[Solved] Lost Windows Button on MX 17

[richb]

Yup.

Yup that or yup something else

[colin_b]

It seems there are a lot of things called Window Buttons. Here's the one I'm talking about:

wundow_buttons.png

[Jerry3904]

Yes, that. Was in Settings and Menu for 16.x

[richb]

OK. It was removed from Settings. I can access it in MX 17 by right clicking on the panel, choosing Panel>Preferences then the items tab. Highlight Windows Buttons and click on edit. If you check show handle you can get to it easier. I am not sure why it was removed from settings.

[colin_b]

I will make a request that we get it into MX-17, thanks for bringing this up.

It will be good to see it again.

[colin_b]

I have yet to see this reinstated in MX 17.

Please please please can it make a return. I have my places bar at the bottom and I find the ability to move the buttons invaluable. It saves me no end of time and squinting looking for specific buttons - they are where I placed them.

[dolphin_oracle]

I have yet to see this reinstated in MX 17.

Please please please can it make a return. I have my places bar at the bottom and I find the ability to move the buttons invaluable. It saves me no end of time and squinting looking for specific buttons - they are where I placed them.

the settings are still there, accessed through the panel plugin settings dialog. the old command we used for the settings manager

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xfce4-panel --plugin-event=tasklist:configure:bool:true

no longer works with xfce4-panel.

[colin_b]

So https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/tasklist is no longer a part of XFCE?

I think I'm going to cry

[dolphin_oracle]

So https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/tasklist is no longer a part of XFCE?

I think I'm going to cry

its there, you just can't get to the Window Button settings directly thru the settings manager anymore. You need to go thru the panel settings as its a panel plugin.

[richb]

You can still get to the dialog in MX 17

viewtopic.php?p=430540#p430540

EDIT: D_O beat me to it.