Questions tagged [gnome-panel]
GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME
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How do I pin a manually installed executable to the Gnome3 panel
I installed a binary application 'Komodo Edit 6' on my ubuntu 11.10 laptop. I'm using the gnome 3 desktop environment and was wondering how I can pin the application to my favorites list in the panel....
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Does Ubuntu 20.04 have an app for multiple timers that allows configuring preset durations?
Does Ubuntu 20.04 have an app for multiple timers that allows configuring preset durations?
In 18.04 I used one that looked like this:
It crashed once in a while, but it mostly worked. Now it appears ...
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Duplicate dash on gnome panel
I installed ubuntu 20.04 2 days ago, but yesterday I started having this weird bug where I get a duplicate dash.
It started happening more frequently. Usually when I log out and log back in it comes ...
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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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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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How do I get Mint Menu in my Gnome Flashback panel in Ubuntu 14.04?
I tried installing the Mint Menu package following these instructions. However, when I get to the step of actually installing, I get these errors:
$ sudo apt-get install mintmenu
Reading package ...
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Different pinned apps for each GNOME workspace?
How do I have a unique set of pinned application for each GNOME workspace?
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Selector matrix only shows 6 workspaces on panel
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 with the workspace matrix switcher.
It will show 6 workspaces on the bottom-panel of my screen, but if I add more workspaces then it won't show any, it just shows a count of the ...
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Gnome display date in vertical panel
I have installed Dash to panel to my Gnome desktop and can't find a way to display the date with the time because it's a vertical panel.
I have positionned my dash panel to the right:
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Keep Gnome system menu open always
Is there a way I can keep open the top right corner "System Menu" options?
Example: In the picture below I opened Power-off/Logout menu, can it be remained open always so that I can save a ...
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How to use AppEditor to add app to app drawer?
Ubuntu 20.04 on Hyper-V VM
I have installed AppEditor as I am trying to add a file as an app but I can't get it to work. I have directed it to the file I want to add as an app but it won't launch ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Classic workspace switcher for Ubuntu-gnome 14.04.2 LTS, want row of 12 workspaces
With too much baggage on my Ubuntu 12.04, I did a format and new install of Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.2 LTS, an official Ubuntu distro using the Gnome desktop.
The Nvidia drivers for the GPU seem to work ...
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How to make xprop -set manual changes permanent
I am trying to permanently reserve space for my top edge panel in the middle of a dual display screen, where the two monitors are above and under each other, like this (the smaller lower one has the ...
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Indicator Applet keyboard shortcut
I am using gnome classic on Ubuntu 12.04 and want to use a keyboard shortcut for accessing the Indicator Applet stuff in the upper right (mail, wifi, sound, time, users, etc.).
I read through a ...
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help gnome-panel
When i install Ubuntu 13.10 updating, i did not get upper bar
i have this problem with gnome-panel.
(gnome-panel:6959): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accelerator_parse_with_keycode: assertion 'accelerator != ...
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Gnome 3 panel shrinking application indicators
today I added a couple of indicators to my gnome-shell panel, like Skype, weather and some sensors. The problem that I'm facing is that indicators that take a considerable amount of space, like the ...
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gnome-panel icons duplicated across multiple monitors
I ask this question, because search on AskUbuntu is not helped for me.
I have an issue:
My panel icons is duplicated. I have one notebook monitor. These steps I did:
Reset settings in dconf: dconf ...
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wifi and the gwibber icons disappeared from the indicator applet
They have disappeared from the indicator applet in the gnome-panel without asking me anything nor notifying. How can I bring them back in 11.04? I have rebooted and the situation persists.
The ...
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12.04 Gnome Classic Launcher Icons on Gnome panel, size and spacing
I've been searching the forums and google for a while and nothing seems to work. I have a top and bottom panel in ubuntu 12.04 gnome classic using the default ambiance theme.
My top panel has all my ...
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How can I change the shutdown launcher to suspend instead?
The shutdown option from the gnome-menu or a starter in the panel, that shows the active shutdown-options like Shutdown, Restart, Suspend, ..., has a default timer to shutdown after 60 seconds if no ...
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How can Dash to Panel be installed on Ubuntu 22.04.3?
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/
I've installed gnome extensions or shell.
I've downloaded the Dash to Panel zip file. This file is downloaded dash-to-paneljderose9.github....
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Ubuntu 20.04 may have common issue of gnome-panel and album art that causes laptop to freeze
I hope this isn't my being a numpty, but if I am ... :-)
My laptop for the past maybe year regularly freezes - this can happen several times in a day, or it can last days without freezing.
I replaced ...
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Gnome Shell Extension disables highlight?
Zack here. I have installed a gnome extension: Panel Date Format. I put in my settings and all that, and next thing I know, my clock no longer highlights when I hover over it. It's not anything ...
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App TrayIcon not showing on EI GNOME Top Panel
My application when ran doesn't shows its trayicon on the Gnome Panel but runs successfully. This happens inconsistently. What would be the reason for this?
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Top Panel in 20.04 Shrunk After Aug-22-2020 Updates
Running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS since April, now at 20.04.1 Behavior just started after updates on 22-Aug-2020. Top Panel is shrunk to about 50% of normal height with contents shrunk proportionately making ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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No time on gnome panel after messing up with system languages (14.04)
I had a few languages installed on my machine. I recently wanted to delete all of them and keep only English. Evidently something went bad in the process, because after deleting them, the applet ...
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I upgraded ubunta 14.04 the video is very slow I installed gnome panel
When logging in it did not give me an option to choose anything. Someone please help me. I'm so new at this so make it simple.
I have an Intel integrated gen 2 video
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How to add rows (so to have multi rows) bottom panel in gnome-session-flashback in ubuntu 14.04 32bit?
I'm experiencing Ubuntu 14.04LTS 32bit with gnome-session-flashback very, very useful for me! Just I need to double rows in bottom panel 'cause I use a lot of opened windows/apps but I really I don't ...
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gnome-control-panel (System Settings) window width will not resize less than 800px
In my quest of customizing the Ubuntu interface, I have stumbled upon a feature which seems almost impossible to change. The gnome-control-center (System Settings) window is UNRESIZABLE. If I rigt-...
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Gnome task bar - No menus visible
Gnome doesn't display any of the icons on the top right hand side of the taskbar i.e. the messaging, network,system tools etc. Please help me with that. There's an image link.
Gnome:
Unity:
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Openbox overhead is similar to that with gnome-panel
I just installed openbox via sudo apt-get install openbox. It already has obconf, btw.
I noticed that when I logged into my openbox session instead of the one I usually use (gnome-panel and NOT ...
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How to reload Variety wallpaper changer?
I have installed Variety desktop wallpaper changer. Its a good app. But sometimes when I start Ubuntu and login to my account it fails to load. I try to manually start the app by clicking on variety ...
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Where do I find a site that provides indicator applets like weather indicator?
I am looking for a site that I can find applets for gnome-panel just like gnome-shell has this extension.gnome.org
Any idea?
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Problem with minimized window to bottom gnome panel
It's difficult to explain, because English is not my native language, but here you have a few screenshots.
Didn't work for me
Why It becomes white and how to change it?
I'm using :
Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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