LXPANEL(1)

📦 version 0.11.1^20260313git4dec3d0d, in arch rolling, debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 LXPANELCTL — bestie edition 💖

okay so real quick, this is the manual for lxpanelctl, part of the LXDE fam over at http://LXDE.org. she's a lil command-line bestie whose whole job is telling lxpanel what to do. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

lxpanelctl — controller for lxpanel. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lxpanelctl {command}

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this manual page documents the lxpanelctl command, briefly. 💅

lxpanelctl is a program that controls lxpanel. she's the remote control. the panel is the TV. you're the main character holding the remote. periodt. ✨

👑 COMMANDS 👑

here's the menu of things you can yell at her. pick one, she'll handle it. 🫶

  • menu — Show the system menu. 💖
  • run — Show the run dialog. type a command, live your truth. ⭐
  • config — Show the panel configuration dialog. okay but heads up bestie: if more than one panel is configured, it is undefined which panel configuration dialog will be shown. not me being mysterious 💀 she just picks one and you don't get a say, fr fr.
  • restart — Restart lxpanel. refresh, reset, rebirth. 🌈
  • exit — Exit lxpanel. bye girl 👋
  • command [--panel=[N:]edge] plugin command — Send a command to a plugin. Optionally, monitor number N (in range 1 to 8) and edge (left, right, top or bottom) can be set — otherwise the command will be send to the first plugin found in any panel. iykyk. 🌸

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • lxpanel (1). the main girl herself. go read hers next. 💜

💌 AUTHOR 💌

This manual page was written by paulliu <grandpaul@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

Updated by Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger). 💅

💌 AUTHOR 💌 (yes, again, she's iconic)

  • Ying-Chun Liu
    • Author.
  • Copyright © 2008 paulliu
  • Copyright © 2016 LStranger
and that's the whole page bestie!! no notes, she ate 💅✨

okay so final sign-off: this little legend lives at http://LXDE.org and the page is dated March, 2016. go forth and control your panel. mwah 🦋💖

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