#1 2022-12-27 10:34:43

veni

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Registered: 2022-12-27

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Hiding all applications in tint2 taskbar (Only showing workspaces)

I want my tint2 taskbar to only display the workspace icons.
I don't want tint2 to show any applications.
I have hidden the application names and icons, but there is a space where the application names would be.
I just want to remove the space.

My config
```
# Taskbar
taskbar_name = 1
taskbar_mode = multi_desktop #single_desktop
taskbar_hide_if_empty = 0
taskbar_padding = 0 0 0
taskbar_background_id = 5
taskbar_active_background_id = 5
taskbar_hide_inactive_tasks = 0
taskbar_hide_different_monitor = 0
taskbar_hide_different_desktop = 0
taskbar_always_show_all_desktop_tasks = 1
taskbar_name_padding = 0 0
taskbar_name_background_id = 5
taskbar_name_active_background_id = 5
taskbar_name_font = Sans 15
taskbar_name_font_color = #8fa1b3 100
taskbar_name_active_font_color = #8fa1b3 100
taskbar_distribute_size = 0
taskbar_sort_order = none
task_align = center

#-------------------------------------
# Task
task_text = 0
task_icon = 0
task_centered = 0
urgent_nb_of_blink = 100000
task_maximum_size = 0 0
task_padding = 0 0 0
task_font = Roboto Condensed, 15
task_tooltip = 1
task_thumbnail = 0
task_thumbnail_size = 8
task_font_color = #8fa1b3 100
task_normal_font_color = #8fa1b3 100
task_active_font_color = #ffffff 100
task_icon_asb = 0 0 0
task_background_id = 5
task_active_background_id = 3
task_urgent_background_id = 4
task_iconified_background_id = 2
mouse_left = toggle_iconify
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify
```

brontosaurusrex

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Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 2,737

Re: Hiding all applications in tint2 taskbar (Only showing workspaces)

Maybe set width for both of this to 0 (should take all space?)
https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/blob/mas … h%20height

task_maximum_size = width height

Another way is to edit the rc.xml in some way and use 'skip taskbar' for specific apps, not sure if that can be regex-ed.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79245

(Not tested)

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2022-12-27 12:26:15)

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brontosaurusrex

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Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 2,737

Re: Hiding all applications in tint2 taskbar (Only showing workspaces)

This seems to work (only tested briefly)

#-------------------------------------
# Task
task_text = 0
task_icon = 0
task_centered = 1
urgent_nb_of_blink = 20
task_maximum_size = 30 30
task_padding = 2 2
task_font = Sans 9
task_tooltip = 1
task_thumbnail = 0
task_thumbnail_size = 210
task_font_color = #d8d8d8 60
task_active_font_color = #d8d8d8 100
task_urgent_font_color = #ffffff 100
task_iconified_font_color = #d8d8d8 60
task_icon_asb = 70 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 50 0 0
#task_background_id = 3
task_background_id = 0
#task_active_background_id = 2
#task_urgent_background_id = 4
task_active_background_id = 0
task_urgent_background_id = 0
task_iconified_background_id = 1
mouse_left = toggle_iconify
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify
task_maximum_size = 1 1

The idea being that tasks are very very small and exactly the same color id as the panel.

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2022-12-27 20:45:14)

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PackRat

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Registered: 2015-10-02

Posts: 2,611

Re: Hiding all applications in tint2 taskbar (Only showing workspaces)

Try this -

task_text = 1
task_icon = 0
task_font = Sans Regular 0

Tasks are text only and text size set to 0

If I understand your question, this is the aesthetic you want. If you actually want to remove all that blank space where the application names/icons sit,  so it's just desktop numbers, you will need to shrink the width of the panel. Unfortunately the extensible space panel item (F) does not work if the taskbar item is also used.

You may want to look into xfce4-panel. It's pager plugin can be configured to show desktop number only. Then the rest of the panel can be whatever plugins and spacers you want. Polybar would be another option. It has a workspace module that will show only workspace numbers then fill out the bar with whatever else you want.

Last edited by PackRat (2022-12-27 21:35:23)

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