Ubuntu – How to use the Gnome clock applet (or equivalent) in Xfce

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I'm using Xfce on Ubuntu 11.04; both the default clock and the Orage applet are vastly inferior to the Gnome 2 clock I was used to that lets you click and display both a calendar and timezones and weather forecasts for locations round the world; I'd like to have that functionality.

xf-applet is meant to allow Gnome panel applets in Xfce and works fine, but the clock applet is not one of those listed…

Why is this?
Is it possible to use the clock applet somehow?
If not, is there some equivalent Xfce thing that combines clock, multiple timezones, and weather forecasts in a single applet?

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I found this page after searching some: Xfce for Gnome 2 Refugees

That page mentions xfce4-datetime-plugin, which has the calendar dropdown. There are several other nice applets in the xfce4-goodies package

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Ubuntu – How to reload the clock applet

As long as you didn't tell the panel to "delete" the clock applet, you should be able to get it back with a simple restart of the gnome-panel itself. Just hit Alt-F2, then run :

killall gnome-panel

That will restart the panel and reload your clock.

If you've deleted the clock applet, you'll have to re-apply it. Right click on an empty area of your panel, right click and choose "Add to panel". Then find and choose the "Clock" applet, then hit the add button at the bottom.

Ubuntu – How to disable the calendar events section in GNOME Shell’s clock applet

Edit: This is now obsolete, an extension has been written for this: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/153/nothingtodo/

There's no configuration value for this, it's hard-coded in at the moment, but it's easy enough to change:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/panel.js

Find the line that reads:

this._dateMenu = new DateMenu.DateMenuButton({ showEvents: true });

And simply change true to false

Then restart GNOME Shell by pressing Alt-F2 and entering r

A useful resource for reference (see components section): http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/05/more-gnome-shell-customization.html

Edit: For anyone who's interested, here's the end result:

GNOME Shell calendar without agenda

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Edit: This is now obsolete, an extension has been written for this: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/153/nothingtodo/

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