Plugin {
    type = dclock  
    config {
        ClockFmt = %R
        TooltipFmt = %A %x
        Action = xmessage Please define some command &
        #color can be value (like #ffffff) or name (like white)
        Color = blue
    }
}

Global {
    edge = bottom
    allign = left
    margin = 0
    widthtype = percent
    width = 100
    heighttype = pixel
    height = 26
    roundcorners = false
}

Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 2
        }        
}

Plugin {
    type = menu
    expand = false
    padding = 0
    config {
        icon = star
        systemmenu {
        }
        separator {
        }
        item {
            icon = gnome-settings
            name = configure
            command = configure
        }
    }
}

Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 2
        }        
}

Plugin {
    type = taskbar
    expand = true
    config {
        ShowIconified = true
        ShowMapped    = true
        ShowAllDesks  = false
        tooltips = true
        IconsOnly = false
        MaxTaskWidth = 150
    }
}

Plugin {
    type = tray
}

# Generic Monitor -- display the output of a program/script
#                    into the panel
#   Options:
#   Command     = program/script to provide the text to display on the
#                 panel
#   PollingTime = in seconds, default is 1 second 
#   TextSize    = xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large or
#                 xx-large
#   TextColor   = an RGB color specification such as #00FF00 or a color
#                  name such as black, blue or red

Plugin {
    type = genmon
    config {
        Command = echo $(date +%a\ %b\ %d,\ %l\:%M\ %p)
        PollingTime = 1
        TextSize = medium
        TextColor = black
    }
}

(see Fbpanel genmon.c)

########################################
## fbpanel configuration file         ##
########################################


# DESCRIPTION
# Configuration file consists of mandatory 'Global' block that MUST come first,
# and optionally one or more 'Plugin' block.
# Lines having '#' as first non-blank char or blank lines are ignored
# Value of variable is a text from first non-blank char after '=' 
# till the last non-blank char. '#' is NOT treated as coment in this context

# 'Global' block describes gloabal parameters like position, size and 
# some NETWM settings

# GLobal {

#     # screen edge  
#     # legal values are: left, right, top, bottom
#     edge = bottom

#     # allignment of a panel
#     # legal values are: left, right, center
#     allign = left

#     # length of margin (in pixels) 
#     # legal values are numbers
#     margin = 0

#     # widthtype specifies how panel width is calculated
#     # legal values are: request, pixel, percent
#     #   request - follow widgets' size requests. can shrink or grow dynamically
#     #   pixel   - ocupy fixed number of pixels, then 'width' variable holds a number
#     #   percent - be 'width' precent of an edge.
#     widthtype = percent

#     # numerical value of width (not applicable for 'request' widthtype)
#     # legal values are numbers
#     width = 80

#     # heighttype specifies how panel height is calculated
#     # legal values are: pixel
#     #   pixel   - ocupy fixed number of pixels, then 'height' variable holds a number
#     heighttype = pixel

#     # numerical value of height (if applicable)
#     # legal values are numbers
#     height = 28


#     # Identify panel window type as dock 
#     # legal values are boolean
#     SetDockTpe = true

#     # Reserve panel's space so that it will not be covered by maximazied windows
#     # legal values are boolean
#     # SetPartialStrut = true
 

#     # Transparency stuff: 
#     # TintColor is a color to composite on root background given as #RRGGBB or as name
#     # Alpha is transparency of the tint color.
#     # Transparent = true
#     # TintColor = #FFFFFF
#         or
#     # TintColor = white
#     # Alpha = 127
# }



# 'Plugin' block specifies a plugin to load. It has same syntax for both
# builtin and external plugins.

# First parameter is 'type'. It's mandatory and must come first
# Legal values are plugin names. Names of builtin plugins are:
# separator   - visual separator
# wincmd      - 'show desktop' button
# taskbar     - lists all opened windows (tasks)
# launchbar   - bar with launch button
# image       - just shows an image
# dclock      - digital clock
# space       - just seize space
# pager       - thumbnailed view of the desktop
# tray        - tray for XEMBED icons (aka docklets)

# expand - specifies if plugin can accomodate extra space or not [optional]
# padding - extra paddin around plugin  [optional]
# config {} - block of plugin's private configuration. 
#             This part is plugin  dependant


#  
# Plugin {
#     type = wincmd
#     config {
#         image = ~/.fbpanel/images/Desktop2.png
#         tooltip = Left click to iconify all windows. Middle click to shade them.
#     }
# }


Global {

    edge = bottom
    allign = left
    margin = 0
    widthtype = percent
    width = 100
    heighttype = pixel
    height = 26
    roundcorners = false 
    transparent = false
    tintcolor = #ffffff
    alpha = 39
}



Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 2
        }        
}


Plugin {
    type = menu
    config {
	image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/star.png
        systemmenu {
        }
        separator {    
        }
        item {
            icon = gnome-settings
            name = configure
            #image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome-setting.svg
            command = configure
        }    

        item {
            icon = gnome-terminal
            name = terminal
            #image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome_terminal.svg
            action = xterm
        }
        item {
            icon = gnome-emacs
            name = emacs
            action = emacs
        }

    }
}



Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 5
        }        
}


Plugin {
    type = launchbar
    config {
        button {
            icon = gnome-fs-home
	    #image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/file-manager.svg
            tooltip = ROX file manager
            action = rox
	}

        button {
            icon = gnome-terminal
            tooltip = Terminal
            action = xterm
        }
    
	button {
	    icon = mozilla-firefox
            tooltip = Firefox web browser
            action =firefox
	}
        button {
            icon = gnome-emacs
            tooltip = Emacs
            action = emacs
        }       

    }

}

Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 8
        }        
}


Plugin {
    type = wincmd
    config {
        icon = gnome-fs-desktop 
        #image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome-fs-desktop.svg
        tooltip = Left click to iconify all windows. Middle click to shade them.
    }
}


Plugin {
        type = space
        config {
                size = 7
        }        
}

Plugin {
    type = pager
    config {
        showwallpaper = true
    }
}
 
 
# 'icons' plugin lets you customize window icons. 
# these changes applay to entire desktop
Plugin {
    type = icons
    config {
        DefaultIcon = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/default.xpm     
        application {
            icon = gnome-terminal
            #Image =  PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome_terminal.svg
            ClassName = XTerm
        }
        application {
            icon = gnome-terminal
            #Image =  PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome_terminal.svg
            ClassName = mlterm
        }
        application {
            icon = gnome-terminal
            #Image =  PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/gnome_terminal.svg
            ClassName = URxvt
        }
        application {
            icon = gnome-emacs
            #Image = PREFIX/share/fbpanel/images/emacs.svg
            ClassName = Emacs
        }
        application {
            icon = mozilla-firefox
            ClassName = Firefox-bin
        }
        application {
            icon = mozilla-firefox
            ClassName = Firefox
        }
    }
}
Plugin {
    type = space
    config {
        size = 5
    }
}


Plugin {
    type = taskbar
    expand = true
    config {
        ShowIconified = true
        ShowMapped    = true
        ShowAllDesks  = false
        tooltips = true
        IconsOnly = false
        MaxTaskWidth = 150
    }
}

Plugin {
    type = tray
}

# Digital Clock
Plugin {
    type = dclock
    config {
        ClockFmt = %R
        TooltipFmt = %A %x
        Action = xmessage Please define some command &
    }
}

It occurred to me that sometimes it is also helpful to have panel hiding
triggered by a mouse click. (The panel in KDE allows either autohiding
or clicking on the sides of the panel to trigger hiding, for example.) I
don’t want to seem ungrateful for the work that went into fbpanel’s
autohide! So rather than just asking for hide-on-click to be added to
fbpanel, I thought it would be proper to offer a workaround that can be
used in the meantime to accomplish the same goal.

Here’s a simple way to accomplish this with fbpanel:

This is based on wmctrl, “a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact
with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager.”

was https://web.archive.org/*/https://www.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/ [ 1 ]

wmctrl can resize a window from the command line or from within a
script. On my system, for example, the following command slides fbpanel
almost completely off the screen to the left, leaving only a small
region visible on the left of the screen:

wmctrl -r panel -e 0,-1,-1,26,-1

(The -r panel identifies the fbpanel window by the
title assigned to it by the window manager, while the -e 0,-1,-1,26-1
indicates the new dimensions when the window is mostly hidden.)

Similarly, the following command slides the fbpanel window back across
the screen, making it fully visible:

wmctrl -r panel -e 0,-1,-1,1305,26

I place each of these commands in their own files,
labeled fbpanel_hide and fbpanel_show respectively. Of course these
exact dimension may not work for you, depending on screen resolution,
etc. You will have to experiment with the wmctrl -e parameters to find
what works. (man wmctrl is helpful.)

The next step is to add two launchbar plugins to the ~/.fbpanel/default
file. I place one launchbar plugin early in my default config file, so
that the image associated with this plugin will appear on the leftmost
portion of my panel. (So in my case I place my launchbar before the menu
plugin.) Here’s what it looks like

 Plugin {
   type = launchbar
   config {
     button {
       image = ~/image_files/left_arrow.png
       tooltip = hide
       action = ~/fbpanel_hide
     }
   }
 }

The second launchbar plugin needs to be near the end of the file, so
that the image associated with it will be placed on the rightmost part
of the panel:

 Plugin {
   type = launchbar
   config {
       button {
           image = ~/image-files/right_arrow.png
           tooltip = show
           action = ~/fbpanel_show
       }
    }
 }

When you click on the left arrow (“hide”), wmctrl slides the panel all
the way to the left, leaving only the right arrow visible. (The right
arrow appears in the left corner of the screen.) Click the right arrow
(“show”) and the panel is restored again. A nice touch is to make sure
that when you restore the panel, the right arrow moves all the way off
the right edge of the screen. This ensures that the “show” button will
only appear when the panel is hidden.

All this works pretty well, but there is a complication that should be
mentioned: On startup, fbpanel assigns the title “panel” to its window.
When wmctrl resizes a window it does so by looking for the first window
with a title that includes the string “panel.” If some window other than
fbpanel’s has a title that includes “panel” then it may get resized when
you press the hide or show buttons. I found this out when I was editing
my ~/fbpanel/default file. I pressed the “hide” arrow on my panel and my
xterm window disappeared! Why? Because I had the name of my current
directory included in the window title for each of my xterms. Since my
xterm window title – ~/fbpanel – includes the string “panel” it got
resized instead of fbpanel’s window.

There are a couple ways to deal with this problem.

1) wmctrl lets you change the name of a window to something unique that
is unlikely to be included in any other window title. E.g.,

wmctrl -r panel -T use_a_unique_string_here

will allow you to direct the wmctrl
window resize commands to a window called use_a_unique_string_here. If
you change panel to something unique right after fbpanel starts, then
you can ensure that your window show and window hide commands always go
to this unique window.

2) A simpler and more direct approach is to modify the two lines in
fbpanel’s panel.c code that sets the window title to panel.

line 389: gtk_window_set_wmclass(GTK_WINDOW(p->topgwin), "panel", "fbpanel");
line 390: gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(p->topgwin), "panel");

Replace panel with your unique string, recompile fbpanel, and then you
can direct your wmctrl resize commands to this unique window title
without having to use wmctrl to rename the window.