i tried out plasma on opensuse (in a vm) and liked how they handle panels, i especially liked how i could set the bar to be only as wide as the content inside it.
does anyone know if this is possible in mint?

  • palordrolap@kbin.social
    5·
    6 months ago

    Pretty sure Cinnamon panels are designed to fit to the width (or height if they’re attached to the side) of the screen and can’t be altered. (The depth/breadth/“thickness” of the panel can be changed, but that’s not particularly relevant here.)

    The same may also be true of panel-like features in XFCE and MATE too, but I can’t easily confirm.

  • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    You may be looking for a “dock” instead of a “panel”.

    Plank is a popular/common one, I do not have any recommendations for you though

      • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Plank is quite buggy, it’s not your idea. If you want to use Mint, use its cinnamon panel, not a dock. In fact, I filed a feature request a few weeks ago with Mint, to make the panel auto-resize to look like a dock, and there wasn’t a peep about it by the devs. So if you want a dock that’s less buggy, your best bet is Gnome with the Dash2Dock or “Dash2Dock Animated” extensions (the first one is less buggy).