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[linux mint, cinnamon] how can i resize the panel's width? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i tried it but it was kinda janky for some reason, maybe i just don't know how to properly config it

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 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).

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 5 points 5 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.