Questions tagged [gnome-panel]
GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME
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On Unity: What can replace Gnome 2 system monitoring in the top Panel?
I'm used to having System monitoring in the top Gnome Panel: CPU, Temperature, Net, Fan-Speed. (see screenshot below)
In Unity, the Top Panel is locked for window name and global menu, so I can't add ...
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How do I remove an icon from the top panel in GNOME Fallback mode?
When I right click the Filezilla icon, the only options are "launch" and "properties". How do I remove it from the top panel?
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How to customize the gnome classic panel
First the picture:
As you can see in the image, the colors used for the icons and the words Applications and Places (In spanish in this case) have a different background dark gray color than the rest ...
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Where is the location of application shortcuts in Gnome?
For shortcuts in the Applications drop-down Menu and on the title bar of the Gnome Desktop, where is the path to their directories?
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Panel settings not appearing on right-click in gnome
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04. I switched to Gnome classic from unity as I'm more comfortable with the former. However, I couldn't find where the panel setting are. Usually a drop down menu appears on ...
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How to remove GNOME Shell from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to install other desktop environment from scratch?
I have just installed the final version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS desktop system from ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso.
After two days of testing I completely do not like its graphical interface - the GNOME ...
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How do I use the GNOME Panel in Unity?
I really need to use the GNOME Applets, is there a way to do it?
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Can I use GNOME applets in Unity?
Applets are small programs that you attach and start from the GNOME's toolbar. See picture:
http://www.futuredesktop.com/audio-recorder/recorder-applet.ogv
My favourite applets are:
rec-applet: ...
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Resetting gnome panel
How does one reset the gnome panel to the initial state?
During use, gnome panel applets move and get replaced with the ones users like. After some time the panel becomes so cluttered that it ...
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How to add panel applets to classic gnome panel?
Because of Unity's inability to use any Gnome panel applets, I changed back to the classic gnome panel.
However, even in the classic interface, I'm finding I can't right-click the Gnome panel to ...
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gnome-desktop-item-edit: command not found on Ubuntu 19.10 and later even with the 'gnome-panel' package installed
I installed Ubuntu 19.10 and have issues trying to create a desktop icon with gnome-desktop-item-edit.
$ sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
sudo: gnome-desktop-item-edit: command ...
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How to get rid of the bottom panel in gnome 3 classic session
I know questions that sound like this one have been asked before, but none of the "solutions" are working for me. I am using Gnome Classic option.
I could not find any extension that does what I want....
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how to reset gnome panel?
I think my gnome-panel is messed up because I alt+right click it and nothing pops up. I'm on 12.04, classic gnome desktop.
so I used locate and found gnome-panel in .gconf somewhere, how do I clear ...
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How do I reload the clock applet?
It seems I am running this bug. Sometimes my clock applet just stops running, and I have a pop-up window saying 'The clock has quit unexpectedly'. Between 'Reload' and 'Close', I have unfortunately ...
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Remove unwanted shortcut gnome classic
On ubuntu 11.10 using gnome classic I accidently made an error and now I have to deal with a redirect button to the gnome tweak tool in the top bar of the gnome interface, right next to the locations ...
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Has GNOME2 been forked?
I'm a GNOME2 fan, and I was wondering if the GNOME2 stack had been successfully forked (Mainly just the top and bottom panel) so we can use it in 11.10 when GNOME2 classic is replaced by Unity 2D. I ...
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Display on second monitor misbehaves in portrait mode with Nvidia GTX GPU on Ubuntu 20.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 today I found that my monitor configuration is not working properly any more. I have a 4k primary display in landscape and a 1080p secondary display in portrait (right) ...
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Visual corruption affecting several panel applets
This happens occasionally, and I never know how to fix it without deleting the panel and adding a new one. Any help would be appreciated.
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Temperature indicator for gnome panel
Is there an indicator (a.k.a applet, launcher) that I can embed to my gnome panel which shows my cpu, gpu, hdd etc. temperatures?
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Is that possible to add icons to the login screen top-panel?
Is that possible to add icons(other than defaults) to the login screen top-panel?
If yes then which applications icons will be added to the login screen top panel other than the defaults(onboard,...
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gnome-panel has multiple rows -- how to undo that?
On Ubuntu 12.04 I use openbox with a single "gnome-panel" started. But after trying to configure my two screen in Xinerama mode I got additional rows of panels each time X restarted.
And despite I ...
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Add a custom text to GNOME panel
I want to add some text to the GNOME panel in GNOME Classic.
I got a suggestion from this blog but it dates back to 2008 and doesn't seem applicable now.
In Ubuntu 12.10 and GNOME classic, the ...
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How to properly configure xstartup file for TightVNC with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS GNOME environment
I'm trying to configure Gnome-Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
I'm able to view the desktop with Real VNC Viewer, Apple VNC Screen Share and other VNC viewers,
I can run my applications, the desktop ...
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Can't add to panel nor delete panel
I cannot add any applet to any (top or bottom) panel, cannot delete any panel nor create a new panel. When I right-click on the panel the only options available are: Properties, Help or About panels.
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How to hide bottom panel in GNOME?
I want to hide bottom panel so that I would be able to show it again when I want. In the properties menu of the panel there is an option for Autohide but not hide totally.
The reason I need it, is ...
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Sound applet has dissappeared
I recently removed and reinstalled pulseaudio and now I can't get my sound applet back on my panel.
Any ideas how to get it back?
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Where is the Tomboy panel applet?
I just installed Natty on my laptop and I noted that my Tomboy applet is missing.
I click over panel and choose Add to panel to try find it but it isn't there.
Are there some way to restore this ...
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Gnome panel and menu bar can't be clicked..!
I am using Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. I installed it using the feature 'Install within Windows'. I got a simple though difficult problem.
The touchpad and external mouse movements are working fine.
I am ...
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Gnome Shell Thunderbird Mail Notification
Does anyone know of a way to get persistent Gnome 3 panel notifications in Gnome 3 in Oneiric? It's one of the few things holding me back from using Gnome 3 regularly.
I've actually found a way of ...
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How can I edit the gnome-panel "Places" menu?
How can I edit the gnome-panel "Places" menu? (I have the same SSH server showing twice and it's annoying.)
Edit: More precisely, how can I remove the servers I added through "Places / Connect to ...
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Is there any way to display time in UTC on the panel?
How can I get two clocks in my Gnome panel with one being in my local time and the other being in UTC?
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Getting network manager on the gnome panel
I've just installed 10.10 from a minimal iso. I've installed gnome-core and the network manager (among a few other things), and I've added the notification area to the panel.
According to the system ...
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How do I enable multi-row layout for the workspace switcher applet in Metacity?
I'm looking for a way to increase number of rows in workspaces layout, using Metacity with no Compiz installed.
i.e. 3 cols and 2 rows. Using gconf-editor I can only change number of workspaces ...
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Panel Background color, Transparency and background image don't work with Ambiance theme
As the title suggests. Selecting a background image, color or using the transparency sitting doesn't work with the Ambiance theme.
Sections of the panel will take the new settings, but many of the ...
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What's the equivalent of "killall gnome-panel" when using Unity?
Sometimes icons don't draw successfully in the GNOME panel and a killall gnome-panel is a good quick fix. Is there an equivalent in Unity?
I'm specifically having issues with the Dropbox icon.
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How to delete Gnome Panel?
I am trying to get rid of my Gnome panels so that I can go to a purely Docky/Gnome-Do environment.
I have got rid of everything, except for a single remaining panel which I cannot delete.
The text "...
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How do I move my top panel?
I'm running Gnome-shell GNOME/openbox, not Unity, on a dual display.
My top and bottom panels are always on my laptop screen. I really want them on the external monitor when that is plugged in. I've ...
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I deleted my launcher panel when I just wanted to delete a launcher. How do I start making a new panel?
I just want to copy and paste the bit of text that describes the panel in my other user account. Which textfile can I paste that into?
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Alt + right click does not work to edit GNOME panel in Unity
The alt + right click combination does not work for editing gnome-panel in the unity interface, but I eventually found that holding alt and clicking both mouse buttons at the same time worked to bring ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 gnome classic problem - multiple top and bottom bars
I'm using ubuntu 12.04, with gnome classic. I was using it with no problem. Then after I logged in once I saw 4 bars at the top of the screen and 4 at the bottom instead of 1. How can I fix it? I ...
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No way to show seconds in Gnome Classic clock
I cannot force clock in Gnome Classic to show seconds.
Tried within dconf-editor, changing all available clock settings:
com > canonical > indicatior > datetime
There I was trying by changing custom-...
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Show Icon instead of text for the gnome menus?
Is it possible to use icons instead of text for the menus in the top pannel (shown above)?
If so, How can we do that?
I've tryed gconf-editor setting the Key:
/desktop/interface/toolbar_style
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Deactivate volume amplification?
I would like to deactivate the amplification feature on my sound volume slider. Using any amplification makes the sound really bad with clipping sounds taking over.
It's really annoying to have to ...
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Windows 'like' Start Menu
Is there any Start Menu (that I can use along with Gnome 3) that looks like traditional Windows Start Menu? If so, It's also possible to see all open applications on the "Taskbar"?
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How to leave only the icon in the Me Menu?
I have a question, is it possible to display only the icon in Me Menu?
It is interesting, since I do not see much utility that contain the name, and let the cleaner look. I realized that only appears ...
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How do I set environment variables in an Emacs session launched from Gnome Panel?
My .bash_env file sets several environment variables, including PATH and EMAIL, but in an Emacs session launched from the Gnome Panel (command: "/usr/bin/emacs23 %F") these variables do not have the ...
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How to setup Awesome WM with GNOME services on arbitrary Ubuntu?
tl;dr Is there a generic guide to set up GNOME background services to work with Awesome WM on any Ubuntu?
The official guide doesn't seem to have been updated since Ubuntu 11.10. Another guide is ...
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Increase launcher and applet spacing on the Gnome Classic panel
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.1 with Gnome Classic. I added some launchers on the top panel, but they are placed too tightly (also take a look at separators, they aren't really separate anything):
Can I ...
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How can I make the Unity 2d Shell dodge GNOME Panel when running both simultaneously?
I'm using GNOME Fallback in 12.04, and I'm running the Unity 2D Shell (WITHOUT THE UNITY 2D PANEL) and GNOME Panel. I've done this by logging in using GNOME Fallback, and then running unity-2d-shell. ...
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