SnickerSnack
December 29th, 2010, 06:49 AM
I have a laptop that I use with a second display from time to time (both at work and at home), and I need some more flexibility with the xfce panel.
When I'm at home, I have the second monitor (VGA1 henceforth) physically on the left-hand-side, but I want the panel on the main laptop screen (LVDS1 henceforth), which is on the right. Of course I can do this by opening the panel properties and setting "Select Monitor" to "2". However, when I turn off VGA1, I have no panel, since that was screen 2. Thus, I'd have to change the panel from 1 to 2, and then back again.....every time.
I have some xrandr commands set in some buttons on the panel so that it's easy to switch the screens around quickly. I use some rotation scripts (it's a tablet) and I've been using
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x768 --same-as LVDS1
xrandr --output VGA1 --off
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --mode 1280x1024
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --mode 1024x768
though this puts the left-hand screen on the "right" (that is, as far as display topology).
I'd either like to tie the panel to LVDS1 or be able to change the screen that the panel is on (from 1 to 2, and back) from the command line so that the buttons I have set up can do it for me.
I've looked around on google and thinkwiki.org, but I didn't find anything. I've tried setting the panel to screen 2 with "Span Monitors", but that's really not ideal.
EDIT: I've tried using this:
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --help-all
Usage:
xfce4-panel [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
GTK+ Options
--class=CLASS Program class as used by the window manager
--name=NAME Program name as used by the window manager
--screen=SCREEN X screen to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--gtk-module=MODULES Load additional GTK+ modules
--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal
Application Options:
-V, --version Print version information and exit
-c, --customize Show 'Customize Panel' dialog
-s, --save Save the panel configuration
-r, --restart Restart the running instance of xfce4-panel
-q, --quit Log out the active session
-x, --exit Close all panels and end the program
-a, --add Show 'Add New Items' dialog
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
But displays can't be opened:
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --display=1
xfce4-panel: Cannot open display: 1
and
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --screen=X
apparently has the same result for any X. Huh?
When I'm at home, I have the second monitor (VGA1 henceforth) physically on the left-hand-side, but I want the panel on the main laptop screen (LVDS1 henceforth), which is on the right. Of course I can do this by opening the panel properties and setting "Select Monitor" to "2". However, when I turn off VGA1, I have no panel, since that was screen 2. Thus, I'd have to change the panel from 1 to 2, and then back again.....every time.
I have some xrandr commands set in some buttons on the panel so that it's easy to switch the screens around quickly. I use some rotation scripts (it's a tablet) and I've been using
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x768 --same-as LVDS1
xrandr --output VGA1 --off
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --mode 1280x1024
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --mode 1024x768
though this puts the left-hand screen on the "right" (that is, as far as display topology).
I'd either like to tie the panel to LVDS1 or be able to change the screen that the panel is on (from 1 to 2, and back) from the command line so that the buttons I have set up can do it for me.
I've looked around on google and thinkwiki.org, but I didn't find anything. I've tried setting the panel to screen 2 with "Span Monitors", but that's really not ideal.
EDIT: I've tried using this:
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --help-all
Usage:
xfce4-panel [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
GTK+ Options
--class=CLASS Program class as used by the window manager
--name=NAME Program name as used by the window manager
--screen=SCREEN X screen to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--gtk-module=MODULES Load additional GTK+ modules
--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal
Application Options:
-V, --version Print version information and exit
-c, --customize Show 'Customize Panel' dialog
-s, --save Save the panel configuration
-r, --restart Restart the running instance of xfce4-panel
-q, --quit Log out the active session
-x, --exit Close all panels and end the program
-a, --add Show 'Add New Items' dialog
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
But displays can't be opened:
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --display=1
xfce4-panel: Cannot open display: 1
and
zsharon@Weierstrass:~$ xfce4-panel --screen=X
apparently has the same result for any X. Huh?