Questions tagged [panel]

Questions related to desktop environment panel(s), including appearance and customization. This could refer to the Panel in Unity, GNOME and other desktop environments. The Panel has icons for clock, sound volume, networking, etc.

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Launch Ubuntu Budgie Desktop Settings from Command Line-Cannot Open Start Menu

I installed Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 recently and made the mistake of removing the start/search menu icon from the panel. Now I cannot open the start/search menu at all and so cannot open Budgie desktop ...
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How do I move the date and time to the far right of the bottom panel in Ubuntu 18.04?

I've looked for Gnome extensions to no avail. I'm using Dash to Dock to make icons maximize and minimize whenever I click them (like in Windows), but this extension doesn't support moving the clock. ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Top Panel only on one monitor

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 ...
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Lubuntu: How to change panel applet icon?

So I'm kinda new to Linux, just installed Lubuntu and love it. I have this "minimize all windows" button in my panel (next to bluetooth, battery, wi-fi etc...) but it's kinda ugly and I'd like to ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 no Launcher or Panel [duplicate]

It's now 2 days when I boot on my laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 the desktop has no Launcher or Panel. Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't work. I have to right-click for the terminal to appear which is also useless can'...
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Ghosting on Panel

I'm not sure is it called ghosting but the menu options from closed programs still exist as a shade on the top bar. An image describes it better. This is how it looks: As you can see I'm not hovering ...
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Add Airplane mode to System menu

How to add the airplane mode to system menu? quick shortcuts.
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How can I display time according to ISO 8601 in ubuntu 17.10? [duplicate]

The date in the middle of the Panel shows "sön 14:20" I want it to be shown as 2018-03-11 14:20 (ISO 8601) The date of files in the terminal are also written in a weird format "aug 29 2017", I want ...
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Too many Show Desktop extension icons under GNOME Panel

I used the GNOME extension at Gnome shell "show desktop" shortcut and now see too many desktop buttons. I think I might have tried to install it multiple times, apparently/maybe due to "...
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How to disable the dynamic transparency effect of the dock while maximizing a window?

How to disable this effect? Check the panel and dock's transparency on Ubuntu 17.10. Difference between the panel's transparency before and after maximizing any windows: Before maximizing a window (...
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Game distorted my panel

After installing a game, it messed up my panel. On the far left used to be an icon for shutdown etc, then the date, and my battery icon. Can it be repaired?
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How to restore my desktop? [duplicate]

I lost my desktop. I see some files that I left on the desktop but I don't see any of the menus. How could I restore the menus? I am using Ubuntu 16.04.
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What is this icon on top right of screen?

How can I identify what the icons on the top bar (right hand side) are? I'm specifically interested in the leftmost icon.
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Panel and Launcher are missing in 16.04 [duplicate]

Previously suggested answers here have not restored the menu bar and launcher. I've run many updates, enabled the Unity plugin, and scoured Google for commands to restore these items, but with no ...
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Empty icon space in top panel

After some time an empty space appeared at my top panel If I click on it, I see empty dropdown list, do you have any ideas of how can I get rid of it? I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
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Panel on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - some very newb questions regarding customising or turning off [duplicate]

The Panel on the top of the screen is giving me a running commentary on any tab I have active in my web browser. Is there a way to make it stop giving a running commentary on whichever browser tab I ...
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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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Window behind Desktop Panel

I've encountered a simple problem - some windows appear behind the panel. I did my little Research and still ain't able to have an solution. GNU Image Manipulation window behind panel: Can anyone ...
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How to hide Xfce4-panel in full screen mode?

I am playing a youtube video in Chrome and switched to full screen and it works fine but when I press the volume button on my keyboard to adjust the volume, I see that xfce4-panel appearing all of ...
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Make Ubuntu 17.10 gnome panel by "dash to panel" transparent forever [duplicate]

I want to make Ubuntu panel (made by "dash to panel" extension) transparent forever, Now it's transparent when desktop is active and solid when any kind of window is active, like on this picture(panel ...
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Vala Panel AppMenu menus are too close together

I installed Vala Panel AppMenu in Xfce, but in the global menubar, menus are too close together. How can I fix this? I use the vertex-maia-light theme.
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How can I get a panel allways centered in xfce4?

I installed xfce4 on two completely fresh Ubuntu-Server installs within virtual machines on VMware Workstation Player. sudo apt install xfce4 open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop The first time I ...
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In Gnome Classic, how to add icons to panel?

In question In 14.04 Gnome Classic, how to add icons to panel? the top answer tells me to use Alt+⊞ Windows+Right Click. I have an IBM keyboard from 1984 without a ⊞ Windows key. How do I add an icon ...
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How do I adjust the size of the background panel for the date-time button drop-down action?

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 and having a problem with the panel and widgets displayed when I click on the date-time button. As expected the panel drops down when the button is clicked. What's not ...
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Icons only in Kubuntu panel

My wife told me her Panel was wonky this evening. Turns out her System Tray was pushed to the left, next to the Application Launcher. I was finally able to move it back to the right, but now the ...
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How do I disable a bottom panel with the list of open windows on GNOME 3?

How do I disable "Workspace dock" (a bottom panel with the list of open windows and a workspace indicator-cum-switcher), the one that is over "Plank" in the screenshot below? I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
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GNOME 17.10 Panel is transparent if app is not full screen

It seems that in GNOME 17.10 they've changed the operation of the Panel. (I'm using Xorg, not Wayland). If I view the desktop, the top panel is transparent. If I view an application or Nautilus ...
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How do I make Panel always transparent like the Dock in GNOME 3?

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10. I want the Panel to be always transparent instead of dynamic transparency.
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How do I disable Dock and Panel transparency?

See the image below. The transparency is a bit much, and makes it difficult to see the Panel icons. How do I disable it? I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
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How to merge Mutiny MATE into the top Title Bar (Like Unity 7 used to save screen space)

I have a question about Ubuntu MATE using the Mutiny Appearance configuration. When I maximize my terminal or LibreOffice, it still leaves the title bar. not merged into the TOP PANEL. How can I ...
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Navigation with keyboard on the Panel notification area in Ubuntu 17.10

I can't navigate with keys (like in Unity) in the right Panel notification area in Ubuntu 17.10. I can do it with arrow keys in the message tray and in calendar, but not in the menu with volume and ...
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How do I replace "Activities" with an application menu in Ubuntu GNOME?

Installed tweak tool but I cant find the extension to get rid of activities replace it with the old style application list. Is their an article here that would direct me? I really do not like the ...
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How to integrate the panel with GNOME Themes in Ubuntu 17.10

I'm loving the look and feel in GNOME from Ubuntu 17.10, but at the moment of installing GNOME Tweaks and installing a theme (in my case Arc Theme) some things still have the Adwaita colors, with the ...
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Can't adjust the size of the system tray display area in Kubuntu 16.04(Plasma 5.9.5)

I have wanted to adjust the size of the following area(I don't know what you people call it) ever since I started customizing Plasma 5(since a week, to be frank). I have managed to make it something ...
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How to move the Panel to the bottom on Ubuntu 17.10? [duplicate]

The title says it all, how do I move the Panel on Ubuntu 17.10 to the bottom?
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How do I remove app icons from the top bar in 17.10?

Moving from Unity to GNOME with no experience. So, how do I remove those apps icons (Steam, VLC etc.) from the top bar? Here are the icons that I'm talking about:
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Ubuntu 17.10 windows' menu in panel

I installed the latest version of Ubuntu (17.10) , but the problem is, I can't find the menu bars of applications in the GNOME panel. For instance, the Chrome menu bar doesn't appear on the panel like ...
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GNOME has grey bar on top and bottom after upgrade from 17.04 to 17.10, how do I fix it to how it's supposed to look?

This is how my desktop looks after the update, the top bar turning grey and the addition of the bottom bar happened after the update. From my searching of screenshots this does not appear to be how ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 small tray icons

In Ubuntu 17.10 right tray icons (e.g. Telegram,Skype etc.) are very small, and gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus does not work in 17.10. How can I fix it?
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Ubuntu 16.04 hide top panel/bar [duplicate]

How to remove/hide the entire top panel? I searched for it but could not find a solution. This thing is really driving my nuts. I could not even imagine that it would be so difficult. Answers from ...
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Remove one specific app indicator from top panel bar

I installed once a notification app that I don't really use. Problem is I don't even know what it's called or how to remove it. It's the mail box icon on the left in the picture. Can anybody ...
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Can I minimize application windows to a taskbar in GNOME 3?

Is there a way to drop windows down into a taskbar in GNOME, then later restore them by clicking on the entry in the bar? The Windows operating system, as well as some desktop environments in Ubuntu, ...
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How do I move clock to the right end of GNOME 3 Panel from the middle?

How do I move the clock to the right of the panel in Ubuntu GNOME? In other words, I want the clock to be in the same place as in Ubuntu Unity 16.04.
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Ubuntu 16.04 Unity solid black panel instead of being transparent

Im having really weird issue going on with unity desktop. As you can see on screenshot my main monitor(on left) is having panel solid black and my secondary monitor(on right) is having properly ...
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How to remove unattached panel in Kubuntu?

My desktop is showing up this unattached panel. I've tried to remove it without any success. I'm running Kubuntu 17.04 with Plasma 5.9. How can I get rid of this panel?
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XFCE Panel Clock Disappears

Like it says in the title. Fresh XFCE install over Ubuntu. Whenever I try to change the clock format through Right-Click>Panel>Preferences, the clock disappears as soon as I close the window. I have ...
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Panel keeps showing what it was showing during Logon/Unlock on Ubuntu 16.04

I tried to remove the shadow from the launcher using this answer as a guide. After doing so, I logged out to check whether or not I've succeeded (this was not the case, sadly). However, I noticed a ...
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How to Show Username on Top Panel Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

How can I show my name account on top panel on Ubuntu 16.04? I tried via terminal but I can't get my name on top panel. thank you for the good answer
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Change Time & Data formatting in menu bar and Add another time to another location

How could I change the format of the time and date in the Panel? I don't mean change it from time and date Settings, but to my own format, like: [day name , day- month name , month number -year / h(...
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User's name in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Panel

I am new to MATE, and I've noticed some differences from Ubuntu 14.04/GNOME. For example, the Panel. I want to see what I am logged in as. There is no name in the top right corner any more, and in ...
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