lxpanelctl(1)

lxpanelctl1

Controller for lxpanel.

Usage

lxpanelctl command

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the lxpanelctl command.

lxpanelctl is a program that controls lxpanel.

Commands

menu

Show the system menu.

run

Show the run dialog.

config

Show the panel configuration dialog. If more than one panel is configured, it is undefined which panel configuration dialog will be shown.

restart

Restart lxpanel.

exit

Exit lxpanel.

command [--panel=[N:]edge] plugin command

Send a command to a plugin. Optionally monitor number N (in range 1 to 8) and edge (left, right, top or bottom) can be set, otherwise command will be send to first plugin found in any panel.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9–Arch

Author

This manual page was written by paulliu [email protected] for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

Updated by Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger).

Author

Ying-Chun Liu

Author.

From lxpanel 0.11.1-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.