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Refers to a panel at the top of the screen in which indicators and menu icons may be displayed in some desktop environments.

A "top bar" is a feature of many Linux desktop environments (DEs) such as Unity, GNOME, MATE.

Indicators, such as date and time, battery status on a laptop, applications running in the background that present notifications, may be displayed in a top bar. Menu items such as applications and settings may also be available there.

A generic term for this type of feature is a panel. A top bar is a panel that runs along the top of the screen. In some desktop environments, panels can be repositioned from the top to the bottom or vice versa, or otherwise moved or removed. They may also be configured to hide until the pointer moves into the space they occupy when visible or touches the edge of the display. Flexibility varies between DEs.

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How to hide top bar in Ubuntu 18.04?

How can I hide top bar in Gnome 3.28 Ubuntu 18.04? How can the hide-top-bar extension be installed?
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How can I move the top panel to the bottom in Gnome 3?

Is there a way to move the top panel to the bottom in Gnome 3? It is very annoying to have this panel at the top, because then I have to aim for the close button when I want to close a window. When the panel is at the bottom, I can simply throw the…
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Ubuntu 18.04 show date and time on every screen

Since the update to 18.04 from 16.04, i see top bar with date and time only on the primary screen of my notebook. On the other screens the top bar is not shown. Another anoying thing is i see only the actual weekday and time of the day. I would…
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app indicator top bar flickering 22.04

I have installed indicator-multiload, but the bars does not display correctly and flickers in a weird way (width expands and contracts quickly). I have reduced the number of desktops to 1 in the hope that this fixes the problem, but it did not…
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How to remove app icons in system tray on Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME

How can I remove the apps in right top corner (Google Chrome, flux, TeamViewer)? Before my update from Ubuntu GNOME 16 these were even more annoying in the left down corner.
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How do I customize the date/time display in GNOME Shell's top bar?

Time indicator is shown as "%a %H:%M" in the center of the top bar. How do I move it back to the right where it belongs, and make it include the full date and time ("%Y-%m-%d %s %H:%M")?
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How to add Top Bar menu; File, View, History, Tools...for applications in 18.04?

I am aware Unity is no longer the default desktop and is replaced by GNOME desktop starting 18.04 LTS. Since 15.04 I have been using Unity. Now I want to use the default GNOME desktop for 18.04 LTS but would like to get my application menus in…
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How can I change the font of the top bar without changing the shell theme?

I am using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. I want to change the font of the GNOME top bar from the default font by Adapta to Fira Sans. I already have all the fonts, I just want to change the font of the top bar so it doesn't look out of place compared to…
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Ubuntu 20.04 show date/time/volume on every screen

Since the update to 20.04 from 16.04, I see top bar with date and time and volume control --- but only on the primary screen of my computer. On the other screens, the top bar is not shown. I've searched with duckgo and google but didn't find a…
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How to display custom formatted clock in top bar on multiple displays in Ubuntu 18.04?

I have a pretty specific problem, that I have had no luck trying to find a working solution to. I have a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 docked using 2 external monitors resulting in 3 screens. I want to have my top bar on all 3 screens to easily look…
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How can I move the clock and date to the bottom in Ubuntu 20.04?

I want move the clock and date bar (where Wi-Fi, sound, battery information is displayed) to the bottom of the screen. Can I do that? This is my actual bar. (My system is on Spanish so my browser is on Spanish too.)
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Ubuntu 20.04 top bar text disappearing - system starts lagging a lot

I would like to know if anyone has a clue about what may be causing my top bar + sidebar text disappearing after longer uptime (few hours). System also becomes very laggy, display (except of cursor) freezes for a whole second about every 30 seconds…
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Why are the top application indicators (top bar icons) appearing black and white in Ubuntu 20.04?

Why are these app indicators appearing in black and white color? Not sure if this was the case while using Ubuntu 18.04. Can something be done to make the app indicators use their original default icon color.
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Is there a way to hide ubuntu dock and top bar using terminal?

I want a shortcut to hide the top bar and dock, so I thought the best way to do that would be to figure out a terminal command which does the same.So, can someone tell me the command to do so or another way to make the shortcut work?
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How to disable the button next to Activities in GNOME?

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 version, there is a GNOME extension that allows you to disable the 'close button' next to "Activities" corner on the left side of top bar. I really dislike to see a button which covers a lot of space and just has a 'close'…
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