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njkevlani

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Registered: 2018-11-27

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Color in xfce4-panel

Hey guys! First post here.

I'm facing a issue in xfce4-panel. The color in xfce4-panel is inconsistent.

Previously it looked like

And since some days, it is looking like

System Info:

Distribution: Arch Linux
GTK Theme: Adwaita
WM Theme: Numix

Packages detail:

• xfce4-panel 4.12.2

• gnome-themes-extra 3.28-1 (Adwaita Theme)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Color in xfce4-panel

Hello and welcome.

Can you identify the plugins (with ones with the wrong background colour) that are being used? Form left to right:
- ?
- ?
- ?
- pulseaudio-plugin
- xfce4-power-manager-plugin

I'll load that theme and have a closer look.

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njkevlani

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Re: Color in xfce4-panel

The plugins with wrong color from left to right are:

- xfce4-genmon-plugin
- xfce4-genmon-plugin
- xfce4-genmon-plugin
- pulseaudio-plugin
- xfce4-power-manager-plugin

njkevlani

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Re: Color in xfce4-panel

All Plugin list and Picture of panel are here:

ToZ

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Re: Color in xfce4-panel

The default GTK3 adwaita theme was "tweaked" in GTK 3.24.5 - the background colour become lighter (which you see on the GTK3-based plugins). You have two choices here:

1. To use the newer lighter Adwaita colour on the panel, right-click the panel, go to the Appearance page, change the "Style" to "Solid Color" and use the colour "F6F5F4"

2. To use the older colour (on the GTK3 plugins on the panel), create/edit the file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and add the following content:

.xfce4-panel.background { background-color: rgba(232,232,231,0.0); }

...save the file and restart the panel.

I wonder if xfce4-panel hard-codes this grey colour. I'll have a look.

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njkevlani

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Re: Color in xfce4-panel

Both the solutions work fine. For the time being, I'm editing gtk.css

Thank you very much for the help

It was a great first experience!