Xfce panel pushes away Workspace Switcher

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This bug was fixed in the package xfce4-panel - 4.6.2-1ubuntu1

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xfce4-panel (4.6.2-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian testing, remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + update Vcs-* fields to point at LP
      + xfce4-panel conflicts/replaces xubuntu-default-settings (<< 0.48)
    - debian/xfce4-panel.1: update bug reporting (LP vs. BTS).

  * debian/patches/03_escape-tooltip-text.patch: dropped, included upstream.

  * bugs fixed:
    - "changing time zone does not change displayed time" LP: #384227
    - "Xfce panel pushes away Workspace Switcher" LP: #380402

xfce4-panel (4.6.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - fix italian translation. closes: #526459
  * debian/control:
    - update standards version to 3.8.3.
    - remove quilt build-dep.
  * debian/patches:
    - 01_use-exo-open-for-terminal dropped, included upstream.
    - 02_fix-session-restart-command as well.
  * debian/rules:
    - drop quilt stuff.
 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:57:59 +0100

I've installed xfce4-panel 4.6.2-1ubuntu1 and I still see the same erroneous behaviour. When I open more applications the panel fills up from the left and pushes Workspace Switcher out of the way. If I open even more applications I can't see them appearing anymore on the panel. The behaviour is exactly the same as in the image I attached earlier (at 2009-05-25).
I'm using two displays and xfce4-panel occupies the bottom position of my first display (the left one), the other display doesn't have the panel.

> apt-cache policy xfce4-panel
xfce4-panel:
  Installed: 4.6.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.6.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.6.2-1ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.6.1-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

I can't reproduce on karmic with a single display, so I guess this may be related to multiple displays, reopening.

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This was signed off as resolved/fixed on 2009-10-07

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5045 was resolved fixed on 2009-10-07. I can not reproduce this bug using a single display in Lucid.

Hi Charlie and Lionel,

The problem has also gone away in Lucid for a double display - the task icons now reduce their size to fit the task list

Thanks very much!

Great! Thanks for the feedback.