Exit

Summary

This is a simple, configurable applet for displaying an Exit menu on your panel.

Available Menu options

• Restart Cinnamon
• Screen Off
• Lock Screen
• Switch user
• Log Out
• Suspend
• Hibernate
• Restart
• Shut Down

Settings

Settings are accessed by selecting Configure... from this applet's contextual menu. (Right-click)

General tab

• You can choose which options appear in this applet menu.

• Please note that some options may be managed by the system, which has priority; if this is the case, you won't be able to see them.

Shortcuts tab

• You can choose shortcuts to open the menu.

• You can choose shortcuts to turn screen On/Off. Using the hardware method, the mouse is disabled for the number of seconds you have chosen when the screen is turned Off; it is always reactivated when the screen is turned On. Using the software method, the mouse is never disabled. Moving the mouse pointer turns On the screen.

• You can choose the keys used to select certain options when the menu is open.

• A message reminds you of the keys already used.

• The “Apply these keys to the menu” button must be clicked after each change.

• A "Reset to default keys" button is available.

Options tab

• Whether or not to display an OSD while Cinnamon is restarting.

• Whether or not to vertically maximize the Settings window, next time.

System lock-down

Use dconf-editor (install it using your package manager) and go to /org/cinnamon/desktop/lockdown/.

You get the list of locks.

These include disable-lock-screen, disable-log-out and disable-switching-user. Their default value is false. If their value is true, then the corresponding option will not appear in the menu and cannot be configured in this applet's settings.

Wayland

For now, these menu options are not available using a wayland session:

• Restart Cinnamon
• Screen Off
• Lock Screen
• Switch User

So you can't see them in this applet's settings.

Log Out modes

There are three Log Out modes:

• With confirmation: Opens a window to confirm or cancel the disconnection.
• Without confirmation.
• Force: Lets you log out while ignoring inhibitors. Useful when several sessions are open.

Select your preferred mode in the settings (since version 1.1.0).

Translations

Status of translations

Many thanks to the translators!