====== Places ====== ===== About ===== Originally written by [[http://ongardie.net/diego/|Diego Ongaro]], this plugin is a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media. The places plugin brings much of the functionality of GNOME's Places menu to Xfce. The plugin puts a simple button on the panel. Clicking on this button opens up a menu with the following: 1) System-defined directories (home folder, trash, desktop, file system) 2) Removable media (using thunar-vfs) 3) User-defined bookmarks (reads ''~/.gtk-bookmarks'') 4) Search program launcher (optional) 5) Recent documents submenu (requires GTK+ v2.10 or greater) ===== Usage ===== Just add it to the panel. User-defined bookmarks can be modified with a file manager or by manually editing ''~/.gtk-bookmarks''. You can configure the plugin by right-clicking on the button and selecting Properties (see screenshot below). ===== Screenshots ===== OK, this first one's not really a screenshot. My friend made this cake to celebrate the 1.0 release (her suggestion). It took some minor damage in transit, then some major damage when I ate it. Good stuff, though. Thanks, Melanie. {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-cake.jpg|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-cake.jpg}} For this screenshot, I plugged in my IPOD: {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen1.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen1.png}} Here, I've clicked on the IPOD menu item and am about to mount it: {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen3.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen3.png}} You can see the recent documents in this screenshot (taken with my IPOD unplugged): {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen2.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen2.png}} Here's what it looks like when configured to display a label: {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen4.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-screen4.png}} The search program launcher looks like this: {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-search.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-search.png}} And the properties/preferences dialog: {{:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png|:projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png}} ===== Releases ===== ==== Version 1.2 ==== * Updates a ton of translations (thanks to the i18n team) * Adds XDG user dirs support (thanks to Andea Santilli, bug #4461) * Uses XDG icon names (thanks to Yves-Alexis Perez, bug #5034) * Shows "Eject" option on removable volumes when Thunar 1.0 does (bug #4136) * Makes the properties dialog non-modal * Honors GTK's menu icon size (bug #4744) * Calls the file browser through exo instead of directly opening Thunar (thanks to Christian Dywan, bug #4463) * Fixes some issues on shutdown * Takes advantage of the panel's menu positioning on Xfce 4.6 [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.2/xfce4-places-plugin-1.2.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.2.0.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 1.1 ==== * "xfce4-popup-places" command to open the menu * Error messages when mounts/unmounts fail * Grays out panel icon while busy (un)mounting * Multiple bug fixes and enhancements (see ChangeLog) [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-1.1.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.1.0.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 1.0 (final) ==== * Added "Mount and Open" action for removable media (Bug #3565) * Fixed make distcheck errors * Fixed menu "blinking" when ~/.gtk-bookmarks not found * Fixed always showing "No items found" in recent documents with GTK 2.12 (Bug #3605) * Adopted menu positioning from notes plugin for improved behavior with floating panels [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-1.0.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.0.0.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 1.0beta2 (v0.9.992) ==== * Reorganization of GUI code * Improved plugin sizing algorithm * "Open" menu item now opens with Thunar, as intended * Now polls for model changes (e.g., new devices) while menu is open * Fix bug #3471 (Rightclick action pins autohidden panel) [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.992.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.992.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 1.0beta1 (v0.9.991) ==== * Adds mount/unmount options for volumes (removable media) * Adds Open Terminal Here option where applicable * Search for Files with an external application * The trash icon now shows whether there's anything in the trash * Large internal clean-up * Other minor bug fixes [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.991.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.991.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 0.3 ==== * Adds preferences dialog (optionally show a label on the panel) * Thunar now opens when middle-clicking the button (Bug #3239) * Bug fixes * #3237: Places won't compile on Debian testing * With no .gtk-bookmarks, the menu showed two consecutive separators [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 0.2 ==== * Support for volumes (removable media), recent documents * Now has 35 translations, taken from Thunar and gnome-panel. * Rewritten view based on xfdesktop's menu and ''.gtk-bookmarks'' parsing based on Thunar's parser * Many bug fixes * #3028: Places button activated when dragged away * #3029: Places ignores orientation-changed * #3030: Places shows missing menu items * #3124: Auto-hidden panel hides on plugin activation [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.2.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.2.0.tar.bz2]] ==== Version 0.1 ==== This is the first stable release. * Adds i18n support * Fixes URL escaping display issue (#3027) * Fixes hard-coded Thunar path (#3053) [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.1.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.1.0.tar.bz2]] ===== Dependencies ===== Xfce 4.4 (or 4.3.99) Thunar VFS v0.4 GTK v2.6 (v2.10 required for Recent Documents) ===== Reporting Bugs ===== Bugs should be reported to the [[http://bugzilla.xfce.org|Xfce bug tracking system]] (classification ''Panel Plugins'', product ''Xfce4-places-plugin''). [[http://bugzilla.xfce.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Xfce4-places-plugin|See all bugs]]