{"id":5064,"date":"2015-07-01T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2017-07-14T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:55:35","slug":"hot-corners-plugin-xfce4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/hot-corners-plugin-xfce4\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Hot Corners Plugin for Xfce4 Desktop in Ubuntu 14.04\/15.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png\" alt=\"xfce hotcorner plugin\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>XFCE4 desktop now has a <b>hot-corner panel plugin<\/b> that provides an easy way for users to set hot corner action, though there&#8217;s already a Gnome app <i>brightside<\/i> works on Ubuntu with Xfce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/brianhsu\/xfce4-hotcorner-plugin\" target=\"_blank\">XFCE4 HotCorner Plugin<\/a> is a new project created one week ago. It currently supports the following operation in primary display:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>xfdashboard<\/li>\n<li>toggle desktop<\/li>\n<li>start screensaver<\/li>\n<li>turn off monitor<\/li>\n<li>run custom command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It also provides an option to disable hot corner when active window is fullscreen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-xfce4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-xfce4-600x447.jpg\" alt=\"hotcorner plugin for xfce4 desktop\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-xfce4-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-xfce4-450x335.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-xfce4.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Install HotCorner Plugin in (X)Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">Update: Thanks to Jackson Doak, the most recent packages have been made into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~xubuntu-dev\/+archive\/ubuntu\/extras\" target=\"_blank\">Xubuntu Extras PPA<\/a>. So far, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, and Ubuntu 14.04 (Xfce 4.12 is not required) are supported.<\/p>\n<p>To install the HotCorner plugin and receive future updates, run below commands one by one in a terminal emulator:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev\/extras\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install xfce4-hotcorner-plugin<\/pre>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the .deb package from <del>launchpad page<\/del>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This plugin <del>requires XFCE 4.12<\/del>. For (X)Ubuntu 14.04 and (X)Ubuntu 15.04 and Mint 17 users who are still running with old Xfce desktop, you may first <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/xfce-4-12-stable-upgradeubuntu-14-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">read this guide to upgrade to Xfce 4.12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install the plugin, select download one of below packages that matches your OS type (<i>32-bit=i386<\/i> or <i>64-bit=amd64<\/i>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>xfce4-hotcorner-plugin_0.0.2-0ubuntu1~15.10_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>xfce4-hotcorner-plugin_0.0.2-0ubuntu1~15.10_i386.deb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>from the ppa packages download page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/ubuntuhandbook1\/apps\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/x\/xfce4-hotcorner-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><del>download xfce4-hotcorner-plugin (.deb)<\/del><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then double-click to install the package via Software Center, or install it via <code>dpkg<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE 1: the packages were built against Ubuntu 15.10 Wily, but they work on old Ubuntu releases (tested in 14.04) running with Xfce 4.12.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>NOTE 2: Xubuntu Extras PPA also provides the packages for this plugin, <del>but it&#8217;s an old release with bugs at the moment of writing this post.<\/del><\/i><\/p>\n<p>After installing the plugin, go to Xfce4 panel preference window and add HotCorner plugin to panel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-plugin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-plugin-343x450.jpg\" alt=\"hotcorner-plugin\" width=\"343\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-plugin-343x450.jpg 343w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hotcorner-plugin.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally set your hot corners actions from the plugin&#8217;s preference window and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XFCE4 desktop now has a hot-corner panel plugin that provides an easy way for users to set hot corner action, though there&#8217;s already a Gnome app brightside works on Ubuntu with Xfce. XFCE4 HotCorner Plugin is a new project created one week ago. 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