Solved Re: App panel tab name control?

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Feb 27 17:37:15 CET 2025


Settings -> Panel -> Items -> Window Buttons -> edit -> Windows Grouping 
- Never

Turns off grouping and then tabs get reasonable labels.

Also with Mousepad:

Mousepad Preferences -> Window -> Open files: In new windows.

Sigh.


On 2/27/25 10:45 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am using F41 with Xfce 4.18.  Just migrated to it from F38.
>
> The some of the names on the panel tabs are strange.
>
> Like Terminal is Xfce4-terminal.
> And Firefox is Org.mozilla.firefox.
> And Thunderbird is strange changing the tab; sometimes meaningful and 
> sometimes Net.thunderbird.Thunder...
>
> Where might this be controlled?  I can find this in the tweaks or 
> anywhere else.
>
> also...
>
> When I launch a new instance of Mousepad, it ends up as a tab in an 
> open Mousepad, rather than a new window.  Again, I can't find where to 
> alter this behavior.
>
> thanks
>
>
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