbar, to align systemtray to the right.

Thank you, justasug.