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How to use Plank, a simple and customizable dock, on Ubuntu

How to use Plank, a simple and customizable dock, on Ubuntu
  1. How do you customize a plank dock?
  2. How do I start a plank in Ubuntu?
  3. How do I change the dock in Ubuntu?
  4. How do I customize my Gnome dock?
  5. How do I stop planking?
  6. How do you add stuff to a plank?
  7. What is plank in Ubuntu?
  8. How do you add an icon to a plank?
  9. What can I customize in Ubuntu?
  10. How do I remove an app from Ubuntu dock?
  11. How do I customize dash to dock?

How do you customize a plank dock?

Plank has a hidden settings window for developers/OEMs.

  1. Hold down Control and right click anywhere on the dock.
  2. Select "Preferences"
  3. Go nuts.

How do I start a plank in Ubuntu?

The solution is the following : go to "Startup and session", then to "Application Autostart" and click on "+add". At "Name", enter "Plank", at "Description", enter Dock, at "Command", enter : /usr/bin/plank, then save and it should work.

How do I change the dock in Ubuntu?

To change the dock position, go to Settings->Appearance. You should see some options under Dock section. You need to change the “Position on screen” settings here.

How do I customize my Gnome dock?

GNOME provides us with some basic customization options in the settings. Navigate to Settings > Appearance to toggle auto-hide, adjust icon size, and choose the position of the dock.

How do I stop planking?

A few other Plank tips / things you may find useful:

To remove a pinned application you can right click it and and uncheck Keep in dock or you can drag the icon and drop it off the dock to remove it. To remove a docklet from Plank, drag and drop it outside the dock. You can add a folder or file to Plank.

How do you add stuff to a plank?

You just drag and folder on to the dock and plop — folder attached. To add a folder full of app shortcuts you just need to create a new folder somewhere accessible, drop shortcuts to the apps you want to access through the folder, and drop it on to the dock. Now, admittedly, I don't use that Plank often any more.

What is plank in Ubuntu?

Introduction. As you may know, Plank is a simple, and very lightweight dock for Ubuntu and it's derivatives. Starting from version 3.0. 0, Plank is underlying technology for Docky, and provides provide all the core features while Docky extends it to add fancier things like Docklets, painters, settings dialogs, etc.

How do you add an icon to a plank?

There is an applications menu available in plank. Select “Preferences->Docklets” and pull the Applications icon on to the dock. Select “Preferences->Docklets” and pull the Applications icon on to the dock. That's odd.

What can I customize in Ubuntu?

These are some of the things you may wish to customize on your Ubuntu 18.04 desktop application:

How do I remove an app from Ubuntu dock?

Right click the app's icon. On the next screen that appears, select the "Uninstall" button. The app should now be uninstalled.

How do I customize dash to dock?

The dock will display on the left side of the screen. To customize the dock's settings, right-click on the “Show Applications” button and click “Dash to Dock Settings.”

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