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Leos313
Asked: 2020-12-23 09:45:35 +0800 CST

How to add Battery Level indicator on Xubuntu 20.04

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I recently passed from Xbuntu from 16.04 to 20.04. With version 16.04, it was possible (by default) to see a little icon of the battery on the top right side of the screen. Now this "widget" is no longer there and I do not know how to add it. I cannot even check the battery level from any other side using the Graphical Menu.

Walkaround

The only way now (it is just a walkaround of course) is the command line: I just compare the battery level detected now with the full level battery using the following commands:

  • for the level now:
cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/energy_now
  • for the theoretical battery level:
cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/energy_full

Question:

The walkaround can be sometimes painful. Is there a way of adding the old widget on the Graphical User Interface? It will make me save a lot of time.

Supplementary Info:

The laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad T470.

lenovo thinkpad battery xubuntu 20.04

2 Answers

  1. Right click in the dashboard, go to "dashboard", "add new element" .
    Then search a "indicator power" or something similar
    (as i don't use english, names may be different)
    You may need installing xfce4-indicator-plugin and indicator-power packages

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  2. Best Answer

    The exact procedure to add the New Item is:

    1. right-click on the dashboard;
    2. -> Panel -> New Item
    3. Search for Power :

    enter image description here

    and the Battery Plugin will magically appear. Thanks, @laugeo for the suggestion.

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