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I just noticed that my totem video player doesn't have a sidebar with playlist anymore.

I didn't use totem for some time, so I am not sure which ubuntu upgrade was responsible for it, now I am using vivid.

Is there any way to get the sidebar back including the playlist?

If not, what were the reasons to remove the playlist sidebar?

Edit

apt-cache policy totem gives

totem:
  Installed: 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.14.3-0ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.14.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
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    I'm wondering too. Without it, it's impossible to queue a bunch of files. I would like to add that such an essential feature has always been present in any player software for decades. Should I ask what's going on with crazy "modern" trends ?
    – Johan Boulé
    Jul 28, 2015 at 20:50
  • Maybe the side bar thing is now a plugin?
    – Davide
    Aug 19, 2015 at 16:14
  • ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2278673 Have you tried this ?
    – kenn
    Aug 19, 2015 at 16:33
  • @kenn Thanks, but I don't want to use smplayer. The gesttings thing doesn't work.
    – student
    Aug 20, 2015 at 6:02
  • Edit your question and add the output of apt-cache policy totem
    – A.B.
    Aug 24, 2015 at 11:27

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There is no sidebar anymore in Totem. There is only the overview, which you can see, if you start Totem, or use the arrow button in the upper left corner if you have started a video.

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You could add the menubar via

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '{"Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu":<0>}'

dc

but not the sidebar.

Reset with

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '{}'
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    Thanks. Do you have a reference to a changelog or a discussion between the totem developers of that, when and why the feature vanished from the code?
    – student
    Aug 26, 2015 at 14:31
  • Currently the only answer that will handle the actual problem. [email protected]
    – Ravan
    Aug 26, 2015 at 14:44
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    A rather arrogant way to deal with the users, simply stop offering them a playlist. thanks for informing though.
    – humanityANDpeace
    Mar 13, 2016 at 17:33
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    In 3.10.1 under 14.04 I used the sidebar extensively to display video properties of the currently running movie. This is the functionality I miss the most. Having to open a poorly sized properties window over the top of the current movie, blocking the action and then having to resize it to read the info adds insult to injury. Do you know of any plugin that would return that functionality or any alternative approach?
    – Elder Geek
    Jul 26, 2016 at 17:02
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    The documentation still lists F9 to open the playlist: manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/totem.1.html - which of course doesn't do anything.
    – Jose Gómez
    May 18, 2020 at 20:05

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