Xfce: Separate task bars for each monitor

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So you have multiple screens under Xfce and want to have one task bar on each screen, only showing applications on that screen. Here you go:

  • Create one panel for each monitor. Panels can be created from the panel preferences of another panel (yeah...).
  • Unlock each panel by going to Right click / Panel / Panel preferences... and uncheck "Lock panel". You now see a grip that you can use to drag one panel to the bottom of each monitor.
  • Again go into the panel preferences, and under Items add a single item "Window buttons". In the item preferences uncheck "Show windows from all monitors". Also uncheck "Show flat buttons" for awesomeness.
  • Switch back to the panel's "Display" tab, check "Lock panel", uncheck "Automatically increase the length" and set the length to 100%.
Henning Koch
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