Desktop screen layout

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Desktop screen layout

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My desktop looks like a MAC screen, where do I have the options to change its layout? I think I tried everything in Setting Manager w/o any success.
I'm using LM20.3
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Re: Desktop screen layout

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bushyiii wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:31 pm I'm using LM20.3
XFCE, MATE or Cinnamon?
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Re: Desktop screen layout

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Re: Desktop screen layout

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Mint doesn't ship XFCE's Panel profiles settings module by default but the Ubuntu version is available in the repos. It doesn't include the default Mint layout, albeit the two Redmond options are not dissimilar. If you are on the Mint default, you can save it as a custom profile with the Panel profiles settings module.

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apt install xfce4-panel-profiles
To reset to the default Mint XFCE layout run this in a terminal (copy/paste the whole line into a terminal and hit enter).

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xfce4-panel --quit ; pkill xfconfd ; rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/panel ; rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml ; nohup setsid xfce4-panel >/dev/null
Otherwise to manually set up your own custom layout it's the Panels settings module - access via the menu or right click on the Panel > Panel Preferences
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Re: Desktop screen layout

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Thank you I appreciate the help
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