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zubergu avatar Ubuntu

Menu bar for each display

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zubergu

Is there possibility to duplicate( clone ) menu bar on secondary display?
I user arandr to move my displays around and it works fine, but I also want to see menu bar on both of my screen, not only on the one I set as primary.

If it isn't clear from the tags, this question is related to Lubuntu, with LXQt.

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guiverc avatar Ubuntu
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guiverc

Yes...

You can have as many panels as you want, each can have it's own menu, quick launch bar (for app fast launchers) & more. It doesn't matter how many displays/monitor you have and you can have multiple panels on each... I do it (I have panel at bottom, at side on one monitor, panel at top & other side on other monitor as it suits my setup which is atypical).

Refer to the Lubuntu manual for clues on using the Panel (link I used is for the LTS or 20.04 release).

To add another panel, move mouse over an existing panel and right-click (in an unused area - this is the tricky bit; if you hover an item, the right-click will be interpreted as being for that item and not the panel itself).

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You'll get a new menu offering numerous items including

  • Configure Panel
  • Manage Widgets
  • Add New Panel
  • Remove Panel
  • Lock This panel

(Volume control options also appear in the menu I've pasted, as that's where my mouse was near)

You click "Add New Panel".

A "Configure Panel" window opens, where you can use drop-downs to select which display, position on display etc, but once you've positioned it, decided if you'll reserve space for it, set colors/background, size etc, you can move to the Widgets tab and add the items you want there.

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Note: this picture is found on the manual; which is where I'll suggest you go. The only trick is the right-click is effected by whatever items you are hovering over, so try and pick an empty bit of the panel for the panel options to show; upper/lower edge can help

https://manual.lubuntu.me/lts/5/5.1/lxqt-panel.html

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guiverc
My plan was to add a picture of the menu item I describe.. Picture taken, but it's full screen & I need to reduce it.. I'll add when I can... (I'm not using *focal* so used a QA-test install of *focal* for picture which doesn't .... I'll add if I can)
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guiverc
If the picture doesn't quite match how I describe my setup; it's because I grabbed the picture on a *focal* box; but was actually describing the preferred layout on my primary *impish* box (ie. *development* release). Both boxes have multiple panels over multiple monitors, but the layout differs slightly on each as it suits my workflow better.
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andibing

You can enable this feature using a widget called "Dash to Dock".

The steps I followed are:

  • In Gnome Tweaks, go to Extension->Dash to Dock and select enable.
  • Click the settings button.
  • In the Dash to Dock dialogue box, select Position and Size
  • At the top of this screen is the option to show the Dock on all monitors.

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guiverc
How will this help? Lubuntu uses the LXQt desktop, so cannot make use of gnome-extensions... unless you firstly install GNOME & a load more..
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andibing
My answer was for Gnome on Ubuntu... now the question is phrased for Lubuntu, yes you are correct.
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guiverc
The original question tagged Lubuntu. A later edit added LXQt, but that should have been implied by the Lubuntu tag (unless the OP added Lubuntu in error; GNOME wasn't ever mentioned).
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jpbrain avatar Ubuntu
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jpbrain

Yes. Install gnome extension Multi-monitor add on.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/921/multi-monitors-add-on/

Good Luck.

Update:

It is actually dash to dock as said in the other answer. I have both.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/

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guiverc
How will this help? Lubuntu uses the LXQt desktop, so cannot make use of gnome-extensions... unless you firstly install GNOME & a load more...
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