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Questions tagged [plank]

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How to remove the transparent field around the plank dock?

I have installed plank and noticed the transparent field with a distinct border (which is not only visible, windows even stick to it when dragged near) around it. Below a picture where I have highlighted a part of it. How to get rid of this effect?…
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Can't pin Gnome Terminal to plank in Fedora

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?
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Plank doesn't change the icon according to the system

I install Arch with KDE Plasma, and I use Plank as my dock. When I change the default icon in the system with Numix square icon, plank doesn't change but keep the default icon. It's better described in this screenshot, and note that the deadbeef…
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How does a window manager (or X11) handle taskbar?

I am using openbox and plank. Whenever I open (and maximize) an application, the window will automatically avoid collision with plank area. My question is, is it possible to designate a window to be a "taskbar"? For example, can I set a notepad to…
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Windows placed under dock (plank) in XFCE

I'm trying to get a non-compositing desktop to be functional in Ubuntu 16.04. I installed the dock Plank, but I have the problem that windows appear underneath the dock. Windows should never overlap with the dock unless I put them there. I had an…
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Switch keyboard layouts from Plank dock

Can Plank dock be used to switch between keyboard layouts?
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Plank dock problem in Manjaro Fluxbox 15.09

I would like to be able to use Docky or Plank in Manjaro Fluxbox, but they do not work well. A large band of shadow appears close to the dock. This shadow is there even when the dock is hidden. This area cannot be clicked through and any window…
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Plank dock shows read-only error in terminal

When I run plank dock in the terminal console I see the following errors popping up: [WARN ...] [Preferences:192] '/usr/share/themes/io.elementary.stylesheet.blueberry/plank/dock.theme' is read-only! [WARN ...] [Preferences:378] Missing key…
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Different kind of android studio icon in plank dock with KDE plasma

Plank showing some weird kind of icon for android studio sometimes. showing in the picture. Just want to know why it's showing like this? On Arch Linux, KDE plasma 5.27
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How do I select a package from apt list when the same package is available on two repos?

I want to install plank from the github repo,and added the repository but apt defaults to installing the package from the default Elementary OS ppa.(The first package) How do I selectively install the second one ?
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How do I get rid of the persistent dock in Pop!_OS?

I used to use dash-to-dock as my daily driver now, I tried switching to plank but whenever I open the activities menu I see another dock at the left of my screen(even after I disable the dash-to-dock gnome extension). I tried installing the…
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