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deadlylife

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Registered: 2008-12-24

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Openbox panel suggestion

What panels  would you reccomend?

palobo

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From: Leiria, Portugal

Registered: 2009-03-21

Posts: 68

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I vote for tint2. Very nice indeed.

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DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

i switched to xfce4-panel.
really nice with all the plugins. and very low-weight.
i think it's lighter than bmpanel+volwheel+glipper-old and other tools i used. and makes a more "rounder" impression.

vlad

Last edited by DonVla (2009-04-19 19:13:29)

gjoellee

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Registered: 2008-12-12

Posts: 82

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

A very simple and light panel is "PyPanel"

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evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

i like pypanel as well, very simple and lightweight

karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,001

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

one more vote for tint2 (new versions have tray icons support).

why isn't there a repo package since so many people use tint2??

SkonesMickLoud

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From: The D of C

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 178

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

1 more for tint2.

NeoXP

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From: MS Matrix

Registered: 2009-01-09

Posts: 206

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I'm satisfied with bmpanel, but this thread interests me. Maybe it will give me a hint for an alternative.

Question for those who don't use bmpanel --> Why not use bmpanel???

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utore

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From: USA

Registered: 2008-01-27

Posts: 67

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I'm up for tint2.

I gave bmpanel a try for a while, but I didn't find it as customizable as tint2.

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DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I'm satisfied with bmpanel, but this thread interests me. Maybe it will give me a hint for an alternative.

Question for those who don't use bmpanel --> Why not use bmpanel???

as i said i used bmpanel, but i needed applets like volwheel, clipboard and a pager, etc. with xfce4-panel i have all in one application.
and the memory footprint is the same or imo lower (eg, no perl or other deps).

muaythaimaster74

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Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 10

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I used fbpanel with openbox and was quite happy with the results.

NeoXP

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From: MS Matrix

Registered: 2009-01-09

Posts: 206

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

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as i said i used bmpanel, but i needed applets like volwheel, clipboard and a pager, etc. with xfce4-panel i have all in one application.
and the memory footprint is the same or imo lower (eg, no perl or other deps).

Ok, but my bmpanel (with transpy theme) has a pager (showing the names of my virtual desktops), a systray (showing wicd-client, parcellite and pidgin) and originally a clock (I disabled it).

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EVRAMP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 173

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I am using wbar for quick launching apps and lxpanel for other things - it is light and does everything I need.

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

Tint2 is king. Excellently customizable.

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evr

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Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

This topic convinced me to try out tint2.  You guys are right, it is awesome.  It's officially replacing pypanel as my default.

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

Did you use the one from the repos or the one from the AUR? I suggest the AUR because it has a (slightly malfunctioning) system tray.

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

+1 for tint2 that's what I'm using currently.

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banshee28

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Registered: 2008-10-18

Posts: 336

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

Just installed and setup tint2 which is nice, and has transparency! Its much lighter and a little quicker than xfce4-panel, but does not have the same features like the menus and icons to open apps. But if you dont need that I would say tint2 is really nice and the new vers has a systray.

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Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

How about NO panel at all.

It was strange to me initially as well, but its been quite a while since I have had a panel in my OB setup or any other for that matter. Alt + Tab and Super+ Tab FTW !!

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banshee28

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Registered: 2008-10-18

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

How about NO panel at all.

It was strange to me initially as well, but its been quite a while since I have had a panel in my OB setup or any other for that matter. Alt + Tab and Super+ Tab FTW !!

Hey Inxsible, I can do without the icons and menu, but I dont know if I can do without a show desktop. For me to minimize all windows is pretty cool and important

Guess I been using that too often in windows land...lol

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Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

How about NO panel at all.

It was strange to me initially as well, but its been quite a while since I have had a panel in my OB setup or any other for that matter. Alt + Tab and Super+ Tab FTW !!

Hey Inxsible, I can do without the icons and menu, but I dont know if I can do without a show desktop. For me to minimize all windows is pretty cool and important

Guess I been using that too often in windows land...lol

But that's as simple as Ctrl + D in Openbox. minimizes all windows and when you hit it again, it pulls up the window that you were in just before you hit it the first time.

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banshee28

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Registered: 2008-10-18

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

How about NO panel at all.

It was strange to me initially as well, but its been quite a while since I have had a panel in my OB setup or any other for that matter. Alt + Tab and Super+ Tab FTW !!

Hey Inxsible, I can do without the icons and menu, but I dont know if I can do without a show desktop. For me to minimize all windows is pretty cool and important

Guess I been using that too often in windows land...lol

But that's as simple as Ctrl + D in Openbox. minimizes all windows and when you hit it again, it pulls up the window that you were in just before you hit it the first time.

wow, I did not know that. Thats nice. Maybe I need to go back to ob. Do you know if thats an option for xfce?

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banshee28

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Registered: 2008-10-18

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Re: Openbox panel suggestion

** Nevermind... Just found it

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

I got used to rolling up the windows or "shading" them.

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kolbycrouch

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Registered: 2008-07-18

Posts: 218

Re: Openbox panel suggestion

pypanel and tint2 if you want to configure them by text, xfce4-panel if you want good applet support and to do everything with a gui