XFCE Panel Plugins

As is apparent from the list below, there are quite a large number of different plugins available for the XFCE panel that can be found in the Funtoo GNU/Linux Portage tree. The basic procedure for adding a new panel plugin is as follows: Emerge the desired plugin by running the following command, as root:

root # emerge <name of plugin>

Then, add the plugin to the desired panel, using the following steps:

1. Open xfce4-settings-manager and select the "Panel" button
2. Go to the items tab under the panel configuration window
3. Click the "+" button on the right side of the window
4. Select the desired plugin to add to the panel from the list of plugins

Name of plugin	Description of plugin
xfce4-battery-plugin	A battery monitor panel plugin for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-cellmodem-plugin	A panel plug-in with monitoring support for GPRS/UMTS(3G)/HSDPA(3.5G) modems
xfce4-clipman-plugin	A clipboard manager plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin	A panel plugin for showing information about cpufreq settings
xfce4-cpugraph-plugin	A system load plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-datetime-plugin	A panel plug-in with date, time and embedded calender
xfce4-diskperf-plugin	A panel plug-in for disk usage and performance statistics
xfce4-embed-plugin	A plug-in for embedding arbitrary application windows into the Xfce panel
xfce4-equake-plugin	Panel plug-in that displays information about earthquakes at regular intervals
xfce4-eyes-plugin	A panel plug-in which adds classic eyes to your every step
xfce4-fsguard-plugin	A filesystem guard plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-genmon-plugin	Cyclically spawns the executable, captures its output and displays the result into the panel
xfce4-gvfs-mount	A panel plug-in to mount remote filesystems for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-indicator-plugin	A panel plugin that uses indicator-applet to show new messages
xfce4-kbdleds-plugin	A panel plug-in to show state of Caps, Num and Scroll Lock keys
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin	An mail notification panel plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-modemlights-plugin	A panel plug-in intended to simplify establishing a ppp connection
xfce4-mount-plugin	An mount plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-mpc-plugin	Music Player Daemon (mpd) panel plugin
xfce4-netload-plugin	A network load plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-notes-plugin	Xfce4 panel sticky notes plugin
xfce4-places-plugin	A panel plug-in to provide quick access to files, folders and removable media
xfce4-playercontrol-plugin	Audacious and MPD panel plugins
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin	A panel plug-in for PulseAudio volume control
xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin	A quicklauncher plug-in for the Xfce panel
xfce4-radio-plugin	V4L radio device control plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-sensors-plugin	A panel plug-in for different sensors using acpi, lm_sensors and hddtemp
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin	Smart bookmark plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-systemload-plugin	System load plug-in for Xfce panel
xfce4-time-out-plugin	A panel plug-in to take periodical breaks from the computer
xfce4-timer-plugin	A simple timer plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-verve-plugin	A comfortable command line plugin for the Xfce panel
xfce4-wavelan-plugin	A panel plug-in to display wireless interface statistics
xfce4-weather-plugin	A weather plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin	Alternate application launcher for Xfce
xfce4-wmdock-plugin	a compatibility layer for running WindowMaker dockapps on Xfce4
xfce4-xkb-plugin	XKB layout switching panel plug-in for the Xfce desktop environment