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brewmanz
Asked: 2019-01-10 20:57:34 +0800 CST

How to drag and move icons in Ubuntu 18.04.1 favourites bar?

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How do I drag and move icons in Ubuntu 18.04.1 favourites bar? I've tried all the suggestions at How-to-drag-and-move-icons-in-the-gnome-shell-favourites-bar (@2018-01-10) but they didn't work for me.

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  1. Best Answer

    I had the same problem and solved it using the dconf editor.

    Install dconf by going to a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type:

    sudo apt install dconf-editor
dconf-editor

    to install and then run dconf-editor.

    Afterwards:

    • Navigate to org/gnome/shell.
    • Select favorite-apps toward the bottom of the screen (You may have to scroll down).
    • Highlight the text for the app you want to move and drag to it's new location (be careful with the location of commas and quotes).
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  2. I didn't notice this problem when I was running 18.04, but I've done a clean install of 20.04 and I have this issue. On 20.04 I found the icons can be rearranged by a left click, hold, and drag quickly before the menu pops up (about one second) and the icons will drag. Maybe this works for 18.04, too.

    Gnome desktop is getting like a game and you have to find the treasures. I like Gnome overall but this is annoying. Now that I fixed it, I forgot what I was doing before...

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