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I've just upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 and now I only have the top panel (where Activities, clock, etc. sit) on my primary monitor, is there any way to replicate this so I can have it on both like in Unity?

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Check out the Gnome Shell Extension Multi Monitors Add-On.

Just to mention it: A previous version of this post referenced to the Multiple Monitor Panels Extension, which isn't working properly in 18.04.

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  • I installed this extension and it didn't automatically do what I was expecting. Is there some way to configure it? The readme on the github page was spare on details.
    – Nick
    Nov 7, 2018 at 12:49
  • The Add-On comes with a few settings => pasteboard.co/HM520GHh.png. You can access the configuration at extensions.gnome.org/local
    – seasick
    Nov 7, 2018 at 15:29
  • for me it caused an error, making two panels on one screen
    – Yuval Harpaz
    Feb 5, 2020 at 9:55
  • In Ubuntu 20.04, the bar does get displayed on all monitors, but not its contents (e.g. the clock)
    – lefterav
    Nov 27, 2020 at 21:45
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In Ubuntu 18.04 there is an inbuilt setting for replicating Doc (EDIT: this answer dosen't answer the asked questions but would like to help people in replicating doc for multiple monitors so just kept it here):

Open Settings >> Dock >> Show on: All Displays

Done :)

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    That's the dock, not the top panel.
    – Miles Hayler
    Jul 9, 2019 at 22:50
  • oh I got confused by the doc setting
    – Ashish Awasthi
    Jul 11, 2019 at 7:17
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In Ubuntu 18.04, go to "Settings", "Devices", "Screen Display". Click on "Primary Display". Choose the display you want the top panel to appear. After doing this, you may need to re-adjust where the dock is positioned using "Settings", "Dock".

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i had the same problem and solution for me was:

  1. open : open setings>>Apperance and in option Show on: first change all displays it shows top bar and activities bar on all monitors and then switch to Built-in display(Primary Display) that switch all on built-in display.
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    I'm having trouble following this answer. Could you please clarify it? For example, you could put the menu items in bold text so it is clearer exactly what we need to click. A screenshot might also help!
    – Zanna ♦
    Nov 28, 2020 at 7:06

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