For last couple of days, I was exploring and learning about conky. While capturing its screen-shots, I got stuck with a repetitive task of cropping out unity launcher from the screen-shots. Suddenly, I asked myself — is there a way through which the unity launcher can be made hidden by default (i.e., it appears only when needed)? I googled around and found that it can be easily done through an option system settings. So, today, I’ll not be discussing a particular application but a useful how-to that will definitely be very helpful to other Ubuntu users.
Snapshot Of My Ubuntu Desktop With Unity Launcher
NOTE — All the instructions presented in this article are tested on Ubuntu 13.04
Steps To Hide Unity Launcher In Ubuntu 13.04
Here are the steps :
Step-1
Go to the main menu and click the System Settings option.
Step-2
Inside system settings, click the Appearance option.
Step-3
Now, go to the tab titled ‘Behavior’.
Step-4
Turn the radio button on the top right side from OFF to ON.
Step-5
After previous step, the unity launcher gets hidden by default. It only appears when mouse hits the left end of the screen. To adjust the sensitivity of launcher appearance, slide the bar (shown below) as per your requirement.
Here is a snap-shot of my desktop when I completed all the 5 steps (listed above).
Snapshot Of My Ubuntu Desktop With Unity Launcher
Important
I also thought to reposition the unity launcher at the bottom of the desktop (like you have it in Apple’s Mac), but read that it is not possible to reposition the launcher in Ubuntu from 12.04 onwards. Just like many other users, I was also a bit disappointed. Anyway, if you want to read more on this, you can read this detailed discussion on Ubuntu Forums.
Share with us if you have known any unofficial way (an app or a plugin??) to reposition the unity launcher in Ubuntu 13.04.
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