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A customizable dock shipped with Ubuntu with Ubuntu 17.10 and later. The Dock contains icons of running and favorite applications and a Show Applications icon.

Ubuntu Dock was introduced with Ubuntu 17.10 as a replacement of Ubuntu Unity Launcher. It is a fork of Dash to Dock, a popular GNOME shell extension.

Ubuntu Dock contains icons of currently running applications and also applications marked as favorites by the user. There is also a "Show Applications" icon which opens an applications dashboard where users can see their frequently used or all applications.

Ubuntu dock comes with features like badges (to denote the number of open windows of an application) and progress bar (to show the progress of a download, application installation, etc.). It also provides options to enable/disable auto-hide, change icon size, and change the position of the Dock (left/bottom/right).

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Dock in Ubuntu 18.04

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How to add programs to the Unity Launcher or Ubuntu Dock?

How can I add new programs to the launcher (or the dock in Ubuntu 17.10 and later) in Ubuntu?
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How can I configure the Ubuntu Dock to show windows only from the current workspace?

I would like my Dock to show only the windows of the current workspace. Especially in the little preview window. I find it very confusing to jump around workspaces when trying to find the right window.
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Adding custom programs to favourites of Ubuntu Dock

I want to add a custom program to the favourites of Ubuntu dock, but there is no option for that. Translating the text in this image (same as above) only says: All windows Quit It also doesn't appear in "Show Applications": Is there a way for…
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How can I add custom '.desktop' application launchers to Ubuntu Dock?

I have made .desktop files for Ubuntu 16.04 to access my Google Chrome profiles, but once I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 (it worked up to Ubuntu 17.04) they got removed from the dock and I can't pin them back. Sample File: #!/usr/bin/env…
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Switching between windows with scroll wheel on Ubuntu Dock

I would like to switch between windows using the scroll wheel of the mouse over each app icon in Ubuntu dock, as we could do in Unity, but apparently this doesn't work in Ubuntu 17.10. Is there a way to enable it? Related: How do I enable…
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Duplicate application icons in Ubuntu dock upon launch

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME shell and Numix-Circle icon theme. When I hover over the Numix icon for Nightly Web Browser, which is pinned to the dock I get the title "Nightly Web Browser". But when I launch the program, another icon pops up…
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How do I enable 'minimize on click' on Ubuntu dock in 17.10 and later?

I am talking about when you click on the icons in the dock This command gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-minimize-window true which works for Unity Launcher, (obviously) does not…
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How can I get rid of the Ubuntu Dock?

The big dock on the left. In other versions you could escape Unity Launcher by going to GNOME, what now? GNOME tweaks is not showing it as an extension, even though it looks a lot like Dash to Dock. I see autohide options in settings, but no way…
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Ubuntu 18 - how to ungroup apps in dock?

I want to make Ubuntu dock like Windows taskbar Ubuntu: Windows: (as you see Windows has three Explorer icons and Ubuntu has only one Files icon Is it possible to uncombine/ungroup apps in Ubuntu?
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Cannot add custom launcher to Ubuntu Dock ('Add to Favorites' option does not show up)

I have a custom .desktop file: [Desktop…
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Stop windows from shifting order in Ubuntu Dock

Say I have two Chrome windows open like this: It seems that the most recently used window always appears on top. In other words, the "Apply Digital Signatures" was the window I had open last. If I were to switch to the window showing the new tab,…
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How do I move the "Show Applications" icon in Ubuntu Dock?

Ubuntu 17.10 introduces the GNOME Shell with the Ubuntu Dock (based on Dash to Dock GNOME Shell extension) and it allows you to put the Dock on the bottom of the desktop: However, there is no easy way to move the Show Applications icon (shown on…
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How can I add "Show desktop" to the GNOME dash or Ubuntu Dock?

I am migrating from Unity to GNOME. One item I am missing is a "Show desktop" button (aka "minimise all windows") in the dash. How can I add this functionality to the GNOME dash (or Ubuntu dock in Ubuntu 17.10 and later), even if it means making a…
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How do I hide the icon for a mounted volume from the dock on Ubuntu 19.10 and later?

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 19.04 to Ubuntu 19.10. This made that my second internal HDD show up in the launcher bar or Ubuntu Dock, which it did not before. I read that I should mount it to /mnt instead of /media, but this device was auto-mounted…
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How do I get the Ubuntu Dock off the secondary monitor?

I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 a few weeks ago with little to no problems until now. After an update I installed and a reboot, my sidebar (Ubuntu dock) shows on the secondary screen, which is my Laptop, while my HDMI monitor is saved as the primary and…
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