What is the blue triangle on the home button for?

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I just noticed a blue triangle icon on my 'Ubuntu' icon. What could it mean?

Blue triangle icon

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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The little blue triangle is an indicator that shows when an application is requesting user attention (for instance, a dialogue pops up).

The triangle is in the corner, and indicates the direction/place that the user needs to move the cursor in order to reveal the auto-hidden Launcher.

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Aug 06 '11 at 06:32

Uri Herrera

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