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The Plank is the default dock used by elementary OS. It is Docky's successor.

The Plank is the default dock used by the unofficial Ubuntu derivative elementary OS. It is Docky's successor, having been rewritten in Vala instead of Mono. It is one of the five main components of elementary OS's Pantheon shell.

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How to remove a dock from Plank?

I wanted to move the launcher to the bottom and have it aligned in the center, so I downloaded Plank. I didn't like it so I uninstalled it but the dock still appears when I move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. Already tried to remove: sudo…
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Plank icon to startup script

I want to run the script temp-throttle (https://github.com/Sepero/temp-throttle) at startup and show a custom Plank icon. The script will throttle CPU frequency at 79 celsius if run like so sudo ./temp_throttle.sh 79 As it needs the temperature to…
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Nautilus isn't minimizing but opening a new session every time the icon is clicked

To clarify, when I click an icon in plank it opens a window of the respective app. If I click that icon again it gets minimized like it should. But when I do the same with Nautilus it opens up a new window with new session of the application. I…
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Plank issues: not showing active programs nor reopen minimized windows

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity and Plank 0.11.3, with the GTK theme. Plank won't show the active apps -even the pinned ones- and, if I switch to a different window/program, instead of reopening the minimized window of the program on click in…
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How Do I Change Icons in the Dock "Plank"?

I'm wondering how I change icons for specifically the dock "Plank". I've only managed to find a way to change theme, but not icons for the actual applications in the dock. Is it possible? If so, how do you do it? The problem is that I want to use…
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How to make a command line program have a custom icon in XFCE dock or Plank?

I have created a .desktop file for octave-cli, which is the command line version of GNU Octave. When I double click the .desktop file (which has the icon of Octave, and is pinned in XFCE Panel), the opened terminal window has a icon of Terminal (not…
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Run .desktop file at startup (and follow its Icon= specification)

I want to run a script at startup that would use a custom icon that should appear in Plank dock. For that I have created a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications that runs the script (see all the details in the question linked above) and that…
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All docks cause an unsightly line through the desktop

When the plank dock is active on my computer, it causes an unsightly line that pierces through the desktop, as shown here: Problems with Plank dock This line does not just go through the wallpaper, but also pierces through all of the windows in…
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Plank not auto-starting on 22.04 even though it is in Startup Applications

I've just upgraded to 22.04.1 (from 20.04) and the Plank dock is no longer autostarting when I log in. If I run a ps -f then I can see the process running, but there is no dock displayed. If I kill -15 the running process and start it again from the…
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How can I add the Android Emulator to Plank dock in 19.04?

I'm using the Plank dock (v.0.11.4) for my apps in Ubuntu 19.04. The Android Emulator (opened from Android Studio) does not appear next to the other open applications. Is it possible to show it in the dock as an independent application? (The weird…
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How do I put slingscold icon on plank?

I installed slingscold and plank by typing the following in terminal: sudo su add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/macbuntu apt update apt install slingscold apt install plank apt install macbuntu-os-plank-theme-lts-v7 Now I am able to launch slingscold…
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why is this line appearing after installing kubuntu-desktop?

I thought to give kubuntu-desktop a try on my xubuntu. So i installed it. On reboot, a white line appears on my screen. I removed all kubuntu-desktop that i previously installed but the line still remains. Here is a screenshot. How do i remove…
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How to add trash can to Plank

I have been trying to add the trash can to Plank, but I cannot figure out how to do it (Ubuntu 15.10). I see instructions on how to do it for Elementary OS, but I have no knowledge of Elementary OS so I don't know how to convert the code to work for…
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Disable Plank Mouse Hover Tooltips

Is there any way to disable launcher mouse hover tooltips in Plank ? I would really like to achieve this. Adding the line gtk-enable-tooltips = 0 to my .gtkrc-2.0 file in my home folder doesn't disable hover tips in Plank. I'm on Xubuntu 14.04.
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Plank Dock to use image instead of color?

I was wondering if it's possible to make the plank dock use an image as a background instead of a solid/transparent color? As far as I can see, the plank dock themes are composed of some kind of html/rgba color code thingy. Is there any way to make…
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