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12.4 launch bar

Asked by dpwilson

I have been using Ubuntu since 6.4 but am not really technical enough to research or solve problems myself - I use it because it almost always works. When I upgraded to 11.4 an anoying launch bar appeared on the left of the screen, but it would receed when the cursor was not on it. I recently upgraded to 12.4 and hoped something would have changed with the launch bar - it did. Now it stays active on the left of the screen even when an application is running. Is there a way to make it receed as it did before and, even better, move it to the bottom of the screen. Thanks. dpw

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you upgrade directly from 11.04 to 12.04?

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Barry Drake (b-drake) said : 		#2

The 'dodge' option for the launchbar has been removed because it was not popular. There are now two launchbar options only - always on to and hide. You can toggle these from system settings->appearance and use the behaviour tab.

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dpwilson (buxphan) said : 		#3

No, from 11.10 to 12.04.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

When insisting on 'dogde', before installing a revamped Unity via ppa as commented in bug report rather try the scripts there.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/get-dodge-windows-unity-autohide.html

Issues with the script are discussed there.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=97400a7f25f86b580ba8a52b31b6a9a4&t=1936037&page=3

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