On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:17:32PM -0400, Andrew Z wrote:

> i understand that this question should belong to XFCE list group, but it's
> very simple and i hope i won't get killed over it :)
> 
> Q:
>  is there a way to make the panel 2 ( the panel on the bottom of the screen
> which acts like a launcher for favorite apps ) hide and rise like it's done
> in Apple OS?

In panel preferences you can set hide/auto-raise for this panel.

Then you see a small bar at the bottom that turns into the real panel
when you reach it with your mouse.

Fancy animations of panel or its icons are not available, AFAIK.

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