I just moved from windows a few days ago and I find it very uncomfortable to have all the icons in the system tray showing all the time. How can I hide them into a drop down (kind of like in windows) so I only have a few icons visible all the time, but still have access to all the others just a click away?
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Did you know you could autohide the system tray(its called the launcher in ubuntu)? If not, go to System settings -> Appearance and then click on "On" besides the "Auto-hide the Launcher".– jobinMay 29, 2014 at 14:39
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I didn't mean the launcher. I meant the bar at the top. Title bar? Menu bar? System tray? it acts like all of it.– Shashwat BlackMay 29, 2014 at 14:42
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So do you want to hide the system indicator icons you mean? Are those that annoying? :/– jobinMay 29, 2014 at 14:44
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I have skype, and dropbox, and lightshot and xdman and i'm sure i'll have more as i spend more time in ubuntu. I just want the important ones there, volume, time, wifi, and net speed indicator. I still want the others just not right there all the time.– Shashwat BlackMay 29, 2014 at 14:46
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Just fyi, it's called the "panel" :) See this question for more information (note that it will tell you the bar is called the "menu bar". That might be official, most people call it the "panel")– SethMay 30, 2014 at 3:44
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I don't believe there is any way to hide indicator icons across the board - similar to what Microsoft Windows does.
Some applications which also have an associated indicator may have an option to show/hide their specific icon - such as Transmission or Remmina.
answered Aug 2, 2014 at 4:44
