XFCE4-POPUP-WHISKERMENU(1)

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version 2.10.1 · 3 versions
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✨ xfce4-popup-whiskermenu ✨

okay bestie, so this is a General Commands Manual page for xfce4-popup-whiskermenu, and it's genuinely the cutest little one-trick pony on your whole system. let's get into it 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

xfce4-popup-whiskermenu — shows Whisker Menu

like. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xfce4-popup-whiskermenu [OPTION...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: xfce4-popup-whiskermenu shows Whisker Menu if at least one Whisker Menu applet is present on one of your panels. no applet, no menu, no cap. it's giving "you gotta have the thing to use the thing." 💅

the default behavior — the main character energy default, if you will — is to show Whisker Menu near the applet button. which, like, makes sense, that's where you'd expect it to pop up, right?

now here's the tea ☕: if you have several Whisker Menu applets, only the first one you have set up will pop up. like, she's loyal to her first. unless you override it with instance — which is exactly what the -i flag below is for. iykyk. 🙈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — show help options. the classic. every tool has her. 🫶
  • -p, --pointer — popup menu at current mouse position. she follows your cursor like a lil puppy. 🐾
  • -c, --center — popup menu at center of screen. dead center, main character, on stage. ⭐
  • -l, --list — print available menu instance IDs. lowkey useful if you're trying to figure out which one you're dealing with. 🔍
  • -i, --instance=instance — choose which menu to popup by instance ID. this is the one that overrides the whole "first applet wins" situation from up above. very slay. 💖
  • -V, --version — print version information and exit. she'll tell you who she is and then dip. iconic. 🌈

Copyright © 2025 Graeme Gott

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

fr fr, no warranty. don't come for her if something breaks, that's the deal bestie. 😭

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Graeme Gott <graeme@gottcode.org>.

This manual page was derived from the manual page for the Xfce window list written by Francois Wendling <frwendling@free.fr>.

and that's the whole page, periodt. 💜

this lil cutie lives in the General Commands Manual, dated January 2025, and if you ever need to look her up again it's xfce4-popup-whiskermenu(1). go forth and pop up that menu, bestie. 🎀✨

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