Posted in Gnome Linux

Gnome : change autohide panel behavior

July 13, 2007 - 5 comments

Tested under Ubuntu only

You can change some settings of the autohide feature of gnome panels (task bar).

Like by default, if set to autohide, the bar is not disappearing completely.

In a terminal :
$ gconf-editor

Then go under the key :
- /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen0
- /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0

The interesting keys are :
auto_hide_size : set this to 0 if you want the bar to completely disappear
hide_delay : change how fast the bar would hide
unhide_delay : same for unhide..

Comments

Lorenz

August 14, 2007 - 15:05

Thanks, that was very helpful :)

JT

September 27, 2007 - 3:32

Sweet. Just what I was looking for.

SIO

February 1, 2008 - 22:06

Thanks a lot! It was very uncomfortable to use ‘autohide’ with default settings

Mint_Linux_user

May 11, 2009 - 18:58

Thank you very much.

This works also in Mint Linux Gloria.
The default values for toolbar autohide are very annoying.

Ricardo

May 19, 2009 - 16:31

Thank you!!

Very nice tip.

Again, thanks.

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