Questions tagged [pantheon]
Questions relating to Pantheon, elementary OS's desktop shell.
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Securely Wipe/Shred Files in Pantheon via Right Click menu
Is there a way to add shred to ElementaryOS content menu? So instead of typing shred -f -v -z -u file.zip I can just right click the file and delete it.
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Pantheon Mail - Personal Folder
Is it possible to create personal folders in the default mail tool on Pantheon-mail?
Is it possible to create a file (like .pst) to archive the messages and restore it if necessary?
Alexandre
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Hide “Recent” bookmark
I'm a new user of this beautiful OS and was wondering if it is possible to hide the Recent bookmark, I've been searching on Google but could only find how to disable it which I already knew. Any ...
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Chrome Remote Desktop not working with elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki
I am using elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki.
The about page says:
Built on "Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
Kernel version: 4.4.0-75-generic
GTK version: 3.18.9
I've installed Chrome Remote Desktop. The file ~/.chrome-...
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What is “key-press-modifiers”
In dconf-editor > org > onboard > keyboard, there is teh key-press-modifiers option, set by default to {'button3':'SHIFT'}. I believe this sometimes interferes with some vim commands. What is button3 ...
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Where is the pantheon GitHub repository?
I am interested in following the development of Pantheon. I assumed there was a GitHub repo but couldn't seem to find it. Can anyone help?
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Pantheon doesn't load [duplicate]
Well my problem is that, lately it happens a lot. When i turn on, nothing appears(wingpanel,dock) but only my wallpaper. It's tiring to restart all the time the pc, and sometimes it doesn't even ...
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Icons messed up..Please help?
Yesterday I was tweaking with my themes and icon packs. I removed some default themes and icons ( like hicolor , loginicons etc. ) . Now many icons are missing ( Network Manager icon as well ) . How ...
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Pantheon greeter configuration failed
Here is my /etc/lightdm/pantheon-greeter.conf:
[greeter]
xft-dpi=200
onscreen-keyboard=true
keyboard=onboard
indicators=~language;~a11y;~power
No language or a11y indicators, no HiDPI or onboard ...
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Use only Gnome on Elementary OS
So I want to use only vanilla gnome with Elementary OS as I am more at ease working with that.
However,(I am using Freya) I cannot seem to find a solution for implementing this.
How should I replace ...
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Pantheon not responding permanently just can move the mouse
Pantheon not responding to mouse clicks, hover or anything
Pantheon not responding permanently just can move the mouse
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pantheon desktop takes a long time to load [duplicate]
my pantheon desktop takes a long time to load, what's something that wasn't present before. The login screen appears immediately, but after I enter the password and the desktop is loading, it takes ...
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Is it possible to drag windows not from their title like holding ALT in Unity?
I have Pantheon installed on Ubuntu if it matters..
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How to reduce “Files” 0.3.2 window size?
Before updating the size of the file manager windows might be smaller.
The problem is more visible on the other skins, e.g. Arc Theme.
It is a way to remove this restriction?
Screenshot presents the ...
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Pantheon Terminal Will not work after uninstalling zsh
Just got a fresh copy of elementary after I messed it up.
Then again, I just installed zsh and I was configuring it, messed up the configuration. After that Oh well, lets remove and reinstall it. As ...
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How do I change the wallpaper through the command line?
Is there any DConf/Gsettings etc. interface for changing the wallpaper through the command line?
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Loki - Hot corner close window
In Loki, How do I set a 'Hot Corner' for closing the current window? I've solved this myself and wanted to post the answer so others will hopefully find this. Also a better method is always welcome.
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Can I prevent pantheon-terminal from opening links unless ctrl is pressed?
Currently, a single click on a link will open it in your browser. Sometimes I have many links on the terminal and would prefer to have to press ctrl+click to open a link.
Doesn't look like it's ...
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How to auto-hide wingpanel when window is maximized? [duplicate]
How do I make the wingpanel dodge maximized windows? So when I maximize a window, the wingpanel should hide itself.
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How to choose the default directory Pantheon-files starts in
Pantheon is playing games with me.
For a while, it has been starting at the Downloads Directory, which is what I want. I have opened a new directory, and I think closed it while in it.
So now it ...
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How do I change desktop + login background using terminal WITHOUT root permissions?
So I'm writing a bash script that pulls a background picture from the web and sets it as the desktop wallpaper. I've managed to change the desktop background which is fairly easy by just running
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How can I change label color for any entry in Files, using scripts?
Pantheon-Files has a feature of assigning color to file/directory names displayed. I want to make a script in Bash/Python to do the same automatically.
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Don't show minimized windows in overview
Is it possible to hide minimized windows from overview or multitasking view in Loki? I have a lot of web apps and messengers in minimized state, and they make it hard to find the window I need right ...
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Modify titlebar buttons
I am running Elementary OS Loki and I love it! I have downloaded tweaks and have changed my icons to the numix ones. However, I would like to change the buttons to look more like the ones on Mac OS ...
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Top menu bar is disapearing
I've a strange issue. After restarting my laptop, top menu bar is blinking and disappearing. I'm getting the below error If I run the command wingpanel --toggle-indicator app-launcher:
[15:24:33....
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Dconf Editor problem - no changes
As you can see in the picture below, I'm using Ubuntu with the Pantheon theme (from the Elementary OS). I can't seem to find an answer for my problem: I want to change the buttons (close, maximize and ...
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add directory pantheon files
I 'm new to Elementary OS , I'm adapting to the desktop and to their way of seeing things "I have a few questions . :
One is whether there is any way to put a new folder in the area of personal ...
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Show warning window when closing app?
Background: I run code (Python) using SublimeText (ST). Sometimes I forget I have a script running and close the editor, which obviously kills whatever process is running.
I'd like to somehow prevent ...
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Loki Beta2: laptop suspend issue [closed]
When my close my laptop it goes into suspend mode.
After opening my laptop my screen stays black. I have to shut my laptop down, turn it on again and when I log in then my desktop does not boot. I ...
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Unable to Browse Files on External WD Harddrive [closed]
When I plug in my External WD hard drive, open Pantheon and click on the "My Passport" drive on the left side under devices, instead of seeing the files on the right side pane, I see this (screenshot)
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How to open .apk with Elementary OS?
I need to open some file.apk, When I have used Windows I'd Bluestacks but on Linux doesn't run. How to can I open file.apk on Elementary OS without Wine/Bluestacks? My DE is pantheon.
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GTK theme inspector for Desktop Enviroment elements [duplicate]
Ever used firebug or google chrome inspector? Is there any similar way to inspect elements in the desktop environment to get their "element name" or "class" or "id"?
Actually I've installed the os x ...
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Is it possible set a windows bar?
Is it possible set a simple and light windows bar? ...below the dock or in another site (in taskbar)?
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Is it possible to change the window border color of terminal in freya?
I just want to make the vim a.txt to black and the background color of the title bar and the tab bar to silver.
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Display Scaling Crashes Pantheon, No Way to Fix
Elementary has been running very well on my Dell XPS 13 9343 for months, but today I decided to try to scale up the display a bit because it was a little hard to read text. I entered the following ...
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elementary OS VM on new laptop and AMD video card, how to change video driver
I have a Virtual Box VM of Elementary OS Freya that was moved to a new laptop. The old laptop (Intel Celeron) had integrated Intel Graphics card. New laptop (AMD A8 5550M) has AMD Radeon HD 8550 G ...
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apt-get build-dep command fails for pantheon-mail fails
I'm trying to build pantheon-mail again and having problems installing the build dependencies using this command
$ sudo apt-get build-dep pantheon-mail
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Reactivate the Desktop function [duplicate]
Since the day I installed elementary OS, I miss my classic desktop layout (files on your Desktop, not only blank space) and I'd like to reenable it. Does anyone know how to do that?
This here is ...
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Does Pantheon support windowshades, popup menus?
Does the Pantheon desktop support:
'windowshading' of open windows?
Popup menus?
I haven't been able to determine this from anything online, and would like to find out without doing a full ...
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How to display folder size in file explorer?
Inside pantheon-files folders do not show its size, like files do.
However in properties of the folder size is shown:
Is there a way to display folder size directly in file explorer?
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Problem with installing Pantheon shell on Ubuntu
Apologies beforehand if this is the wrong part of stackexchange to be asking this.
I get an error with installing Pantheon shell on Ubuntu Mini Remix. It says the following after installing Pantheon ...
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Is it possible to get rid of the title bar for not only Firefox but all applications?
For example:
DeaDBeeF music player
From this:
To this:(edited by GIMP)
