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statusbar contains the status menus like Network Menu, Sound Menu, Messaging Menu, Clock, Session Menu and more.

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How do I get the Skype status icon back? (on panel/tray)

I installed Skype 4.0 following this guide. However my little Skype icon in the unity status bar (in the top right corner with clock, volume, etc.) is gone. How do I get it back?
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How can I adjust the transparency of the Status Bar (top panel)?

The status bar (by default) at the top of your screen with the icons OFF to the right, date, user name and other computer options. How can I make that bar transparent, like it is when dash activated (as seen in a screen below)? Instead of having…
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Can I move the GNOME top bar (and status icons) to the side?

I would like to have as much vertical screen space as possible, but I like having the status icons and time visible. Is there an extension to move the "top bar" to the left or right side, perhaps as part of a dock or side panel? I'm aware of the…
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How to stop "cable snake" symbol from appearing in taskbar?

Ever since a recent update of Ubuntu (through the standard update prompt - not a major version update), the "cable snake" symbol keeps appearing in the taskbar every few seconds. i.e. the symbol with the three dots below: Why does it now keep…
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How to display the status icon of skype

How do I get the Skype status icon on the main bar of ubuntu? I've tried to follow this answer, but it wouldn't work. I don't have the panel menus. So, I'm here looking for another way to proceed. ANy brilliant suggestion, please? Thanks in advance!
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Empathy Chat Status Timeout

When I have my Empathy chat status set to "available", I'd like it to get set to "away" when I lock my computer of the screensaver kicks in. It seems that it stays set to "available" as I frequently have people initiate chats when I'm actually away.…
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Can I remove "Free space" text from the Nautilus status bar?

I want to remove the part in Nautilus that shows free disk space. In theory it may useful but it's so badly designed, every time I select some files my eye gets drawn to "15 GB" instead of the actual size of the files. And with no files selected, it…
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How do I expand a notification bubble using the keyboard without Super + N shortcut?

Assuming my desktop environment is different than GNOME and that I do not have the predefined Super + N keyboard shortcut that comes with it, how may I expand a prompted notification bubble using the keyboard and without using the mouse? Is it…
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How to keep GNOME panel transparent even when app is maximized in Ubuntu 18.04?

I am using GNOME's "Dash-to-panel" extension for shifting status bar to the top and same for the transparency. In Desktop mode, the transparency is there on status bar However, Status Bar Transparency does not persist when any app is opened in…
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Display multiple time zones in status bar

What I'm looking to do is add a second clock (specifically UTC) to the status bar, ideally adjacent to the local time. I do much work across time zones, so naturally having a second clock would be useful. I've searched quite a bit, but am only able…
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How do I get the current power consumption in the status bar? (Developing a status icon)

I wanted to ask how can I develop a simple script/app and put it in the status bar near the time (top right). Let's say I have a laptop and the script gets the battery current usage in watts every 10 seconds so it is shown in the status bar. Am…
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Additional time zones in status bar

Is it possible to have one or more extra TZs in the status bar, as I'd asked here (that was for Unity, though, so it's not a dupe).
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My top bar is broken

After drag & dropping by accident a .xpm file on the top bar, the right-hand side is now totally missing (see attached example of missing pieces) :( How can I get this back, please? Update: It seems I am using gnome (flashback) Metacity (and no I…
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Kinetic often shows a '?' over the network icon

I have two computers on Ubuntu 22.10 and they often show a question mark over the WIFI icon or NETWORK icon. Even though the network works just fine, and it has perfectly good connections. The icon goes back to normal as soon as I just open up the…
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Blank status bar icons appearing on top after suspend/resume in Ubuntu 21.10

After I suspend and resume my laptop (ThinkPad P52s) running Ubuntu 21.10, blank spots appear next to the AppIndicators on the left side of the screen. These blank spots grow in number every time I suspend/resume, but go away after a reboot. If I…
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