[SOLVED] Dock / Panel Advice

CodyFagley · 2015-06-23 13:54:09

I am looking for a panel (or dock) that meets these requirements:

It needs to be able to be located anywhere on the screen, because I have built a slot in my wallpaper for it. It needs to be able to be completely transparent. It doesn't not have to be lightweight (but it can be). Most importantly, it needs to be reliable.

I currently am using Cairo-Dock, but it never looks the same way twice on startup. Sometimes my clock is missing; other times, my volume control is missing. When it is working correctly, it looks awesome and functions great. The problem is that it almost never is working correctly when I start up my computer. I am using Enlightenment DE.

Thanks, all!

Last edited by CodyFagley (2015-06-24 18:12:26)

Trilby · 2015-06-23 14:11:34

Almost all of these would meet those requirements. Have you checked into any of those? Have you tried anything other than cairo dock? Tint2 was the first to come to my mind, but only because that's the one I've used in the past.

CodyFagley · 2015-06-23 14:27:48

Out of that list, I have tried Gnome-Panel, xfce4-panel, fbpanel, and whatever dock comes with kde4 (I can't find it in the list :S).

xfce4-panel was the closest to what I was looking for. I even loved it's intelligent hiding feature. The reason I used Cairo-Dock ultimately, was because I could put the clock and all my other desktop applets in different places while only opening one instance of Cairo-Dock. To do this with xfce4-panel, you have to open up a new panel for each thing if you want them in different places.

Additionally, modifying the appearance of their applets is much more difficult because the applets seem to be compiled with those specific looks. It's not to say I couldn't get in the code and modify it, but since there was an alternative like Cairo, it wasn't worth the time.
The digital clock that comes with Cairo-Dock would let you quickly alter the font, color, style, etc.

Although, I might be looking at this issue completely wrong. Maybe it would be easier to get separate applications for clock, volume control, wifi, etc. and have them auto-run at startup rather than mounting them in docks.

I have never tried Tint2, does it come with an interface or is most of the modification happen within the config file? If the latter, is the config file well organized and easy to edit?

Trilby · 2015-06-23 14:32:31

CodyFagley wrote:

I have never tried Tint2, does it come with an interface or is most of the modification happen within the config file? If the latter, is the config file well organized and easy to edit?

Either, depending on whether you also use the configuration tool - I prefer to just edit the file. Is the file well organized? Try it yourself and you tell me - this is subjective. Don't expect anyone here to walk you through things to this degree. Do your own work - we do not 'hand hold' here.

CodyFagley · 2015-06-23 14:43:23

Thank you for the advice, I will try it out. It sounds like what I am looking for.

:EDIT:

I'm going to call this solved for now. You were a big help, Trilby! Thank you, again.

Last edited by CodyFagley (2015-06-24 18:11:38)

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[SOLVED] Dock / Panel Advice

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