{"id":2852,"date":"2020-03-07T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T01:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/?page_id=2852"},"modified":"2020-03-07T07:18:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T01:48:26","slug":"how-to-get-mac-os-style-dock-launcher-in-ubuntu-19-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-get-mac-os-style-dock-launcher-in-ubuntu-19-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Mac OS Style Dock Launcher in Ubuntu 19.10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This quick tutorial shows how to customize the left panel in Ubuntu \n19.10 Gnome desktop to make it look like Mac OS Dock launcher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The left panel in Ubuntu 19.10 is handled by Gnome Shell extension called \u2018<strong>Ubuntu Dock<\/strong>\u2018, a fork of Dash to Dock extension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u2018Ubuntu Dock\u2019 is highly customizable though the default <strong>Settings<\/strong> utility offers only a few options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Move the left dock launcher to bottom.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>First search for and open <strong>Settings<\/strong> utility from application menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to <strong>Dock<\/strong> settings in left pane, then set \u201cPosition on screen\u201d to <strong>bottom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Shorten the dock launcher.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The dock launcher is by default extended to all the available height \n(width). You can disable this feature by running single command in \nterminal (<em>open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T<\/em>): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock extend-height false<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hate Linux commands? You can do this by a graphical tool called <strong>dconf editor<\/strong> (Install it in Ubuntu Software)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>dconf editor<\/em>, navigate to org\/gnome\/shell\/extensions\/dash-to-dock, then scroll down and disable the key value of \u2018<strong>extend-height<\/strong>\u2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Move Show Applications button to the left.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also do some more configuration, e.g., moving the Application Menu button to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this can be done via a single command in terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top true<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or open <strong>dconf editor<\/strong>, navigate to org\/gnome\/shell\/extensions\/dash-to-dock, and enable the key value of \u2018show-apps-at-top\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Add Trash icon onto dock launcher.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to add the Trash can onto the dock, simply run command in terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-trash true<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this can be done via <strong>dconf editor<\/strong>, by navigating to the same directory, and enabling the \u2018<strong>show-trash<\/strong>\u2018 key value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows how to customize the left panel in Ubuntu 19.10 Gnome desktop to make it look like Mac OS Dock launcher. The left panel in Ubuntu 19.10 is handled by Gnome Shell extension called \u2018Ubuntu Dock\u2018, a fork of Dash to Dock extension. 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