Questions tagged [plank]
Plank is elementary OS's default dock. It shows active applications and is usually found at the bottom of the screen.
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how to create a shortcut to any open app?
I believe Gnome provides a menu item for its dock called "Add to Favorites" which automatically puts a ".desktop" file for that app in your ~/Documents/Favorites" folder so ...
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How to add systemtray icons on dock
Is there a way to make tray icons appear on the dock instead of adding PPAs and stuff?
thanks
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Can I "lock" icons in the dock?
I have lost count of times I have accidentally removed an icon from the dock by being a "bit too fast/sloppy" with my mouse movement (swiping an icon away from the dock removes it from the ...
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active apps do not appear in the dock
Don't know what happened and why it doesn't work any more (EOS 6 Odin).
If (for example) I open LibreOffice Calc it just doesn't show in the dock.
It always used to?
Has anything changed? or am I ...
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App icons are missing for certain flatpak apps in the plank
With Notes-Up when I click on the new note icon is missing and Blue recorder I found that icon is missing too in plank.
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Cannot add programs installed via snap to Plank dock menu
I just got elementary OS 6 yesterday and wanted to install Mailspring and Atom. I did so via snap.
In the applications menu both do not show and I have to open them via snap run program_name. When ...
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Is it possible to have separate docks for each monitor in a multy monitor setup?
While I'm using a multiple monitor setup, I tend to check the bottom of the screen I'm looking at for the dock. Is it possible to get the dock on all the screens I have?
If it's a mini-dock - which ...
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Why don't Alacarte and Menulibre work for me when I try to change icons?
I tried to use both alacarte and menulibre to change my dock icons (for new PNG icons) but the changes don't work (only) on the dock even after I reboot.
I tested with Chrome, the files folder icon ...
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How to get Wingpanel/Plank onto second monitor?
Trying to figure out how to have my secondary monitor include both wingpanel/plank.
I tried this solution but no go: https://heathpaddock.com/2015/11/12/multi-planking-in-elementary-os/ - this is what ...
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Fuzzy double icon for some applications on plank
hope everyone is fine.
Before I start, I have to say that I have searched a lot for the solution and I have found this, but it doesn't solve the problem, nor does it happen with Google Chrome.
What ...
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Wingpanel and system app not repsondong
Using for several months. Now wingpanel got stuck after a min from loading and during that a notification will appear network not connected.
After that most of the system app will not respond and sudo ...
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Duplicate icons in dock, and gear icons in multitasking / window spread views
Occasionally, when opening an app, a duplicate (blurrier) icon will appear in the Plank dock, and the app's normal icon already kept in the dock will not display an indicator.
When this happens, said ...
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AppCenter keeps poping up in dock
I disabled any kind of notifications for AppCenter and removed it from the dock, but nevertheless once there is software update available it appears again. Why? How can I disable that behavior?
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Cannot control music apps from dockbar
I'm having some problems to control the music app (but also other, like spotify), from the dock bar. In fact, more than once I wasn't able to stop the music by closing the app, because it was simply ...
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Wingpanel changed from eOS to Ubuntu
I was having an issue where my wingpanel had disappeared, and in trying to solve it I did the following:
killall wingpanel
sudo apt-get purge wingpanel
sudo apt-get install wingpanel
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sudo apt-get ...
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Visual notifications not working with Element app
I installed the Element messaging app on Elementary OS and there is no visual notifications when somebody writes a message, only the audio notifications work i.e. a sound is played when I receive a ...
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Why does the trash can in Plank open Code instead of Files?
(Left) Clicking on the trash can in Plank, or right clicking on it and selecting "Open Trash" opens Code--the text editor--instead of Files.
My first thought was to check if any nonsense ...
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Can i add multiple docks?
Can I add multiple docks?
I managed to once, by pressing the fn key and something else (sadly, I cannot remember.)
One dock was purple and the other was white. the purple was on the right and the ...
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System fonts broken on Hera
I'm running eOS 5.1.6 Hera on Dell XPS 13 (9300) as daily driver and am really enjoying it. That said, after a reboot today the system-wide fonts got completely broken and show as rectangles ...
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How do I add nice values to a plank docker app so they execute on launch without having to enter the command in terminal every time
How do I add nice values to an app in the docker so it can launch every time with having to run terminal i.e. nice firefox -20 I am looking specifically at elementary os docker and how to add the ...
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Dell WD19TB and ElementaryOS
I have a Dell wd19TB thunderbolt dock and it seems to work fine with ElementaryOS until I try to disable the Laptop display and only use my external displays. I am trying to disable the laptop display ...
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Extra Icon at the Dock
When I open Android Studio (installed through appcenter), an extra cog icon appear at the end of the dock. Why is that.
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Blurry Flatpak apps icon on dock (installed from flathub)
Apps installed via flatpak seems to have blurry icons on dock. Right after starting the app, the app icon on dock seems fine but as soon as its loaded it is blurred. I have tested it in vlc and ...
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Is there a way to add hover effects to the plank?
Can I add hover effects to the plank? If so, how?
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Starting firefox installed via flatpak creates two icons in task bar
i'm trying out flatpak.
The only app I have trouble with is firefox.
After starting it, it creates 2 icons in dock. They both show the firefox logo but one is more blurry than the other.
The blurry ...
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Plank on Elementary OS doesn't zoom
I want to add a magnyfying effect on plank on elementary os. I've looked into a lot of forum and try what they propose (change the settings file, uninstall and reinstall,...) but that doesn't work. ...
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Can't add application to the dock
I know how to add a running application to the dock; but how can I start an Application, which I know must be present, but I don't know the location? For instance, in a Mac, I would search the /...
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Middle clicking an icon on the plank dock no longer opens a new window
For many years, performing a middle click on a dock item (e.g. Terminal, Files), will open a new instance of the application e.g. if you want two terminal windows open to view side by side.
Recently,...
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Hera - dock and file manager are gone after upgrade
I ran sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade around 2020-03-04T15:00:00Z, then rebooted my computer. The dock (plank) didn't show up, and the file manager (pantheon-files) is ...
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Slack entry in dock has no notification badges
The Slack app serves desktop notifications, but the Plank icon has no notification badges. Is there a way to fix it client-side?
I'm running elementary OS 5.1 Hera.
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elementary OS 5.1 Hera tooltips messed up
I'm having an issue with elementary OS. Note that I'm totally new to any kind of Linux OS :)
The tooltips on my dock look scrambled:
What can I do to correct this? Googling didn't help me, probably ...
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Something wrong with my panel and dock popover
I believe its become like this after an update that i did on 16 jan. Didn't install any application or something that can cause for this. Anyone has the same problem? I restarted or shutdown few times....
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Dock Disappears when I close my terminal
Everytime I close my terminal after running plank & the dock disappears. I also get this warning
[WARN 20:23:03.825433] [Environment:165] XDG_SESSION_CLASS not set in this environment!
[WARN 20:...
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Some windows always start minimized. How to prevent it?
When I open a certain types of windows they start minimized. Most annoying are the flatpak "open file with" dialog (openning an email attachment in Evolution from Flathub), or Steam in-home streaming.
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Plank does not emerge icons
My issue is identical to this one, and it did solve my issue when I changed the logo from .png to .ico in .desktop. However, a restart/log-out session would render the solution void. As you can see ...
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Dock! Fullscreen games and then do you want into a new app
I'll recorded this issue or my badness ...
How can I quick switch to a new app without changing desktop or closing all? ALT + TAB is not really an solution.
Heres the unlisted Video and sorry for my ...
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Just installed DevilSpie created a hotcorner and the dock disappear everytime I use it [duplicate]
Just installed DevilSpie according to this topic:
How can I view the desktop?
The problem is, every time I hit the hot corner, plank disappears. How can I use the specific commands listed in there ...
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Use Two monitors as main monitor
My main goal in two monitors is that one of them is just a dashboard, while the other has a full-screen video. I just want to be able to use plank and start menu from both the monitors.
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gala and plank take too much CPU with nvidia drivers
I have a high end dell precision T7610 workstation with Nvidia Graphics card. I tried installing both ubuntu and elementary OS on the system. With Ubuntu running top shows barely any CPU use on idle. ...
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My dock icon's animation is gone, what can I do to repair it?
When I hover the mouse on the icons at the dock, they remain static.
Well, I remember there was an animation like Apple's OS;
Is there something that I can do to repair it? Or I'm making a mistake ...
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Does anyone know a dark elementary os like plank theme?
I've been switching distros quite frequently lately... And I'm the most familiar with elementary os and ubuntu.. Now I intalled eos again, and I've turned on dark mode. The thing is that the ...
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Plank - multiple workspaces behaviour
Has there been any progress on making Plank show the "opened application" dots only for the current workspace? There's a request filed as well https://bugs.launchpad.net/plank/+bug/1248689
This is ...
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plank on three monitors using Juno 5.0
I've tried to set up plank on three monitors but without success.
I parsed these answers also: How can I have one plank on each of my monitors, How to duplicate the taskbar on the second monitor on ...
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Hide certain running app icon in plank
Recently i installed Notejot apps from AppCenter then run it, then i want to hide the icon from plank without closing the app so the widget would stick on my desktop.
If we unchecked "show unpinned" ...
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How to get badge notifications on the dock icon for third-party apps?
In my case it's Caprine (Facebook messenger app). In caprine.desktop I added X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true and Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;Chat;, but I only get notifications in the notification ...
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Can I run multiple instances of plank that only shows the current windows windows?
I currently have 2 plank's running, but they show all of the workspaces current windows.
I need them to show only the current windows tasks.
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How do I remove build-in docklets from Plank?
I found this question and decieded to try it out:
how do i configure the plank in elementary os?
I held the ctrl button, right-clicked the Plank, and selected Preferences.
I then clicked Docklets.
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How do I fully close apps?
When I'm trying to quit messaging (and some other) apps like Telegram or Discord, I'm unable to do so.
If trying to quit Telegram, upon click on close button in the window corner, it just hides the ...
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Quick move plank to primary monitor
Use Juno release. I have a laptop and often connect an external monitor to it. When an external monitor is connected, I make it primary.
I added hotkeys/commands:
Win+PageUp: xrandr --output eDP-1 --...
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Hiding running apps in Plank in Juno
There used to be a setting in Plank settings to hide the unpinned apps, super useful. I cannot find it any more.
Has it been moved in Juno, or removed?
Thanks a lot!
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