Can't pin Gnome Terminal to plank in Fedora

Question

I just installed plank in Fedora 24. Normally, we can pin an item to the dock by right clicking and selecting Keep in Dock. For other applications I can do this. But for the gnome terminal, I won't get a Keep in Dock option. How can I fix this?

user225698 · Answer 1 · 2016-07-01T19:18:53.087

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Create a file called org.gnome.Terminal.dockitem in ~/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/

Paste the following in that file and save.

[PlankItemsDockItemPreferences]
Launcher=file:///usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop

Restart Plank and your Terminal should appear.

It creates another icon when you launch, if I figure that out I will update my Answer. Other Terminals seem to behave properly. I'm using Terminator and had no issues pinning it to Plank

edited Jul 01 '16 at 19:18

answered Jul 01 '16 at 19:13

user225698

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Thanks. Yep I also came this far but the problem is, it creates a new icon when I launch the terminal. – THpubs Jul 02 '16 at 01:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '17 at 12:17

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Also make sure, that in Plank Settings → Behaviour Tab → Lock Icons is `OFF`.

I stumbled over this being ON multiple times for whatever reason. (otherwise, any .docktitem file copied to the launchers folder is instantly deleted agais. Thus also no undermining by terminal means.)

answered Sep 17 '17 at 12:17

Frank N

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Great tip! I had already tried restarting and even reinstalling plank but nothing worked. – smac89 Apr 24 '19 at 07:25

Can't pin Gnome Terminal to plank in Fedora

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Also make sure, that in Plank Settings → Behaviour Tab → Lock Icons is OFF.

Also make sure, that in Plank Settings → Behaviour Tab → Lock Icons is `OFF`.