In Xfce 4.10 the panel separator does not have the "New Line" option anymore. I guess this is a feature as the panel itself can be configured to have two lines since 4.10 But in my eyes this is more a bug as I cannot reconstruct my panel layout now. A second line now does not bring more space for most applets. Only the task bar and the starters use more than one line while the applications menu uses the full space for example. My preferred panel layout is a top panel with two rows where the second row does only contain the task bar and the upper line contains apps menu, clock, starters etc. I cannot reconstruct this layout now nor can I have the same space effectiveness by any other layout... It would be nice to have the second line feature back in some kind. Perhaps it would be good to have an option for every applet that defines whether it is shown in one or two lines height. But I guess this will produce some conflicts concerning the layout system.
Created attachment 5531 Screenshot of the problem The bug is already two years old and unfortunately still present. I add a screenshot demonstrating the problem. There are three ways applets can currently behave in a multi-row panel: 1. Align in the top row. 2. Align in the center. 3. Stretch across all rows. This is absolutely chaotic and should be ordered in some way. In my opinion, all applets should follow the first option, i.e. align in one of the rows. For the other two options there is no point in having a multi-row panel, it is enough to have a thick one-row panel. Additionally, there is no possibility to arrange applets below each other (in different rows), even if free space in a row is present. Some applets like the notification area handle it very nicely and arrange the icons across the rows. But additionally to this intra-applet behaviour, there should be the possibility to manually place applets in different rows.
Would be nice to have the new line option back for the separator. I miss it. Thanks
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