I have Mint 18.2 with Mate Desktop. My question has to do with the lower panel, or task bar as they call it in Windows. I have to justify all of my quick access icons (Thunderbird, Firefox, Terminal, etc.) on the right side of the panel near the system notification section, which seems awkward to me. If I justify them to the left it hides programs that are open or minimized. So, if I"m in Firefox and I minmize it, I can't access it. When I click on the Firefox icon, it simply opens another instance. Is this normal behavior. Is there a workaround?
Many thanks.
Open/Minimized Programs Not Accessible in Lower Panel
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Open/Minimized Programs Not Accessible in Lower Panel
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Re: Open/Minimized Programs Not Accessible in Lower Panel
The applet you seem to be missing is called 'Windows List'.
You can right click an empty spot on the panel and select 'Add to Panel' then scroll down and highlight 'Window List'
then click the 'Add' button
You can also reset your panel to fresh install default configuration. Open a terminal and type or copy/paste the following:
Any customizations and additions will be replaced with the default icons.
You can right click an empty spot on the panel and select 'Add to Panel' then scroll down and highlight 'Window List'
then click the 'Add' button
You can also reset your panel to fresh install default configuration. Open a terminal and type or copy/paste the following:
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mate-panel --reset
Everything in life was difficult before it became easy.
Re: Open/Minimized Programs Not Accessible in Lower Panel
Great, a reset option. Many many thanks!!!!!
Re: Open/Minimized Programs Not Accessible in Lower Panel
In my case, with Mint MATE 19, just resetting solved the problem. Thanks for that tip.