{"id":5751,"date":"2016-03-25T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2016-04-24T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T09:13:23","slug":"ubuntu-16-04-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/03\/ubuntu-16-04-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 16.04: How to Move Unity&#8217;s Left Launcher to The Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ubuntu-next8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ubuntu-next8.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5690\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally the default Unity Desktop&#8217;s left launcher panel can be moved to the bottom of screen in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 16.04 has reached its final beta today. One of the great new features is that the left launcher panel now is movable: to Left or to Bottom. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5753\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-in-left.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5753\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-in-left-450x224.jpg\" alt=\"Unity Launcher in Left\" width=\"450\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-in-left-450x224.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-in-left-600x299.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-in-left.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity Launcher in Left<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5754\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-bottom.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5754\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-bottom-450x335.jpg\" alt=\"Unity Launcher in Bottom\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-bottom-450x335.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-bottom-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-bottom.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity Launcher in Bottom<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><u>How to Move Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 16.04:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>For those prefer Linux commands, this can be done via a single command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gsettings-launcher-position.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gsettings-launcher-position-600x67.jpg\" alt=\"gsettings-launcher-position\" width=\"600\" height=\"67\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gsettings-launcher-position-600x67.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gsettings-launcher-position-450x50.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gsettings-launcher-position.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To revert back, run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Left<\/pre>\n<p><b>For graphical way, do:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\"> Unity Tweak Tool, a graphical configuration tool for Unity desktop, now has an option to move the Unity Launcher. Install it via Gnome Software, launch the tool and navigate to Unity -&gt; Launcher:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tweak-tool-unity-launcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tweak-tool-unity-launcher-600x353.jpg\" alt=\"move unity launcher via unity tweak tool\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tweak-tool-unity-launcher-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tweak-tool-unity-launcher-450x265.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tweak-tool-unity-launcher.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>1. Launch Gnome Software from Launcher, search for and install <b>dconf editor<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-600x207.jpg\" alt=\"dconf-editor-gnomesoftware\" width=\"600\" height=\"207\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-600x207.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware-450x155.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dconf-editor-gnomesoftware.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Launch dconf editor after installation, and navigate to &#8220;com -> canonical -> unity -> launcher&#8221;. Finally change the value of &#8220;launcher-position&#8221; to select Unity Launcher position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-position.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-position-600x253.jpg\" alt=\"launcher-position\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-position-600x253.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-position-450x190.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/launcher-position.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make the bottom panel fit your screen, go to <b>System Settings -> Appearance<\/b> and change the value of <b>Launcher icon size<\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally the default Unity Desktop&#8217;s left launcher panel can be moved to the bottom of screen in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus. Ubuntu 16.04 has reached its final beta today. One of the great new features is that the left launcher panel now is movable: to Left or to Bottom. 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