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theFisher86
Asked: 2011-11-24 15:35:58 +0800 CST

Customizing Unity Launcher with Launcher.qml

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I have been customizing the /usr/share/unity-2d/launcher/Launcher.qml file so that the Launcher will be completely transparent. However, every time I save it and do unity --replace nothing changes. I found that if I run unity-2d-launcher it loads a new launcher above the one that loads after unity --replace and the new launcher is transparent, however the old one is still there. This leads me to believe that the launcher is now part of a separate process or something because if I look at my running processes after startup unity-2d-launcher isn't there. I REALLY want to remove that background from my launcher. Can someone help?

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    unity --replace starts Unity 3D - effectively you will be running both Unity-2D and Unity-3D at the same time.

    If you are making changes to the launcher.qml file, logout and login to the Ubuntu-2D session for your changes to take effect.

    If you post in your question what changes you made to the launcher.qml file, it would be very useful to others who what to also make the launcher transparent.

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  2. After customizing the file, you have two simple options:

    • Log in and log out. That will start Unity 2D's components (yes, they are separate programs in Unity 2D) from scratch.
    • Run: killall unity-2d-launcher and then run unity-2d-launcher. You can do this from the run dialogue (if you do it in a terminal you will need to use nohup before the commands or & disown after them.
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