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BMPanel (BitMap Panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and clock. The application is inspired by simplicity of fspanel. BMPanel has a modern look and feel, while keeping itself tiny and small.

## Installation

Install bmpanel2AUR. If you prefer the legacy version which is not maintained anymore, install bmpanelAUR.

## Themes

Further information about available themes can be found here. Here you can find more themes. Extract them to `~/.local/share/bmpanel2/themes` (respectively `~/.bmpanel/themes` for bmpanel legacy). Altering design of the theme can be done by adapting the `~/.local/share/bmpanel2/themes/theme name/theme` file (respectively `~/.bmpanel/themes/theme name/theme`). More information on this can be found here.

## Starting bmpanel

To start BMPanel automatically after login, add the following to your xinitrc:

    ~/.xinitrc

    bmpanel2 --theme=theme_name &

## Launchbar

BMPanel2 features a simple launchbar that you may configure manually.

In order for this to work, the theme must have the launchbar enabled. Edit the theme file and make sure that it has something to this extent (the xx's represent icon size):

    launchbar
    	icon_size xx xx

Next, you must edit the configuration file for bmpanel2, usually located at `~/.config/bmpanel2/bmpanel2rc`. For each entry, you must provide the command to execute along with an icon.

Note: Icons must be png files

An example configuration is given below:

    theme xsocam_dark

    launchbar
    	exec urxvt
    		icon /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-term.png
    	exec firefox
    		icon /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png
    	exec blender
    		icon /usr/share/pixmaps/blender.png
    	exec urxvt -e htop
    		icon /usr/share/pixmaps/htop.png
    	exec gvim
    		icon /usr/share/pixmaps/gvim.png

Categories:

- Application launchers
- Eye candy