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How to open the same directory in another panel in Midnight Commander?

For me in iTerm2 the Esc i (First press esc and after press i not in the same time) is working well on my mac,
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How to switch pane in Dolphin using keyboard?

Dolphin version 17.08.3 There is an option is Settings > Configure Dolphin… > General to use Tab to switch between panes:
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tmux not splitting panes with desired percentage size

new-session […] With -d, the initial size comes from the global default-size option; -x and -y can be used to specify a different size. (source) The default default-size is 80x24. Before ...
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tmux select-pane -LDUR command - disable auto-cycling behavior

Add this to your ~/.tmux.conf: set-option -g default-shell /bin/bash unbind Up unbind Down unbind Right unbind Left bind Up run-shell "if [ $(tmux display-message -p '#{pane_at_top}') -...
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Proxmox web interface is not accessible

By creating the question, I was reviewing advice that did not work. I wanted to include them into the question to show what I've tried and what did not help. Looking for that I've found an advice to ...
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Duplicating xfce panel across multiple monitors

You could use Xfce Panel Switch. Follow the very comprehensive guide by Colin Robinson: http://colinrrobinson.com/technology/linux/xfce/automatically-switch-xfce-panel-layout-plugging-monitor
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How does tmux list-panes -f (filter) work?

The -f option existed already on some other commands, like choose-tree where a hint as to how it works is given. It takes a format string, and, for each pane, if that evaluates to true (i.e. not 0 nor ...
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Duplicating xfce panel across multiple monitors

The only way I know to copy and paste your panel is to do so in the config file: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml I would suggest creating an empty second panel for your ...
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tmux select-pane -LDUR command - disable auto-cycling behavior

Thanks to Gilgamesh Skytrooper for posting the issue on github. Here's a simple version that can work with multiple sessions and doesn't invoke a shell subprocess. bind -n M-a if -F '#{pane_at_left}' ...
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Why are there pipe characters '|' and square bracket characters '[' ']' in my Cinnamon window names? How to disable them?

A Cinnamon desktop applet adds special characters to show the status of the Windows. minimized window: [ name ] tiled window: | name snapped window: || name If you want to remove these special ...
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Finding/replacing NetworkManager applet icons (In Cinnamon DE)?

FINALLY figured this out! At least somewhat... there's more to it that I don't entirely understand and this makes getting the final colors correct a bit challenging. But I was able to make the change ...
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Xfce4-panel default layout without asking a user (during the first login)

see: https://askubuntu.com/a/1205840/1093368 The defaults for the panel is stored in /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml. So to restore that default, just do: cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml ~/....
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Duplicating xfce panel across multiple monitors

I found aemaem's post got me close (and directly editing the config files in .config/xfce4/... didn't work for me), but if you want to duplicate across monitors easily, there were some extra steps not ...
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How to hide program names on KDE panel

The default Panel in KDE Plasma Desktop is a widget container. I assume the list of icons/names you are referring to is the "Task Manager" widget. Unfortunately it appears not to be ...
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How to stop KDE "THE PANEL ONLY"?

To everyone who despite deleting panels via graphical interface can't get rid of them (they appear again after reboot) as was in my case. You can use this script: for (i = 0; i < panelIds.length; i+...
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How to stop KDE "THE PANEL ONLY"?

Why not just use the graphical user interface? If you haven't locked your widgets, click on ☰ normally found at the end of the Plasma panel, and then on More Settings. You'll now see an option to ...
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Change colour of Okular task-bar-icon in desktop-panel for specific document?

You can use wmctrl to add the flag demands_attention. This will highlight the window icon in the task bar. (It seems that you are looking for a solution like this, as Okular itself does not have tabs. ...
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How to get panel transparency in Xfce version 4.14 and newer

From Xfce 4.14 Documentation's How to create a fully/partially transparent panel: In the "Appearance" tab in the Panel Settings, select the “Solid color” style and click the Color button. Click on the ...
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How to show Cinnamon taskbar in full-screen applications

Fullscreen apps (especially games/videos) typically demand exclusive screen control, so Cinnamon respects that by hiding panels. By default, Cinnamon does not have a builtin setting to make an auto-...
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"Window Buttons" panel item on Xfce isn't showing anything at all

had the same issue on 20.04 I've deleted Panel 0 and added new one and readded items that were there, and it works. Optionally create new panel, add items and then delete faulty panel. A bit annoying, ...
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Program tabs on taskbar/panel were accidently removed (Cinnamon)

I wasn't able to locate anything resembling "Add to Panel">"Window list", which is what most people were saying. However, to get the currently running program tabs on the panel, ...
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Add a new taskbar (panel) to second monitor in Linux Mint 18.1 (Serena)

This was solved by going to Preferences > Displays and reconfiguring the displays/monitors. My left display was bleeding a bit into the right monitor, which was an older problem that didn't bother ...
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tint2: add "systemmenu" to panel

Using tint2, I added a button to open the Openbox root menu as follows. In Openbox the configuration file ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml, I added the following lines to map the Openbox root-menu to open ...
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How to remove this icon(update manager)?

If you really dislike it, carry out the following: Start Update Manager. From the Edit menu, select Preferences. Tick Only show a tray icon when updates are available or in case of errors. ...
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How to remove on press effect from a theme?

I found it by comparing with another theme which didn't have this effect. There are two lines in gtkrc file: GtkButton ::child-displacement-x = 1 GtkButton ::child-displacement-y ...
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Remove XFCE4 bottom panel through terminal?

Yes, you can remove it by: killall xfce4-panel. Alternatively you can adjust the settings so that it autohides when it is not in use. Should be able to right click > edit settings on it I believe
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Linux Mint 18 Xfce panel 4.12.0 Indicator plugin how to increase icon size

The answer comes from this post from ToZ. Here is what he had to say: Square icons have recently been added to the indicator-plugin code base, but they won't really be available until the next ...
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Linux Mint 18 Xfce panel 4.12.0 Indicator plugin how to increase icon size

My Xfce is in French. Modify where the mouse is located in the pictures. Open Settings Manager Open Panel Preferences Choose Items Appearance
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Duplicating xfce panel across multiple monitors

Here is what I did: In a my xubuntu 18.04 terminal, I type xfce4-about and find I am running Version 4.12. I right click on my (whisker) menu button (on the upper right corner of my primary screen). I ...
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Cinnamon dual monitor panel missing when monitor is disconnected

I know this is a 6-year-old question, but the problem still occurs in november 2021 :) I am running a fresh Mint 20.2 with Cinnamon. The script in the other answer fixes it, but you have to run it ...
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