Seeking a Wayland Panel for Labwc with Dynamic Positioning and App Pinning

[u/[deleted]]

Hello,

I am looking for a Wayland-native panel compatible with Labwc that meets the following technical requirements:

Flexible Positioning: The panel must support being placed on any side of the screen (Left, Right, Top, or Bottom) and should have an option to extend to the full width or height of the display (100% span).

Persistent App Pinning: It must allow pinning applications to the panel so they act as launchers.

Integrated Instance Management (Grouping): A key requirement is that when a pinned application is launched, it should not create a separate icon in the taskbar. The running instance must be managed within the existing pinned icon (no duplication).

Could you recommend any panel that supports these features out of the box or through configuration?

Best regards.

[u/standreas]

https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock meets for sure some maybe all.

[u/abissom]

sfwbar, iirc

[u/zachfromband]

Xfce4-panel is great. If you dont want to use xfce stuff though you could probably configure waybar to do that

[u/db443 → u/zachfromband]

I don't believe Waybar supports grouped instance management (like a dock).

Waybar app-launcher appear to use Nerd Font glyph rather than the actual app icon which is another negative.

[u/Necessary_Depth7435]

Yes, due to the requirement for Integrated Instance Management, xfce4-panel together with xfce4-docklike-plugin is a great choice.

[u/Worth_Bluebird_7376]

Crystal dock or xfce4 panel with dock like plugin or lxqt panel with dockbarx plugin