xfce4-windowck-plugin

Xfce panel plugin which allows to put the maximized window title and windows buttons on the panel.

Original plugin's features:

• Show the title and buttons of the maximized window on the panel.
• Allow window actions on buttons and title clicks (activate, (un)maximize, close).
• Allow window action menu on left button click.
• Title formatting options.
• xfwm4/unity theming support for buttons.

FAQ:
Q: How do I hide the window decorations on maximized windows on Xfce?
A: Xfce 4.12 now support Titleless feature! Enable it in Window manager tweaks → Accessibility.

This code is derived from original 'Window Applets' from Andrej Belcijan. See https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1115400 for infos.

Screenshots

See this page for screenshots.

Installation

Arch Linux

For Arch Linux users AUR package is available.

Debian/Ubuntu

• Install dependencies:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install xfce4-dev-tools intltool libgtk-3-dev libpango1.0-dev libwnck-3-dev libxfce4panel-2.0-dev libxfce4ui-2-dev libxfce4util-dev libxfconf-0-dev

• Generate common makefiles:

  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu

• Compile and install the plugin:

  make
  sudo make install

How to report bugs?

Bugs should be reported right to this page.