Questions tagged [cairo-dock]
Open-source and Open-GL dock. A dock is a program launcher with icons for programs, clicking on them launches them. See glx-dock.org for more information.
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Cairo-Dock crashed my Unity desktop, is this possible?
I'm still new to using Ubuntu and learning more and more each day. The other day I formatted my hard drive and wiped the Windows 8 partition (never use it) and re-installed my Ubuntu install to start ...
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Cairo Dock - Chrome Browser - Unity Launcher Icon and Application sync
My problem is as follows
I use cairo dock as a replacement for the Unity Launcher on Ubuntu
I used chrome desktop shortcuts to make some pseudo desktop apps of some webapps (like outlook exchange)
I ...
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Need to stop cairo desktop popping up on start up
There is a small window that pops up during start up. It is in the lower left hand corner of desktop on Ubuntu 13.10. It has a picture of an window that i have open and a #1 inside the window. Its ...
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Strange theme after downloading CairoDock
I downloaded CairoDock yesterday and since I rebooted my system it shows me this weird theme, with orange windows and little white borders around programs. Also my icons are messed up, the top right ...
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Minecraft on Cairo Dock Opens Another Instance
So i "installed" Minecraft using this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZIbcWpdSA4 and put it on my cairo dock. However whenever I open it, it opens another instance of the icon. Is there any way ...
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Maximize the window to the global menu of unity, using cairodock with unity?
hello i install cairodock 3 from
ppa:cairo-dock-team
and select the beginning of secion of ubuntu " cairodock with unity"
https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIPs3.png
the problem is when i maximize ...
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How to have a second desktop (using switcher) be empty (no folders of other icons)
I am using switcher under cairo-dock. I can switch to a second desktop but the clutter on my first desktop gets mirrored there (not the open windows, just the icons for folders and documents). I'd ...
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Cairo-dock transparency issues x2go
I installed cairo-dock on lubuntu 16.04. It works well, except that every time the dock shows, instead of having pure transparency around the dock, it wipes a patch out of my windows around the dock; ...
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Compton failing to make Cairo Dock transparent
Despite looking for a while I can't find any answers, which either means I'm doing something very stupid and obvious, or - well, I don't know. It's probably that.
Running Lubuntu 14.04 on (sadly) an ...
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Cairo-dock ubuntu 14.04 shifts down desktop and windows
Whenever I start Cairo-dock everything shifts down about 1 and half inches from the top bar. So for example, if I have my browser open it is no longer flush against the top bar but instead shows some ...
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Cairo Dock Unity Search Dialog
I am using unity but have decided to use the Cairo Dock. I am wondering if there is a way (command and/or .desktop file) to have an icon on the dock that opens the default unity search overlay (top-...
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Cairo Dock malfunction
I just upgraded recently to the new Ubuntu 14.04 and I downloaded and installed the cairo dock for my desktop.
The issue that I am having with it is not with the dock itself but with the windows for ...
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how to make apps minimize to dock?
I installed mac themes for ubuntu 12.04 and cairo dock. I want apps to minimize to cairo dock instead of the unity panel. Before anyone recommends docky, I tried it and it had a lot of bugs. So is ...
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Cairo dock, white border lines on all icons
I have ubuntu 13.10 (I think, the latest one) and even though I love Unity I kind of did not like the left bar.
So I installed cairo dock which is great, BUT at random times the whole dock gets white ...
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Is Cairo-dock full compatible after installation of amd driver with The fan club website
I have installed on my Ubuntu 12.04. LTS, the version beta for the amd driver ( AMD
Radeon HD 7650M) with the website tool The Fan Club (http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/ubuntu-amd-catalyst-install) ...
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Cairo dock and unity
When I try to select a session for my cairo dock it only offers me Cairo dock(gnome) and the default Ubuntu session. I was wondering how do I get it to offer me Cairo dock with unity and the other ...
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Cairo-dock and LXDE: Cairo-dock is always behind all of the Windows.
I have ubuntu installed, and I'm running it in the LXDE environment.
When I have Cairo-dock running, I have it set to 'Always on top', however, it sits behind all of the windows. I want the dock to ...
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Cairo Dock problem
I installed Cairo Dock but it seems like it doesn't work correctly. The icon doesn't show correctly.
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How to create a custom launcher in Cairo Dock?
I'm trying to create a custom launcher for Aptana Studio in my Cairo Dock. I begun by right click → Add custom launcher and I'm stuck at entering the command? What am I supossed to put in there (...
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Cairo-Dock is no longer a dock?
Cairo-Dock doesn't seem to work correctly as a dock since a few updates ago.
None of Cairo's docks are being displayed on my machine, now.
Some of their applets that I had separated from their dock ...
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Cairo-Dock - Can't drag launcher to stack
I have the latest version of cairo-dock , and I can't add launchers to stack item.
How can I copy application launchers onto the stack item ?
The drag-and-drop feature doesn't work for me.
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Is there a way to set the theme for Cairo-Dock to be the same as the Dash theme?
I have the Paper theme for Ubuntu and I would like Cairo-Dock's theme to be the same. However, I'm not sure how to get them to match other than finding Paper's directory of icons and setting each ...
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How to edit launchers in Cairo-Dock
I don't know how/where to find more information about the problem so I took a video of it. If there's anything I can do to add more information to this question, I'll do it and add the information; I ...
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how to DISABLE the cairo-dock MESSAGE about the "black background"?
so, I can actually bear the black background that shows only when cairo-dock is visible, I am at JWM (and I wont change to another WM).
but... I cant bear that message everytime it is started.
is ...
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What should I select for the option on the OpenGL dialogue box regarding Cairo Dock on ASUS laptop w / Intel® Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz × 2
I'm a new Ubuntu user. I just installed Ubuntu, and it was utterly screwed up at first (wouldn't display text reliably anywhere). I'm using it to learn to program, and I don't want to spend hours ...
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How to restore proper notification handling with gnome-session, Openbox, Cairo-dock?
I run Ubuntu 14.04 with gdm and gnome-session, but I disabled dash/metacity/unity and use Openbox and Cairo Dock. Last week, all was fine - notifications appeared in a transient dock popup. After ...
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Cairo dock on other workspaces
The Cairo-Dock is showing only on the first workspace. How can I enable it in other worksapces?
(FYI I use Lubuntu)
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cairo-dock starts up at the bottom-right
When i turn on my computer (ubuntu 13.10) the cairo-dock starts up automatically but it starts up at the bottom-right as you can see in the photo.
I solve the problem closing cairo-dock and starting ...
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How to fix the Cairo Dock?
I have been trying to replace Unity with Cairo Dock, and I am almost there! The only question I have is how can I turn off the Cairo Dock Auto Hide, so as to fix it in place no matter what?
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No Window Options in Cairo Dock
I'm not even sure how to describe this properly. I'm running Cairo Dock on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I've noticed that I no longer have the top bar of my windows. I mean, I have the bar itself, but it's ...
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Cairo dock menus doesn't work
I'm trying to use gnome-shell with cairo dock in 12.04, but there is one problem, I want to have some kind of menu in cairo dock.
The thing is, non of the menus I tried work in cairo dock. I tried ...
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Make Cairo Dock update like launcher does
Is there anyway to make the Cairo Dock mirror the launcher? Such as showing programs when they're open?
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what is command to launch on click in Cairo Dock
I have installed cairo dock and want to add applications shortcut like "vscode", "terminal", "VLC" etc on the dock. and when i try to add it it is asking for this.
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