XFCE how to disable taskbar items grouping

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I only found one thread on this issue from 9 years ago.

I want to disable this so that it displays two terminal items on the taskbar side by side.

another annoyance with this is that if an app is already open and I open another, it groups it and does not raise the window for that app.

Does this answer your question? Grouping buttons on XFCE taskbar — cas, Commented Jun 5, 2021 at 14:44
You can't have searched very hard - I answered the exact same question two weeks ago. — cas, Commented Jun 5, 2021 at 14:45

Freddy · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-05 13:58:49Z

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Right click on the taskbar, select Panel -> Panel Preferences
Select the Items tab , select Window Buttons in the list, click the Edit button on the right side
Change Window grouping to Never

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answered Jun 5, 2021 at 13:58

Freddy

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That did it, thanks! Is there documentation on this sort of thing?
– gruble
Commented Jun 5, 2021 at 16:25
Sure, you can open the online help by clicking on the Help button. Unfortunately, the description of the "Window Buttons" is not helpful at all.
– Freddy
Commented Jun 5, 2021 at 16:34
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Um... Allow me to state the obvious: this is not intuitive GUI design. xfce might want to redesign this
– Jason Smith
Commented Jan 19, 2023 at 20:45

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