@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ battery->area.panel = p;
 	battery->area._draw_foreground = draw_battery;
 	battery->area.size_mode = SIZE_BY_CONTENT;
 	battery->area._resize = resize_battery;
+	battery->area.on_screen = 1;
+	battery->area.resize = 1;
 }
 
 

@@ -451,13 +451,14 @@ else if (strcmp (key, "taskbar_background_id") == 0) {
 		int id = atoi (value);
 		id = (id < backgrounds->len && id >= 0) ? id : 0;
 		panel_config.g_taskbar.bg = &g_array_index(backgrounds, Background, id);
+		if (panel_config.g_taskbar.bg_active == 0)
+			panel_config.g_taskbar.bg_active = panel_config.g_taskbar.bg;
 		panel_config.g_taskbar.area.bg = panel_config.g_taskbar.bg;
 	}
 	else if (strcmp (key, "taskbar_active_background_id") == 0) {
 		int id = atoi (value);
 		id = (id < backgrounds->len && id >= 0) ? id : 0;
 		panel_config.g_taskbar.bg_active = &g_array_index(backgrounds, Background, id);
-		panel_config.g_taskbar.use_active = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Task */

@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ }
 
 		if (panel_autohide)
 			add_timeout(panel_autohide_hide_timeout, 0, autohide_hide, p);
+		
+		visible_taskbar(p);
 	}
 
-	visible_object();
 	task_refresh_tasklist();
 	active_task();
 }
@@ -300,29 +301,6 @@ }
 	// printf("panel : posx %d, posy %d, width %d, height %d\n", panel->posx, panel->posy, panel->area.width, panel->area.height);
 }
 
-
-void visible_object()
-{
-	Panel *panel;
-	int i, j;
-
-	for (i=0 ; i < nb_panel ; i++) {
-		panel = &panel1[i];
-
-		Taskbar *taskbar;
-		for (j=0 ; j < panel->nb_desktop ; j++) {
-			taskbar = &panel->taskbar[j];
-			if (panel_mode != MULTI_DESKTOP && taskbar->desktop != server.desktop) {
-				// SINGLE_DESKTOP and not current desktop
-				taskbar->area.on_screen = 0;
-			}
-			else {
-				taskbar->area.on_screen = 1;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	panel_refresh = 1;
-}
 
 void update_strut(Panel* p)
 {

@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ void init_panel_size_and_position(Panel *panel);
 
 void set_panel_items_order(Panel *p);
 void set_panel_properties(Panel *p);
-void visible_object();
 
 // draw background panel
 void set_panel_background(Panel *p);

@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ PangoLayout *layout;
 	Color *config_text;
 	int width=0, height;
 	Panel *panel = (Panel*)tsk->area.panel;
+	//printf("draw_task %d %d\n", tsk->area.posx, tsk->area.posy);
 
 	if (panel->g_task.text) {
 		/* Layout */

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ for (j=0 ; j < panel->nb_desktop ; j++) {
 		tskbar = &panel->taskbar[j];
 		memcpy(&tskbar->area, &panel->g_taskbar, sizeof(Area));
 		tskbar->desktop = j;
-		if (j == server.desktop && panel->g_taskbar.use_active)
+		if (j == server.desktop)
 			tskbar->area.bg = panel->g_taskbar.bg_active;
 	}
 }
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ Task *tsk;
 	GSList *l;
 	int  task_count, border_width;
 
-	//printf("resize_taskbar : posx et width des taches\n");
-	taskbar->area.redraw = 1;
-
+//	taskbar->area.redraw = 1;
 	border_width = taskbar->area.bg->border.width;
 
 	if (panel_horizontal) {
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ // change pos_x and width for all tasks
 		for (l = taskbar->area.list; l ; l = l->next) {
 			tsk = l->data;
 			if (!tsk->area.on_screen) continue;
-			set_task_redraw(tsk);  // always redraw task, because the background could have changed (taskbar_active_id)
+			//set_task_redraw(tsk);  // always redraw task, because the background could have changed (taskbar_active_id)
 			tsk->area.width = pixel_width;
 // TODO : move later (when posx is known)
 //			long value[] = { panel->posx+x, panel->posy, pixel_width, panel->area.height };
@@ -335,7 +333,7 @@ // change pos_y and height for all tasks
 		for (l = taskbar->area.list; l ; l = l->next) {
 			tsk = l->data;
 			if (!tsk->area.on_screen) continue;
-			set_task_redraw(tsk);  // always redraw task, because the background could have changed (taskbar_active_id)
+			//set_task_redraw(tsk);  // always redraw task, because the background could have changed (taskbar_active_id)
 			tsk->area.height = pixel_height;
 // TODO : move later (when posy is known)
 //			long value[] = { panel->posx, panel->posy+y, panel->area.width, pixel_height };
@@ -347,6 +345,27 @@ modulo_height--;
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+void visible_taskbar(void *p)
+{
+	Panel *panel =(Panel*)p;
+	int j;
+
+	Taskbar *taskbar;
+	for (j=0 ; j < panel->nb_desktop ; j++) {
+		taskbar = &panel->taskbar[j];
+		if (panel_mode != MULTI_DESKTOP && taskbar->desktop != server.desktop) {
+			// SINGLE_DESKTOP and not current desktop
+			taskbar->area.on_screen = 0;
+		}
+		else {
+			taskbar->area.on_screen = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	panel_refresh = 1;
+}
+

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ //always start with area
 	Area area;
 	Background* bg;
 	Background* bg_active;
-	int use_active;
 } Global_taskbar;
 
 
@@ -53,6 +52,9 @@ GPtrArray* task_get_tasks(Window win);
 void task_refresh_tasklist ();
 
 int  resize_taskbar(void *obj);
+
+// show/hide taskbar according to current desktop
+void visible_taskbar(void *p);
 
 
 #endif

@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ init_taskbar();
 			for (i=0 ; i < nb_panel ; i++) {
 				init_taskbar_panel(&panel1[i]);
 				set_panel_items_order(&panel1[i]);
+				visible_taskbar(&panel1[i]);
 				panel1[i].area.resize = 1;
 			}
-			visible_object();
 			task_refresh_tasklist();
 			active_task();
 			panel_refresh = 1;
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ int old_desktop = server.desktop;
 			server.desktop = server_get_current_desktop ();
 			for (i=0 ; i < nb_panel ; i++) {
 				Panel *panel = &panel1[i];
-				if (panel_mode == MULTI_DESKTOP && panel->g_taskbar.use_active) {
+				if (panel_mode == MULTI_DESKTOP && panel->g_taskbar.bg != panel->g_taskbar.bg_active) {
 					// redraw both taskbar
 					if (server.nb_desktop > old_desktop) {
 						// can happen if last desktop is deleted and we've been on the last desktop
@@ -542,9 +542,8 @@ tsk->area.on_screen = 1;
 						tskbar->area.resize = 1;
 					}
 				}
-			}
-			if (panel_mode != MULTI_DESKTOP) {
-				visible_object();
+				if (panel_mode != MULTI_DESKTOP) 
+					visible_taskbar(panel);
 			}
 		}
 		// Window list

@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ {
 	Area *child, *a = (Area*)obj;
 	int size, nb_by_content=0, nb_by_layout=0;
 
-	printf("resize_by_layout\n");
 	if (panel_horizontal) {		
 		// detect free size for SIZE_BY_LAYOUT's Area
 		size = a->width - (2 * (a->paddingxlr + a->bg->border.width));

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void *panel;
 
 	// each object can overwrite following function
 	void (*_draw_foreground)(void *obj, cairo_t *c);
-	// calculate size. return '1' if size changed, '0' otherwise.
+	// update area's content and update size (width/heith). 
+	// return '1' if size changed, '0' otherwise.
 	int (*_resize)(void *obj);
 	void (*_add_child)(void *obj);
 	int (*_remove_child)(void *obj);