Tint2 - Simple Taskbar

   
   
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Table of Content

This is a multiple-parts article. There are few sections here.

Where to Discuss?

Overview

Goal: Explaining tint2 configuration in general

Table of Content

Note

You must have heard about tint2. This is an example of what we want to achieve.

Tint2: Top Wide

Reading

Always official documentation and the holy archwiki:

Salute

I would like to show respect and admiration to this Adhi Pambudi. Who made incredible collection, all with the config and very nice screenshot, so we can learn easier.

Virtual Desktop

Remember in last rc.xml, I use greek name for virtual desktop:

  • 1:α, 2:β, 3:γ, 4:δ.

GUI Tools

There is, however a GUI tools called tint2conf.

Tint2: tint2conf GUI tools

But we are not going to use it. So prepare your text favorite text editor, sucah as geany or ViM.

Dotfiles Document

Config is available at:

Tutor 01: Minimalist

This minimalist tint2 panel has these config

  • Backgrounds: Only one background, the taskbar.

  • Panel: Only one panel, the taskbar.

  • Taskbar: Single Desktop

  • Task: with no maximum width

Background

You can have as many background as you want. But this time you only need to define one background.

# Background 1: Taskbar
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color =         #000000 10
border_color =             #ffffff 10  # white

A black background with a very thin transparency, along with white border.

Panel

panel_items = T
panel_size = 100% 30
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 2 0 2
panel_background_id = 0
wm_menu = 1
panel_dock = 0
panel_position = top center horizontal

There are many option for panel_items such as

panel_items = CLTSEP

But this time we only use T, the taskbar.

Taskbar

taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 8 2 8
taskbar_background_id = 1
taskbar_active_background_id = 1
taskbar_name = 1
taskbar_hide_inactive_tasks = 0
taskbar_hide_different_monitor = 0
taskbar_always_show_all_desktop_tasks = 0
taskbar_name_padding = 4 2

taskbar_name_active_background_id = 0
taskbar_name_active_font_color = #ffffff 100

This is where we put the background defined above.

taskbar_background_id = 1
taskbar_active_background_id = 1

Task

task_text = 1
task_icon = 1
task_font = Monospace 8
task_centered = 1
urgent_nb_of_blink = 100000
task_padding = 2 2 4
task_tooltip = 0
task_font_color = #eeeeee 100

Screenshot

Tint2: Tutor 01

Source

Have a look at the tint2rc-tutor-01:

$ tint2 -c ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc-tutor-01

Tutor 02: More Config

This tint2 panel has these config

  • Backgrounds: Two backgrounds, 1: the taskbar, and 2: the tasks.

  • Panel.

  • Taskbar.

  • Task: with maximum width of 150px.

Background

This time we define two backgrounds.

# Background 1: Taskbar
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
border_sides = TBLR
background_color =         #000000 10  # black
border_color =             #ffffff 10  # white

# Background 2: Any task
rounded = 4
border_width = 0
border_sides = TBLR
background_color =         #ffffff 20  # white
border_color =             #000000 20  # black

Panel

A more complete panel configuration.

panel_items = T
panel_size = 100% 30
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 2 0 2
panel_background_id = 0
wm_menu = 1
panel_dock = 0
panel_position = top center horizontal
panel_layer = top
panel_monitor = all
primary_monitor_first = 0
autohide = 0
autohide_show_timeout = 0
autohide_hide_timeout = 0.5
autohide_height = 2
strut_policy = follow_size
panel_window_name = tint2
disable_transparency = 1
mouse_effects = 1
font_shadow = 0
mouse_hover_icon_asb = 100 0 10
mouse_pressed_icon_asb = 100 0 0

Taskbar

A more complete taskbar configuration.

taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 8 2 8
taskbar_background_id = 1
taskbar_active_background_id = 1
taskbar_name = 1
taskbar_hide_inactive_tasks = 0
taskbar_hide_different_monitor = 0
taskbar_always_show_all_desktop_tasks = 0
taskbar_name_padding = 4 2
taskbar_name_background_id = 0
taskbar_name_active_background_id = 0
taskbar_name_font_color = #cccccc 100
taskbar_name_active_font_color = #ffffff 100
taskbar_distribute_size = 0
taskbar_sort_order = none
task_align = left

Task

A more complete task configuration.

task_text = 1
task_icon = 1
task_font = Monospace 8
task_centered = 1
urgent_nb_of_blink = 100000
task_maximum_size = 150 40
task_padding = 2 2 4
task_tooltip = 0
task_font_color = #eeeeee 100
task_background_id = 2
task_active_background_id = 2
task_urgent_background_id = 2
task_iconified_background_id = 2
mouse_left = toggle_iconify
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify

The second background defined above:

task_background_id = 2
task_active_background_id = 2
task_urgent_background_id = 2
task_iconified_background_id = 2

And limit the width task to 150px:

task_maximum_size = 150 40

Screenshot

Tint2: Tutor 02

We are done with basic configuration. After this we only need a few lines to change the configuration.

Source

Have a look at the tint2rc-tutor-02:

$ tint2 -c ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc-tutor-02

Tutor 03: Multi Desktop

This tint2 panel has these config

  • Taskbar: Multi Desktop

  • Task: Icon Only, with maximum width 40px.

Taskbar

taskbar_mode = multi_desktop

Task

task_text = 0
task_icon = 1
task_maximum_size = 40 40

Screenshot

Tint2: Tutor 03

Source

Have a look at the tint2rc-tutor-03:

$ tint2 -c ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc-tutor-03

What’s Next

Consider continue reading [ Tint2: More Backgrounds ].