This is a clone of the original Cinnamon applet that adds support for a multi-line taskbar.
- Download the applet and install to
~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/
- Go to Menu > Cinnamon Settings > Applets
- Ensure applet 'Cinnamon Multi-Line taskbar' is present
- Uncheck the default 'Cinnamon Window List'
- Enable applet 'Cinnamon Multi-Line taskbar'
- Go to Menu > Cinnamon Settings > Panel
- Check 'Use customized panel size'
- Set bottom height to something around 35-70 pixels (depending on your theme and number of rows for the taskbar)
- File
applet.js
contains two constants:TASKBAR_ROW_COUNT
andMIN_BUTTONS_PER_LINE
- Restart Cinnamon to see the changes
- Drag-and-Drop (reorder) functionality of the bottom bar might not work