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Launcher with integrated clock and tray? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After years of my desktop environment (kde) being configured the same way, I tried enabling auto-hiding in my panel and I quite like the extra screen estate.

Now, the only reasons why I have a panel in the first place are the clock and the system tray (I don't use the ~~start~~ applications menu and I don't care for the task manager) so I've started wondering if I could completely dispose of the panel.

Do you know of any launcher (I use krunner but switching to something else is fine) that satisfies (or can be configured to satisfy) the following?

shows the current date/time
integrates a system tray
launches applications
does math, unit conversion and currency conversion

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can create a panel in edit mode and put whatever you need (clock, system tray, application menu) on it. Set size to fit content and make windows go below which results in a tiny floating panel for example.

[–] gomp@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

AFAIK there is no krunner widget I can add to a panel... but regardless: can I have the panel show/hide via some keyboard shortcut?
(If they can't be together, I could live with alt+space => toggle krunner and, for example, alt+shift+space => toggle panel)

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm not sure if you can show/hide like that, but as a workaround you can toggle auto-hiding with a qdbus command, and set a keyboard shortcut to run that.