Hi friends,
I am a newbie of arch linux distribution (installed in a VM) and I moved to xfce4 DE from GNOME. Since I have installed cairo-dock from repositories, I would like to remove the xfce4 panel or block it on top of the screen like previous xfce version. I know that is possible to block it everywhere on the screen, but I just want the small icon blocked in the bar and click on it to get all the applications in the window menu(even if is possible to get them in the cairo-dock). Any solution for that? Thanks guys!
Note that the panel is annoying because every window I open, it appears above the panel!

Wow.
I think you want to "relocate" some things from the Gnome Panel sub-system to the cairo-dock
Things like Notification Area, Workspace switcher, and the hat trick is the Indicator Plugin.

open a terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T and issue:
and you're In like Flynn.

Good Luck.

Thanks Habitual but, most likely, I was not able to explain my stupid "issue". Through the code you suggested to me, a windows for the configuration of the panel is opened, but I have already tried it and there is no way to delet the panel or put it on top,permanently, on a bar. I mean, like the START botton on windows (a kind of global menu) I try to show you a photo attached. I hate the application panel on the left of the screen down as you can see. I would the classic top "botton" on top or down.

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Run
and see if Lock Panel [] is selected, if it is, deselect it.
The panel on the bottom-left with the whisker menu will now be movable.
This should be visible by the stacked dots known as "Handles" on the outside edge of the taskbar in question.
You can relocate the panel dragging at the handle(s) to the location you desire.

Don't forget to relock it when you're done positioning it.

Does that help?

@michele_deb

Hello,

If, as I understand it, you want an application menu at the top right hand corner of the screen and no panle at the bottom of the screen, you will have to delete the existing panel (using the "-" sign on the panel settings) and create a new panel using the "+" sign. Move this new panel to the top of the screen. From there you can add whichever menu items you want. You can also select the "automatically hide the panel" drop down box to "Always" or "Intelligently". This will ensure that the panel does not cover any windows on the desktop. Hope this helps.

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Yes ArfaSmif, you understand what I desire. I think your solution (hide intelligently) fix the problem and is the best solution. Thanks a lot.
I have another question, please (I know it is not the right section). How can lock the cairo dock on the desktop, so that I don't have to start it, at each reboot, manually?

Thanks Habitual,
the best solution is to lock the bar in the position I like and hide it intelligently. In this way, if I open a new windows, the bar disappears.

You mean you want the cairo-dock to start every time you login to your session. The easiest way to do this is to go back to the "settings manager" in XFCE and select "Session and Startup" in the "System" section. Select the "Application Autostart" tab and then add a new entry. In the "Add Application" box, choose any name you like (e.g. cairo dock), then any description you like (e.g. cairo dock) and then name of the binary you are using. In this case it will probably be "cairo-dock -o" or something similar. Say "OK" and you are set to go.

Test it by logging out and then logging in again. Good luck.

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Exactly ArfaSmif. Thanks, now it works. To be sure of the binary to type, I have read the following page:
http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=First%20Steps&lang=it

Well michele_deb I'm glad it worked for you. Looking at that URL you sent, it looks like all of the information you wanted was on that page.