is there a plugin to click on your own command?

Skaperen · 2019-03-09 07:50:41

i found 3 plugins that looked like they could do command, based on name and/or description. none let me enter my own command to be associated with a mouse click. for now i am using launchers in the desktop and keyboard shortcuts. but i would like to have a few clickable icons om the panel to run my commands (in a context that would allow whatever i run to open a window where i started it from.

ToZ · 2019-03-09 12:58:34

Have a look at the Generic Monitor (genmon) plugin. It can be configured to do that.

As an example, lets have a click open a thunar window.

Add the Generic Monitor plugin to the panel
Right-click it and select Properties
Uncheck the "label" option
If you want just clickable text displayed on the button, type the following in the command window:
```
echo "<txt>thunar</txt><txtclick>thunar</txtclick>"
```
...the first instance of "thunar" is the label to display, the second instance is the command to run, Change them as required,
If you want a clickable image instead, use the following:
```
echo "<img>/path/to/image/file</img><click>thunar</click>"
```
...where "/path/to/image/file" is an actual image file on your computer.
Click close.

Clicking on the plugin will now run thunar.

Skaperen · 2019-03-09 14:49:37

"Generic Monitor" does not show up in the list of plugins i can add to the panel. "Indicator Plugin" immediately follows "Directory Menu"

Spass · 2019-03-09 16:01:22

You can install it using sudo apt-get install xfce4-genmon-plugin
But Xenial has pretty old version of that plugin (3.4.0).

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#1 2019-03-09 07:50:41

is there a plugin to click on your own command?

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Re: is there a plugin to click on your own command?

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