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> FYI: I tested this with xfwm4 - panel shows up here regularly. also xfwm4 here, panel stays hidden

Tested here again and it's working without the patch with both shortcuts. No idea why it didn't work before...

> can't start alsamixer via terminal I'm not sure if/how the plugin parses arguments, but u can use a script for that ``` #!/bin/bash qterminal -e alsamixer ``` > I'm...

> so I would prefer if it was a simple enhancement or a possible change that I could contribute myself https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/blob/master/plugin-volume/volumebutton.cpp#L161 Just need to separate the command and args here...

> the panel configured for it is moved in front of my default panel on my primary monitor. We could solve this by lowering panels that are not on their...

> There's no way to know which panel is more important. So, I don't think lowering panels is a good thing to do. I think assuming the one configured for...

It would be a very minimal change, it should be enough to add `lower();` to this `if` block: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/blob/master/panel/lxqtpanel.cpp#L395 I just tried here and it works as expected But it...

> To hide all windows to see the panel No, it's just to ensure the panel is shown on this specific condition, and your suggestion is unrelated to this PR.

If the problem is only with qterminal, it can be changed there, i tried here and adding `setAttribute(Qt::WA_X11NetWmWindowTypeUtility);` [here](https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal/blob/master/src/mainwindow.cpp#L169) when setting up the window seems to do what u need.

Xfwm here, you could also try Qt::WA_X11NetWmWindowTypeDock or Qt::WA_X11NetWmWindowTypeMenu these 2 also skipped taskbar but the terminal didn't get focused when opening... Other than these i think it would need...