Is there a way to hide ubuntu dock and top bar using terminal?

Solution 1:

This command can be used to hide the topbar

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.panel.actor.hide();'

to show it back

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.panel.actor.show();'

You can tweak the commands with a script to toggle show and hide.

For Ubuntu dock hiding - the below workaround is a bit overkill because we are disabling the whole extension.

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.DisableExtension [email protected]

for enabling back

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.EnableExtension [email protected]

You can tweak the commands with a script to toggle Enabling and Disabling

All together you can have a single keyboard shortcut that can toggle "Hiding the Topbar and disabling the Extension" "Showing the Topbar and Enabling the Extension"

you can create a script with below content..

#!/bin/bash

status1=`gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.panel.actor.visible;'`
status2=`gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GetExtensionInfo [email protected] | grep "'state': <2.0>" >/dev/null && echo "OFF" || echo "ON"`


if [ "$status1" == "(true, 'false')" ]; then
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.actor.show();'
else
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.actor.hide();'
fi

if [ "$status2" == "ON" ]; then
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.DisableExtension [email protected]
else
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.EnableExtension [email protected]
fi

Below GIF shows the result. However when gnome-shell refreshes/re-login/reboot etc will affect the persistence.