extending an MX 19.2 XFCE Panel function to FluxBox

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@ ceeslans .. looks great on my desktop

[PPC]

Maybe a bit off topic, but connected to extending functionality to Fluxbox dock ( I didn't think this tips needs a separate thread): one can easily add a way to launch applications that's very similar to the one Gnome uses (I prefer the menu or desktop icons, but this may please people used to Ubuntu):

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width=$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}' | cut -d 'x' -f1)
height=$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}' | cut -d 'x' -f2)
yad --icons --width=$width --height=$height --undecorated --skip-taskbar --read-dir=/usr/share/applications

Very easy to use:
Scroll down until you find the application you want to run, if you have to.
Double left click lanches the selected application.
Press "Esc" or the "Cancel" button to leave the launcher.

P.

[ceeslans]

@PPC: nice one! even though it is too gnome-ish to my taste too, others may find it useful as a launcher.

feel that there are some issues which would need to be solved:
1) would it be possible to sort the icons alphabetically
2) can the icons be resized to a uniform size? now the mx-dockmaker icon is shown in a giant 200x180 px size...
3) could customs width-/height values be set (ion selected area instead of the whole desktop)

actually, for quick application launcher, MX already has xfce4-appfinder installed.
it could be added to the fluxbox menu - or just as easy be added to the dock

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[exec] (All applications) {xfce4-appfinder --disable-server}

for me, I'm more than happy with fbmenugen (fluxbox menu generator).
this perl script creates a fluxbox menu on basis of the *.desktop files (mainly in /usr/share/applications - so same as your yad script), all sorted alphabetically and in its own category). see my post how to install it: viewtopic.php?f=143&t=58127#p575474
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[Jerry3904]

xfce4-appfinder is already at the top of the dock, and AFAIAC eliminates the need for spending much time on the default menu--an historical obsession of fluxbox users.

[ceeslans]

^ that is a valid point.
but not all fluxbox users are keen on running a desktop dock or -icons. I'm obviously one of them

[Jerry3904]

it's also in the root menu as "All apps"