minh But I could live with it by training myself to other combination, like Ctrl + Alt + E.

Interesting. I tried it on a Windows machine, and discovered the difference. On Windows, the menu is bound to the Win key's being released. On Solus, it's bound to the Win key's being pressed. So on Solus, Win+E does display Thunar, but it launches the Whisker menu on the way to doing that.

If you simply train yoursef to press both keys at the same time, you'll get the result you want.

      WetGeek On Windows, the menu is bound to the Win key's being released. On Solus, it's bound to the Win key's being pressed

      This is the issue. I simply changed the Whisker shortcut to Win + Space, then issue solved. I can use other combination without issue

        9 days later

        brent Do you have this in solus
        Settings->Window Manager Tweaks->Compositor and untick "Show shadows under dock windows

            brent could you replicate this plank thing in xfce?

            No white line when I move the plank to the left or right side, but there's a strange darkly shaded line that shows up next to the plank. Perhaps this screenshot will show that.

            I didn't move the plank to the top, 'cause that's where the panel is. And what appears to be a white line is simply the shoreline in the lake.

                Axios I'm not going into XFCE anytime soon and I can't find this in budgie system settings. or dconf-editor or menu or gnome-control-center. I'm sure I'm looking in the wrong place.

                my big problem in XFCE is it forces me to change refresh rate to use anything with success (I have other bugs filed about this) and I forget to experiment with refresh rate with plank/xfce, maybe next time. I went from In Love to Bitter with this Beta🙂

                    WetGeek yeah.....those look identical to my pictures. "white line" was just my verbiage, accurate of not. ok so so happy that's not me. most of my xfce problems resolve when I'm forced to use the bottom setting of refresh rate (60) but I forgot to try it with this.

                    thank you for checking it out.

                      Axios I got to find me that tool.---according to your source and another I just read it's native to xfce and is either stock or in repo. Thank you!

                          Ya we know what it is just not sure how solus xfce does stuff I didnt run it long enuf.

                            brent I got to find me that tool.

                            Let us know if you locate it. I'm headed to bed in a few minutes, and I still have stuff to do first, but I'll look for a post from you when I get up in the morning.

                            Now that I knew what to look for, I noticed it was present when the dock was on the bottom, too, but just lost as part of the background picture.

                              Axios I will give the WMT a whirl tomorrow. I did not know that was a well known thang.
                              edit: @WetGeek

                              thanks both

                              PS --it's Beta I should not be griping.

                                  brent I will give the WMT a whirl tomorrow.

                                  Looks like I beat you to it.

                                  Indeed, it's available in solus. Just launch the GUI settings manager, and you'll see it right away. No need to install anything. And I can confirm that it works like a charm.

                                      WetGeek did you get rid of your plank line with this settings manager?

                                          brent did you get rid of your plank line with this settings manager?

                                          Indeed. You can toggle it on and off using that "Show shadows under dock windows" setting. Lotsa fun!

                                              WetGeek thanks for corroborating and investigating (you too @Axios ) on my behalf, It's appreciated.
                                              Look forward to using XFCE again.
                                              (I wish I didn't need Plank and could live with the panel but I couldn't make it as uniform and neat as Budgie's and/or lost patience. Plank and XFCE seem a good fit.)

                                                  brent Plank and XFCE seem a good fit.

                                                  For sure. Given Xfce's lack of an icon-only task manager applet for the panel, the Plank dock takes on a lot more importance. It took me less than a day to decide to implement it once I began configuring Xfce.

                                                  If we could just make some progress on the issue that's keeping Xfce from using Bluetooth keyboards, I'd use it as a daily driver for an extended time. That's the best way to learn the DE and its capabilities well, and I've developed a strong appreciation for Solus' Xfce implementation.

                                                    Axios @WetGeek

                                                    unchecked 'shadows under dock' and all looks normal. will ask them to close the ticket at devtracker. thanks again.

                                                        brent Addendum: I did close this issue in Devtracker.

                                                          brent Its no prob its stress relief for me believe it or not and I enjoy it

                                                          Note I know it was prob set as a default but I found compositors can do some strange things and its hard to
                                                          Understand some of them at least for me at times.
                                                          So I made it a point if it works dont mess with it..