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I would like to manually control when the launcher is shown or hidden. Is it possible? There is no option to "never show launcher", nor have I found a way to force the launcher to hide.

sup
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I use unity2d and i made this script to toogle the launcher :

#!/bin/sh
var=$(gsettings get com.canonical.Unity2d.Launcher hide-mode)
if [ "$var" = 0 ]
then
    exec gsettings set com.canonical.Unity2d.Launcher hide-mode 2
else
    exec gsettings set com.canonical.Unity2d.Launcher hide-mode 0
fi

after you can set a shortcut who launch this script

A.B.
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nobo
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If the launcher is set to auto-hide, with Super + e (mostly Windows + e) you can make the launcher show again. Havent found a way to hide the launcher through a shortcut though.

Kris Harper
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anonymous
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You can configure it to hide automatically when not used. Launch the CompizConfig Settings Manager (package compizconfig-settings-manager), find the Ubuntu Unity Plugin there, and change the Hide Launcher setting to "Autohide".

Adam Byrtek
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I use Cairo-Dock (not without its own set of problems) as it is far superior to the Unity launcher. What I have done for the moment is use compizconfig settings manager to enable auto-hide, in combination with the reveal mode set to 'None'. Now instead of popping up when I navigate to the edge of the screen it only pops up (annoyingly) when using 'find'.

Of course, I really would really rather just disable the launcher altogether. And compiz too, but gnome unfortunately does not support transparencies without compiz. And Unity apparently just doesn't work without the horrible launcher.

Ryan
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