Ubuntu – Workaround for the xfce indicator plugin

PPA method

• Add the following ppa ppa:the-warl0ck-1989/xfce-appmenu-plugin

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:the-warl0ck-1989/xfce-appmenu-plugin

• Install

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xfce4-appmenu-plugin indicator-appmenu appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

• Right-click on an empty part of the top XFCE panel and choose Panel > Add New Items > App Menu plugin

Manual method

1. Install the missing dependencies. In a terminal : sudo apt-get install indicator-appmenu appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

2. Install the app menu : download this deb and open it with the software center

3. Enable app menu for firefox and thunderbird. In a terminal : sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk3 firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu

4. Right-click on an empty part of the top XFCE panel and choose Panel > Add New Items > App Menu plugin

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The keylock indicator plugin for Xfce4 "shows the state of your keyboard LEDs: Caps, Scroll and Num Lock in Xfce panel."

Installation instructions for Xfce4 keylock indicator plugin:

(Note: This works on Xfce versions 4.6 and 4.8. Xfce 4.10 uses a different version of the libxfce4ui widget library and I haven't tested this plugin with 4.10).

EDIT: Tested and it works fine till Xfce versions 4.12.

• Download the files from here.

• Move to your download directory and unpack the files by running the following command:

  • sudo tar -jxf xfce4-kbdleds-plugin-0.0.6.tar.bz2

• Next, change to the directory xfce4-kbdleds-plugin-0.0.6 and run these commands:

  ./configure --prefix=/usr
   make 
  sudo make install
  

• Finally, add the plugin to your panel.

  -- The Add New Items dialogue can be opened by right clicking on an empty space on the panel and selecting Add New Items. If you right click on a space occupied by a panel plugin, you can access Add New Items by going to Panel → Add New Items.

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