Questions tagged [gnome-panel]
GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME
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After updating my Ubuntu from 18.04 to 20.04 Gnome Terminal is showing Unicode Characters?How to fix that?
Screenshot Of Gnome terminal after updating to 20.04.
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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.
After two days of testing I completely do not like its graphical interface - the GNOME Shell. Even installation of GNOME ...
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Alacarte/Main Menu doesn't hide applications
I'm trying to personalize the menu (the one that you can open with the shortcut Super+A) in my Ubuntu 18.04;
browsing on the internet I found that Alacarte is really suggested by a lot of users for ...
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Create a quick start launcher
I'm new with Linux, I like but I'm learning how to use it.
Today I wanted to create a quick launcher for a hard drive where I have data, no OS installed.
I tried this:
sudo apt install gnome-panel
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Gnome menu crashes or misbehaves while creating or opening folders in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS(fresh install)
I just updated to ubuntu 20.04 lts using bootable usb, the installations and set up everthing went fine but when i tried opening/creating folders it suddenly clears out all apps from the menu screen ...
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Issoe with multiple monitors of which one is portrait
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 today i found that my monitor configuration is not working properly anymore. I have 4k primary display in landscape and a 1080p secondary display in portrait (right) ...
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Distance between icons
Anybody knows how to change distance between icons in top panel ubuntu 18.04? I need to do it smaller
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Ubuntu 19.10 bluetooth does not turn on
In Ubuntu 19.10, bluetooth stopped working. I will try to enable it in the settings, but nothing happens.
gnome settings screenshot
When I try to turn it on using bluetoothctl, nothing comes out of ...
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Where has the panel editor gone
This question is about ubuntu mate (gnome 2). When you wanted to change the layout of a panel you would right click and select the settings for that panel to edit the contents of that panel in the ...
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“Applications” and “places” instead of logos on panel on ubuntu 18.04
How can I get "Applications" and "places" menus instead of logos (application icons) on my panel ?
What I would like :
I'd like something minimal like this,
What I have :
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gnome-desktop-item-edit: command not found on Ubuntu 19.10
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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Hide GNOME top bar in activities
I'm using Hide Top Bar Extension to hide GNOME top bar but it cannot hide it in activities.
Normal desktop:
Activities view:
Also tried Hide Top Panel Extension, the same behavior.
and I couldn't ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: How to customize the font face and size in Dash to panel extension? [duplicate]
How do I change the font and font size in dash to panel?
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Gnome Panel becomes fully transparent when window is not maximised!
In my Ubuntu 18.04 Top Panel becomes fully transparent when any window is not maximized.
When the window is Maximized
When the window is not Maximized
How can I resolve this issue?
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Configuring appindicators
Assuming that the gnome extension "Ubuntu Appindicators" is the one that's putting the indicators in the top right corner, is there any way to configure it? Other, similar extensions allow ...
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Have to click power button in task bar twice to shutdown but doesn't hang
When I want to shutdown my computer, I have to click the power button in the task bar (not physical button on computer) twice until it does. The first time I choose whether I want to power off or ...
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Gnome-panel applet “Indicator Applet Complete” is missing icons
I have a Gnome session definition with XMonad as windows manager where I start the gnome-panel explicitly. The session definition looks like this:
[GNOME Session]
Name=GNOME + XMonad
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Pidgin show panel icon in Ubuntu 18.4 GNOME 3.2
Ubuntu 18.4 GNOME 3.2
When I click on Pidgin messenger icon it runs in background. But is no any indicators to see it connected or not, what is my current status.. Some solution to add icon into panel ...
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How to toggle window visibility with Ubuntu 18.04 dock?
In Windows, when you have a window on the foreground and you click on its taskbar button, it becomes minimized.
Is there a setting which allows same behavior with Ubuntu 18.04 (Gnome environment) ...
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Is there a GNOME extension which can run a specific command and update its output as status in GNOME panel?
To give an example, I run series of commands which would output a number. I must show this on the GNOME panel. Font, color, size etc doesn't matter. I just need a small display on the panel.
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Ubuntu 17.10 Gnome-Panel- how can notifications be turned off? [duplicate]
Before I installed gnome-panel on Ubuntu 17.10, I had turned off all the notifications in system settings. The notifications were no longer showing.
Then, I installed gnome-panel and made sure the ...
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How to change ubuntu gnome Logo in details panel
I have been customizing my Ubuntu gnome from last couple of weeks now but I can't find where is this logo located I want to replace it with my own please help?
I have searched from files but no ...
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failed to add spyder 3 to dash (gnome-panel)
i installed spyder3 and tried to add its launcher to the gnome panel. i could not get this to work... i tried several things:
i launched spyder3 and clicked on its icon in the panel hoping for an '...
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Access nautilus settings in Gnome Fallback/Flashback
I'm running Xenial, and file/folder settings are only accessible via the unity toolbar.
However, I run gnome panel and so I can't access these preferences. Is there a way I can either get my menu ...
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close window icon in vanilla gnome
I switched to vanilla gnome shell using sudo apt install gnome-session. Then installed Pixel saver gnome shell extension. Now I have orange close button in maximized window mode that's stuck from the ...
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Bug in window list in gnome-session-flashback
When I right click on a window in the bottom gnome panel, the menu that pops up cover gnome panel. How can I change that in order to have the pop- up menu shows and covers the gnome-panel itself. It ...
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Drawers app on Ubuntu 17.10
I used to use Ian Berke's Drawers app before Ubuntu 17.10.
Is there a solution to have this feature in Ubuntu 17.10?
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How do I disable the text/icon shade on the GNOME top panel?
When I maximize an application and unmaximize it with a custom GNOME theme, some of the shading in the GNOME top panel is inconsistent.
But when I mouse over them they fix themselves.
(Here are the ...
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remove links from gnome pannel - ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
how to remove icon links from gnome panel?
Please see attached screenshot
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Can I run gnome-panel in Ubuntu 17.10?
I had Ubuntu 16.04 but was stupid enough to upgrade to 17.04 and then 17.10.
In 16.04 I used Unity together with gnome panels. Not gnome shell but gnome panels. After the upgrade Ubuntu had switched ...
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gnome panel became ugly [duplicate]
yesterday I did a fresh install with ubuntu 17.10.
Then I did some playing around with themes and extensions. Then I did a reboot and after the reboot the gnome-bar became very ugly.
It should ...
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Remove Second Panel When Using Dash to Panel in 17.10
I have installed Dash to Panel in Ubuntu 17.10 as a GNOME extension. However, when I turn it on via the GNOME tweak tool extensions panel it appears but it is underneath my existing panel. Because ...
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gnome 3 application menu silent on mouse click!
i have installed gnome 3 DE on my desktop over my ubuntu 16LTS that came with Unity. everything was fine suddenly when i realised that the application menu isnt respponding to mouse clicks, whereas ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 - panel icon refresh command?
I have two "homemade" indicators which change their icon on the top panel using pkill command and then restarting a python script, but unlike Unity top panel and also unlike "professional" indicators, ...
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How to change shutdown/Suspend/ off the main panel in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
I want to log off and then shut-down my computer and those buttons are deprecated for me, I would like to change that Power button for log-out instead and the menu items too.
How can I achieve this ?,...
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How can I move the window options menu to the top bar in gnome?
Currently, the window menu is displayed inside each window like in Microsoft Windows:
What I want to do is to move that menu ("File", "Edit", et.c.) to the top bar like in unity and macOS:
How can I ...
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16.04 Flashback Metacity: ALL upper-right applets now missing
I'm on 16.04. 3 Monitors. NVidia card. Station has been upgraded from 14.04. I'm using the Flashback metacity theme.
There are a lot of people experiencing this issue in these forums [ which I've ...
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Why is the window description coming like this when I press Super key?
The window title should appear beneath the window, not on the top. How do I fix this ?
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How to make the search panel non-transparent in 16.04?
In unity-control-center and unity-tweak-tool I did not find this option. MyUnity is not avaliable anymore.
If there is a way to get rid of all panel/window (semi)transparencies in Ubuntu, it would be ...
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Change Gnome panel icons to oversized faded style?
How do I change the icons that show in the panel for apps? I've tried different themes, but perhaps I'm just missing a specific one?
I installed Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 and my icons on the panel look ...
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Change GNOME Flashback panels configuration for new users
I'm going to make unattended installation of Ubuntu 14.04 (with GNOME Flashback session - migration from 12.04), on about 100 machines. Because I have to personalize their out-of-the-box experience, I ...
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xubuntu not showing minimize, maximize and close buttons
After latest update application window doesn't display minimize, maximize and close button
But it show minimize, maximize and close button when application is not maximized
I have installed gnome-...
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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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gnome-panel context menu missing
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome-Flashback (Compiz).
I believe that I messed up gnome-panel when replacing Rhythmbox with Clementine.
Now I cannot get context menu to add/remove/move launchers from ...
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Per Application Menu Bar (like Unity) in Gnome
I know Unity is based on Gnome and has the application-specific menu bar at the top (which can be set in the settings). I am running Ubuntu Gnome and was wondering if it was possible to get that in ...
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How can I have taskbar at the bottom of the screen in Ubuntu 15?
I just installed Ubuntu 15 GNOME, and the taskbar is missing!
How can I place the taskbar at the bottom of my screen? Where is it?
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Put icon on desktop
How do you add a program icon to the desktop in version 14.04? I thought you could search for the program in the Dash, then drag the icon to the desktop, but I can't get it to work. I can add it to ...
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How to remove the bottom panel of Gnome Classic in Unity?
I switched to Unity environment and there is a bottom panel of Gnome Classic that is not natural of the proper Unity. How to remove it?
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old classic gnome on ubuntu 15.10
I'm coming back to linux. When I was using it before it was old good looking familiar gnome time. I'm trying to get this great useful look back on my new system - ubuntu 15.10. I'm installed classic ...
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How to add a new drop down menu in top panel in Ubuntu 15.10
I googled but couldn't find anything.
Specifically I would like to add a new drop down menu with shell scripts as menu items.
If adding a new drop down menu is not possible, how to add shell ...
