A dock is an application manager that sits on one side of the screen. Generally, docks don't stretch all the way across the screen, and group the windows for applications into single icons. Some well-known docks include Docky/Plank, Cairo Dock, and AWN.
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My unity pannel on cairo dock doesnt work
I just upgraded my Ubuntu to 13.04 and installed mac theme from Noobslab and installed Cairo Dock. The problem is when I log in I only find Cairo Gnome and I need Cairo Unity Pannel.
Please Respond,
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How Do I Change Icons in the Dock “Plank”?
I'm wondering how I change icons for specifically the dock "Plank". I've only managed to find a way to change theme, but not icons for the actual applications in the dock.
Is it possible? If so, how ...
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Replace ubuntu unity launcher with dock
I know it is possible to disable/move unity launcher in ubuntu 11.10, but what about 13.04? I would like to completely disable unity launcher and use some sort of dock, or move unity launcher to the ...
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Problem booting with docked laptop and two external monitors
I'm running 64-bit 12.10 on a Dell Latitude E6430 with the Intel graphics card (NOT Nvidia). I dock it and have it attached to two external monitors most of the time.
If I ever have both external ...
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Dock that allows for stacking of pinned programs?
I'm using Docky at the moment, and I love it. But what I really want to do is to be able to stack programs, like how you stack apps in a folder on an Android homescreen. So, for example, I have ...
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How do I remove the Dash Icon Dock when hitting the top left corner of the screen?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome3 (i didn't remove Unity, just switched while logging in).
I love the feature of hitting the top left corner of the screen to see an overview of my open windows and ...
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AWN dock doesn't differentiate the active window
I have installed Avant Window Navigator 0.4.1 in Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit) and am pretty much satisfied with its looks. But one thing that is lacking is, it fails to differentiate the current or active ...
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How can I make Unity dock notifications more visible? [duplicate]
By default dock icons of applications where something is going on have a very faint glow effect. Is there any way to make them stand out more? Like jump around, have a colored arrow or something like ...
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Without installing a third party dock, how can I get a taskbar launcher on Xubuntu?
I have been trying several flavors of *buntu, I like the dock in kubuntu but want the lightness of xubuntu/lubuntu. How can I make the xubuntu launcher dock behave as an icon only task manager that ...
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How do I move the dock in GNOME Shell [closed]
10 and I'm just trying to get it the way I want it. To this end I have decided to use the gome-session-manager instead of Ubuntu. I am currently using the dock shell extension but it is in a really ...
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My Dock Is Messed Up
I am pretty much a complete noob to Ubuntu and I've been experiencing some issues with my dock. I'm not sure how it happens, but all of the icons are the same shape as the usually are, but with ...
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How change behavior to Dock pane under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I need unset up the Trash button on bottom the Pane, and set up these for Workplaces button. And I prefer for using set up Main Button on Dock, analogically them. I.e. using it for permanently ...
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my desktop background and dock reser automatically?
I restated my laptop only to the horror of finding my dock completely reset to the initial state and my desktop background shows on the log in screen but when it loads it changes back to the default ...
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Hiding the sidebar in Ubuntu
I have two questions :
First, I wanted to hide Ubuntu’s side-bar, so I set the settings in appearance to 'autohide'. The side bar did indeed disappear but when I roll over the left side, the side bar ...
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Cairo Dock: White outline on selected icons?
I installed Cairo Dock and it's working fine, but I'm seeing a white outline on selected icons. I've searched, but cannot find the file (s) associated with this outline. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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How to reduce Dock bar size? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the size of Unity 2D launcher icons?
I 'm not getting Dock bar resizing option in system settings>>Appearance>>behaviour
Do I need to install anything ...
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Stack docklet in ubuntu 12.04 unity
I remember that ubuntu with gnome 2.3 was having an awesome app called " docky". It was great but unity is much better for me now, so I'm just asking if there's any way to make a stack docklet like ...
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How can I move the gnome dock to the left side?
I installed the gnome panel:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/17/dock/
but its on the right side, which is quite annoying becaus it alway popps up when using the scrollbar.
How can I move it to ...
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Can I move the workspace switcher icon to the top of the Unity launcher
I would like to move the Workspace switcher icon from the bottom to the top of my Unity dock bar. Is this possible? Drag and drop does not work. Thanks!
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How to get rid of the launcher in Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove the Unity launcher?
Can I get rid of the launcher in Unity?
I have this dock installed (on the right in my screenshot) and i'd like it to completely ...
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Disable dash docking feature in gnome shell
I want to use gnome dock only as a launching panel, I don't want it to show currently opened windows. That is it should be just bookmark bar for favorite applications. How do I do this?
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Is it possible to run Thunderbird without the icon in the dock? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Minimize Thunderbird to Tray
I want to run Thunderbird but don't want to have its icon in the dock.
I just want it to send notifications (in the notification panel on ...
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Is there anyway to create screen space for Plank dock like in Mac OS X?
I want Plank to work like the dock in Mac OS X (and Gnome Panel-Docklet 13) so that maximised windows won't cover the dock.
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Make LibreOffice A single button that when clicked offers choices and what type of document to open
I know that I've done this on a previous install of Ubuntu, but for the life of me, I can't find it. Basically I want the options like when you right click LibreOffice Writer and the New Document ...
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Cairo dock for Ubuntu 12.04
I was using Ubuntu 11.10 with cairo dock version 2.4 without a problem.
Now, after the upgrade via a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 with cairo dock 3.x the system freezes and i have to restart. ...
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Eclipse/PyDev not showing up correctly
I recently installed Eclipse from the Software Center in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and then setup PyDev from there. The application itself seems to be working okay, but its launcher icon shows no carets or ...
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Turn off Software Center putting apps in Dock automatically
In 11.10, when I installed a desktop app it had a check box in the Software Center entry for that app to install it to the Dock right away. Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't, depending on how much ...
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Gnome-shell hide “Dock”?
I use Docky in Gnome-Shell,
Hence I don't need the gnome-shell dock.
Is there a way to disable (or at least hide) the gnome-shell dock?
I know I could set the width in whichever theme's CSS file I ...
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How to replace the top panel with another dock? [closed]
I want to remove the top panel from unity and unity-2D without crashing it, as i want to replace it with a dock such as docky,dockbarx, GLX-cairo dock, or Avant Windows Navigator dock.
As in this ...
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Change the monitor that AWN shows up on
I'm using Avant Windows Manager and Xubuntu with pure XFCE4. I'm trying to change the monitor that AWN shows up on. I tried changing the primary monitor with Xrandr, but it doesn't seem to want to ...
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Restore bottom panel/gnome classic [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Reset Unity and Gnome to default values
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and deleted my "bottom panel" so i could run glx-dock. I ended up not liking it and wanted to restore ...
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How do I activate docker?
I'm using Openbox (because the gnome3 GNOME shell and Unity were both making me c-r-a-z-y, not because I don't have hardware) and want to install a dock. I've heard good things about Docker and Docky ...
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How do I Add Cairo Dock with OpenGL to Startup?
Probably a dumb question, I have just started using linux again, since college 5 years ago, and getting back into the swing of things. I would like to add cairo dock to my startup and just cant figure ...
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Adding options (right-click) to icons on Gnome-Shell dock
Unity introduce a new costumization to the icons that consist on a little piece of code for the .desktop of the file, and then, when righ clicking on the icon on the Unity Dock, the options you define ...
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Mac OS X-like application launching for Ubuntu/Linux?
Once an application is first launched in OS X from the dock, it stays open in the background, even after you close all open windows for that application. For example, if I open Google Chrome from the ...
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New windows from the dock in Gnome Shell
I am using Gnome Shell on Ubuntu 11.10, and I frequently use workspaces, as the shell encourages to do. My only complaint is that it is slow to place different windows of the same program in different ...
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“docked”-state on ThinkPad T410 always 0 in 11.10 x86_64 [closed]
cat /sys/devices/platform/dock.0/docked
and
cat /sys/devices/platform/dock.1/docked
ist always 0, whether Thinkpad T410 is connected to "Lenovo Mini Dock Series 3" or not.
I need some way to ...
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Can't add Sublime Text to the Gnome Shell Dock
I've downloaded Sublime Text for Linux (32bit) and put it in /opt, linked it in /usr/bin and currently I can start it by typing sublime_text in console. Whenever I start it its icon appears in the ...
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Some apps shown twice in dock when using Gnome Shell?
I just started using Gnome Shell and so far I love it. However, I added some of my frequently used apps as favourites to the dock, and some of them show up twice when launched. Once as if they are not ...
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moving the launcher “dock”, I am confused [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I move the Unity launcher?
I have spent the last 90 min searching i keep finding things saying it will not be supported other saying it is, some people saying a ...
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How can I return to the theme and logo of ubuntu 11.10 without uninstalling edubuntu 11.10? [closed]
The "Home" icon in the Unity Dock was set to the Edubuntu logo when I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10.
How can I return to the theme and logo of ubuntu without uninstalling the newly installed ...
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Use Docky within Unity
I want to give Unity a try but still need some docklets that are provided by Docky, until Unity gets more flexible.
Is there a way to prevent Docky from managing windows without a launcher. ...
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Dock expose in Gnome Classic? [closed]
Is there any dock that has the Dock exposé feature in Gnome Classic?
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Docky renders weird when I change theme, add docklets, etc [closed]
Im using docky in 11.04. Everytime when I customize (change the theme, add docklets, etc...) the dock, it crashes look like in the picture, but when I log out and log in again, it runs smoothly. How ...
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What's the best lightweight dock for Lubuntu?
I'm looking for a dock supporting not only launchers but also a list of currently running apps that is fairly lightweight and suited for Lubuntu install.
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Problem using any docks (Cairo, AWN, Docky)
I installed Cairo dock in 11.04, but I cannot add any shortcuts to the Cairo bar. Before that I installed AWN and Docky and I had the same problem. Any solution?
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Difficulty w/ .desktop file permissions in dock customization
I am trying to edit the .desktop files for my docked apps such as:
~/.local/share/applications/libreoffice-startcenter.desktop
However, I can't get permission for to edit the file. How do I change ...
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How to automatically switch monitors with my laptop dock
I have a Dell Precision M4300 with a Dell Dock PRO1X running Ubuntu Natty.
When I have the laptop docked the lcd display is off and I use two external monitors however when I undock the laptop it ...
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Only show current workspace applications in Avant Window Navigator
In AWN is it possible to only show applications that are on the current workspace?
I know its possible in Docky, but can't find any config for AWN.
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Different docks on different workspaces, or configure awn to behave differently on different workspaces
I would like to have different settings for the dock behavior for different workspaces, or more likely i would like the dock that i use now , awn (Avant window navigator) to show up in just 3 of the ...
