How do I always show the launcher (i.e. disable the auto-hide functionality)? [closed]

When I upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10, the setting remained. Now that I have done a clean install of 11.10, the CCSM option does NOT work anymore and I can't seem to find a solution. Also note that I am NOT talking about Unity 2D.

• I've tried unity --reset and that does not help.
• Logging out and back in doesn't help
• Removing the hidden directories in my home directory doesn't help

Solution 1:

In my case what I did was this:

1. Install CompizConfig Settings Manager:
   sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
   or
   sudo aptitude compizconfig-settings-manager
   or GUI tools like Software Center / Synaptic

2. Open CCSM with dash menu (Press SUPER to open Dash):

3. Select UNITY plugin:

4. DISABLE AUTO-HIDE

Now you HAVE TO log out or reboot the computer for this to work. Same goes when changing the icon size in the launcher. It does not take effect the first time you change it. Only after rebooting will it work. At least for me.

NOTE - Stopping the Auto-Hide will save some trouble with some windows like the Back Button of Firefox been underneath the Launcher when it "auto-appears". It is VERY IMPORTANT you update the system (Check for updates with the Update Manager and apply all of them). Reboot and then do this answer. This way you save yourself some other troubles that have been fixed already with this minor updates.

As you can see in all the images the Launcher stays there in a fixed position. Saving me some seconds each time I need to search for something.

NOTE2 - Using unity --reset will only reset you to the default config it has after installing 11.10. Same goes for the default icons if you use unity --reset-icons.

Solution 2:

Try this:

Reinstall the CompizConfig Settings Manager

sudo apt-get autoremove compizconfig-settings-manager
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then, search for it in the Dash, go to Unity Plugin (or something like that), and in the Experimental tab, you can change its configuration.

After that, restart your session, it should work fine, I just did it.