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Håkon Hægland
Asked: 2018-02-13 06:01:49 +0800 CST

How do I auto-hide the Ubuntu Dock using gsettings on Ubuntu 17.10 and later?

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In Ubuntu 17.04 with Unity I could auto-hide the launcher using this command:

dconf write "/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/launcher-hide-mode" 1

But this does not work in Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. Now the "launcher" has become the "dock" also.

Note: I can do it from the Settings menu: Settings->Dock and click the toggle button for "Auto-hide the Dock" to "On", this is fine, but I am interesting in a scripting solution using e.g., gsettings, such that this feature can be turned on automatically when I install a new Ubuntu machine.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Open Terminal and run 

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock dock-fixed false

    Then run 

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock autohide true

    Also you can toggle "intellihide" (dock dodges windows) on/off by 

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock intellihide true/false

    and set the intellihide mode by 

    gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock intellihide-mode 'OPTION'

    To get the available intellihide-mode options run 

    gsettings range org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock intellihide-mode
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