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Modify gnome-flashback panels in ubuntu 20.04 LTS from the terminal

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I have a fresh installation of 20.04 LTS, I have installed gnome-flashback with:

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback -qq

After logging in in the gnome-flashback Xsession I would like to execute three actions from the command line:

Remove the whole bottom panel

Add a Trash icon to the top panel (placed at the left, before the left-bar)

Add "Window List" to the top panel (placed at the right, after the main menu)

Screenshot of a virtual machine with desired output:

I think this should be possible to achieve with gsettings, right?

I have been playing around with manual adjusting the panel elements and simultaneous inspecting the changes with dconf watch /, however, I was not able to replicate the commands that would lead to the desired acion...

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answered 3 Years ago clegian · Accepted Answer

One way could be to start with existing layout file - /usr/share/gnome-panel/layouts/ubuntu.layout. Copy that layout as my-layout.layout in same directory.

Edit layout file to match your needs:

- Remove whole [Toplevel bottom-panel] group;

- Remove [Object show-destkop] group;

- Remove [Object workspace-switcher] group;

- Under [Object window-list] group change toplevel-id from bottom-panel to top-panel;

Above should give you only top panel with menu-bar, window-list and indicators applets.

To add trash applet you will need following changes:

- Make sure gnome-applets are installed;

- Add new group:

[Object trash]

object-iid=TrashAppletFactory::TrashApplet

toplevel-id=top-panel

pack-type=end

pack-index=1

When layout file is ready do following things:

- gnome-panel --replace & to "detach" panel from session;

- killall gnome-panel to kill/stop it. Without above it will be restarted automatically.

- dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gnome-panel/ to remove existing configuration;

- Change default layout with gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-panel.general default-layout "my-layout".

Now you can restart panel with gnome-panel & or reboot. You should get your layout if I have not made some mistake. Sorry, this is untested!