How to add a button to lock & suspend

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I just installed Ubuntu MATE 18.04, and I cannot find a way to add a “Shutdown” or “Suspend” button to the taskbar like in Xfce. The “Indicator Applet Complete” does have a kind of system button, but I have to click once more to actually trigger an action. On my previous Xfce setup, I used to have one button at the bottom-right to lock & suspend, and another one at the bottom-left to shutdown. Those have proved very convenient over the years.

I did find on the Internet some traces of “panel buttons”, but I haven’t found them yet. Can someone help?

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Hi @rdiez, There should be a Shut Down... applet in Add to Panel

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It looks like this when run:

I wish it included Logout like XFCE does, though. It does have Suspend.

Or is this the clicky one you refer?

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It looks like the “Shut Down…” applet will do nicely for powering down, thanks.

However, the suspend option is not the same. I am used to suspend and lock with a single click (I do that several times a day). I am trying Ubuntu MATE in a KVM virtual machine now, which does not properly support suspending. On a normal PC or laptop, would suspend also lock the screen?

Is there a key combination for suspend+lock screen?