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Unity stuck on autohide?

I've had the auto-hide behavior turned on on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine for some time now, but whenever I try to turn auto-hide off, it resets itself to on. (i.e. if I turn it off, it will switch right ...
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Show unity launcher on with key combination

I wanted to ask if it is possible to pub unity launcher on autohide and have 2 ways of showing it. First is obvious with mouse, and second with some type of key combination, like ctrl+shift. Edit: ...
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Window-Dodge Unity PPA stopped working for me on 12.04

I did this of many of times unitalling unity and reinstalling it. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade or sudo apt-get upgrade The PPA ...
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How to get the launcher to stay and hide? 12.04

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04. My launcher keeps on hiding when I'm on the desktop. But I want it to stay out. And when I'm using programs I want it to hide. Is there anyway to do this?
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Can't make Unity Launcher appear

I have Ubuntu 12.10 and I want to make unity launcher to auto-hide but when it hides it doesn't appear again unless I press the start button. Should I reinstall unity through terminal? I don't have ...
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Unity launcher autohide leaves “ghost” behind? [closed]

In 12.04 I had the launcher set to autohide, which worked perfectly. However in 12.10 I am getting a strange "ghost" issue. Take this screenshot, with me having a maximised google chrome window, ...
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menu launcher stopped working

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with a working auto-hide launcher bar, i.e., the touch to the left of the screen revealed the menu. It has stopped working perhaps the result of an automatic update. I have ...
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Is there a way to hide & reveal the launcher at will with the press of a key? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to force the Unity launcher to hide? Or to toggle hide/unhide with a keyboard shortcut? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with the default Unity desktop environment. ...
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Is it possible to set the Launcher to autohide on only one display?

I would like to access the launcher on my smaller notebook panel without wasting precious space. As space is not an issue on my external panel, there's no reason to autohide the launcher there. Is ...
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737 views

Unity bar doesn't hide

After switching the 'auto hide' function on and off under behaviour in appearance settings, the Unity bar doesn't automatically hide anymore! It's always visible at the left side! Here is a ...
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Unity Launcher autohide not working correctly

I don't know if this is a bug, but my Unity launcher autohide function stops working sometimes. I have autohide enabled, and Launcher autohide works well most of the times, but now and then, the ...
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Is it possible to disable auto hide in the global menu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity? Is there a way to disable the global menu from automatically hiding in Unity? I would like if the menus ...
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Why can't the Unity panel be hidden?

What intrinsic purpose does the static unity panel hold for the OS? There has to be a great reason for this thing to HAVE to be here. It ONLY goes away in fullscreen apps and I can't use everything ...
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How to optionally maximize so that the launcher won't get hidden?

Firstly, I very much like it when the launcher autohides when I really need all the screen space. The problem is, there are a lot of workflows when I want a large app screen, but the launcher should ...
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“Never hide” Unity launcher via CCSM & gconf doesn't work

All: I am running Unity 3D and I want to set my launcher to never hide. I first ran ccsm, and set "Hide Launcher" to "Never". I rebooted then logged back in and it was still auto-hiding. I then ran ...
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Unity Launcher Autohide won't work [closed]

Ever since I installed 11.04 I've been having this freaking problem with the Unity launcher. I don't know what the hell I do - but, initially, when I boot Ubuntu, the autohide works. And then - I have ...
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How do I autohide the top panel in Unity?

When windows are not maximized, the top panel is basically wasted space for me in Unity. Is there a way to make it autohide? i.e. make it appear on mouse over.
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How do I hide the Unity Launcher when Clementine is running?

Everytime I start Clementine, my Unity launcher will stop hiding and will always remain on the foreground. I have tried setting "Hide Launcher" to "Dodge Windows", "Dodge Active Window", and to ...
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Is it possible to change the unity launcher delay to absolute zero? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I change the Unity launcher delay? although I have seen similar questions and the hint to change it in ccsm under general options, I find it still taking way to ...
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How to disable autohiding for launcher in Unity

The launcher appears to slow and disappears to fast how can I disable autohiding behavior of launcher. I use desktop pc
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Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?

Will there be a way to disable auto-hide behavior of global application menu in Unity. While I would prefer to have this behavior disabled by default (as it is bad UX), it looks like it's here to ...