Docklike Taskbar for Xfce

A modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce

Docklike Taskbar behaves similarly to many other desktop environments and operating systems. Wherein all application windows are grouped together as an icon and can be pinned to act as a launcher when the application is not running. Commonly referred to as a dock.

For usage instructions, keyboard shortcuts, and screenshots, see: https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/start.

Build & Install

tar xvf xfce4-docklike-plugin-<version>.tar.xz && cd xfce4-docklike-plugin-<version>
meson setup build 
meson compile -C build 
sudo meson install -C build

From git

git clone https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin.git && cd xfce4-docklike-plugin
meson setup build
meson compile -C build
sudo meson install -C build

Uninstallation

sudo ninja uninstall -C build

Reporting bugs

To assist with troubleshooting plugin issues, please run Xfce Panel in debugging mode, and include the relevant output in issues.

https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/-/issues

Running Xfce Panel in debugging mode

• Open a terminal
• Quit the Xfce Panel using xfce4-panel -q
• Start the panel in debugging mode with PANEL_DEBUG=1 G_MESSAGES_PREFIXED= G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=docklike xfce4-panel
• Perform any actions you want to debug and copy the relevant output
• Stop debugging by pressing Ctrl^C
• Start the panel again using xfce4-panel &

The Xfce wiki has more details on panel debugging: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/debugging.