XFCE panel: drive via xfconf-query, Chrome focus-or-launch#18
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Updated TODO and DONE sections in README.md.
Resolves README conflict: keep HEAD's detailed DONE items, add litterbox TODO from upstream, drop wallpaper/resize TODOs (both now fixed). Fix session-menu (actions plugin) not appearing: the static XML plugin-7 definition is bypassed because xfce4-panel auto-inserts plugins into panel-1 at startup, reshuffling IDs before the live xfconfd state diverges from the XML. Apply the same runtime-scan pattern used for the clock: after the panel restart, iterate plugin IDs looking for the actions plugin and set appearance=1. If the plugin is absent entirely, register it as plugin-30 and append its ID to panel-1/plugin-ids before a final --restart. Full diagnostics logged to ~/myautostart.log. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause: panel-2 worked because it was fully configured via xfconf-query at runtime. Panel-1 relied on the static XML, which xfce4-panel overrides on first start by auto-inserting its own tasklist/pager/separators — pushing clock and systray to the middle and preventing the actions/session-menu plugin from appearing. Fix: add an xfconf-query block for panel-1 (plugin-ids + all 6 plugins) immediately before the panel restart, mirroring the panel-2 approach. This makes the live xfconfd state authoritative, so after the restart xfce4-panel sees the correct layout: app-menu | chrome | tasklist(expand) | systray | clock | session-menu. Also simplify the post-restart actions scan to a simple belt-and-braces check (confirm plugin-7 = actions, re-apply appearance=1) now that we guarantee its existence in the pre-restart block. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The tasklist (plugin-4) caused the clock/systray to shift to the middle after network connected — likely because xfce4-panel auto-inserts a second tasklist when network-related windows appear, adding an extra expand element. The pre-Wednesday separator (plugin-3, expand=true) was stable and didn't have this problem. Switch back to separator for the expand element while keeping the session-menu (plugin-7/actions) and the xfconf-query panel-1 setup. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- iso.nix: drop the xfconf-query plugin-ids rewrite (caused "(null)" popups + plugin-type reverts under live xfconfd). Accept xfce4-panel first-start defaults and only tweak plugin-4 (pager→Chrome launcher), plugin-8 (clock HH:MM:SS), plugin-10 (actions appearance), and panel-2 autohide. - iso.nix: gate xfce4-panel --restart on org.xfce.Panel D-Bus name ownership to stop the "name not provided by .service files" GTK dialog on slow boots. - iso.nix: wrap Chrome launches in chromeFocusOrLaunch so re-clicking the icon focuses the existing window instead of opening duplicates. - iso.nix: kill+respawn xfdesktop after wallpaper write (--reload didn't pick up new last-image values); dump xrandr + final /backdrop state for diagnostics on real hardware. - README.md: replace stale "graphical gnome template" steps with the actual nix-build invocation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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kimptoc:claude/fix-xfce-wallpaper-FK5rh(clean fast-forward, 0 behind, 6 ahead).becc167Update README.md0307658Revise TODO and DONE items in READMEd40f1adMerge upstream/main; fix session-menu via runtime scanc68816dFix panel-1 layout: drive via xfconf-query instead of static XML315d024Revert tasklist to separator for panel-1 expand elementa93d8e8XFCE panel: accept defaults, tweak in-place; Chrome focus-or-launchNet change:
iso.nix(~845 lines touched) and smallREADME.mdtweaks. Two files only.Test plan
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