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When using drag and drop the launcher bar reveals and will not hide unless I close the program.

Is their a fix?

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will you please explain what actually happened? – shantanu Jul 2 '11 at 10:27
@shantanu I face the same issue when running java based programs, Such as Netbeans. If one of the windows (in netbeans e.g.output, tasks) dragged this is a sure thing to happen. This happened with LibreOffice - Draw but i couldn't reproduce it. Dragging other component of a program e.g firefox tab or desktop icon do solve the matter – Niroshan Jul 30 '11 at 19:11
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Drag a desktop icon a bit.

Helps against the stuck launcher bar with Opera on a 32-bit system. Another solution would be to set the launcher not to hide in the first place (that's my solution for now). See How can I configure Unity's launcher auto-hide behavior?

There are also bug reports:

  • Opera: bug 741731 (note the "Won't Fix" as it's a bug in Opera)
  • Another one - not sure what's the actual status on this one.
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Its not uncommon for the launcher to get stuck. Opening the dash with the Super Key seems to fix it for me and its way better than killing a program.

If you can reproduce it, you might want to post a bug report.

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Same problem when using Netbeans (Java) : when I drag tabs to reorganize them, the launcher appears and gets stuck (ie wont hide anymore). Could not fix the problem, but found 2 solutions : - drag and drop Firefox tabs around - drag something to the laucher

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I had the same problem after I moved icons around and opened the dash with the super key. I simply logged out then logged back it. Fixed it right up.

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