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lproven·Jul 5, 2023

> I have launch icons and launched items. Then install Docklike Taskbar: https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/st... https://github.com/nsz32/docklike-plugin Formerly Dockbar-X, I believe. https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx

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realharo·May 12, 2020

>The taskbar fills too quickly (you can't read the window text) and when it groups by Application it's not really any different than macOS' dock I just use the default setting where it doesn't show the text ever (only grouped icons), but I don't need it, because when you hover over a multi-window icon, it very quickly shows the previews (with just the right small amount of hover delay). They are live previews, so if some animation is happening in a window, you'll see it. https://i.imgur.com/85Ct0Fp.png As far as I know, macOS doesn't do anything like that, without 3rd party apps at least. You can also middle-click on the app icon to launch a new instance of the application - e.g. a new terminal window in this case - no need to hunt for a "new window" menu item. This is analogous to how browser links and other UI elements (bookmarks, back

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button, etc.) behave. You can middle-click on one of the previews to close it - so you don't have to aim for the small X in the corner. Any workflow is much faster when you can get away with imprecise movements. Hovering over the preview hides all other windows for the duration of the hover (dim transparent rectangles of non-full-screen windows remain) which is useful if you just need a quick glance without switching to the app - you can do that with just mouse moves, no clicks needed - which means you can always go back to your original view by moving the cursor away. There is a project that tries to recreate this in Linux (https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx), but it has a number of bugs and lacks polish in general. I also miss alt+right click to resize and alt+left click to move a window from Linux - having to be precise is annoying and slows you down, but overall I still like the Windows UI better.

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severine·Aug 12, 2019

No, there isn't. I guess you're alluding to DockbarX [1] and xfce4-dockbarx-plugin [2]. Those, and specific dock apps (there are quite a few) are the alternatives as of today. [1] https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx [2] https://github.com/TiZ-EX1/xfce4-dockbarx-plugin

In Xfce 4.14

realharo·Feb 14, 2017

I use DockbarX (https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx), which you can configure to act very much like the taskbar from Windows (one of the best Windows features imo). Unfortunately the window previews don't work in Xfce, and some apps sometimes still show up twice (the launcher doesn't merge with the running app correctly) - rare, but it happens. Still, haven't found anything better on Linux.

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