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xfce4 whiskermenu & panel simple configurator

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Key Features

  1. XFCE4 Panel customization: Allows you to change color and transparency of XFCE4 Panel.
  2. Whisker Menu customization: Allows you to fully change color and transparency of Whisker menu on Mint themes.
  3. Whisker Menu Search customization: Allows you to change color and transparency of Whisker search bar.
  4. All in one config: Change everything in only one simple configuration file.

Usage

  1. Download or compile the executable.
https://github.com/Serters/xfce4-transparent-whiskermenu/releases/download/v0.1.6/xfce4-transparent-whiskermenu-linux

Important

Before making any changes, create a backup of your current settings to avoid any issues.

mkdir -p backup && \
cp /usr/share/themes/Mint-L-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css backup/ && \
cp ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml backup/ && \
cp ~/.config/xfce4/panel/*.rc backup/

If anything goes wrong, you can restore your settings from the backup/ folder.

  1. Navigate to the executable, create configuration file and edit it using a text editor:
xfce4-transparent-whiskermenu --createconfig
  1. Close the xfconfdl using kill or killall:
killall xfconfd
  1. View all avalable commands:
xfce4-transparent-whiskermenu --help
  1. Run one of the update command to apply the configuration:
sudo xfce4-transparent-whiskermenu --updateall
  1. Restart the panel or reboot to view changes:
xfce4-panel -r

Example

Note

Default config.toml file
The following is the default configuration file. Modify it as needed.

# default_paths
theme_path = '/usr/share/themes/Mint-L-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css'
whisker_menu_path = '~/.config/xfce4/panel/'
panel_path = '/home/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml'

# colors
base_color = "#000000"
opacity = 0.0
search_color = "#000000"
search_opacity = 0.0
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