I want to make Ubuntu dock like Windows taskbar
Ubuntu:
Windows:
(as you see Windows has three Explorer icons and Ubuntu has only one Files icon
Is it possible to uncombine/ungroup apps in Ubuntu?
I want to make Ubuntu dock like Windows taskbar
Ubuntu:
Windows:
(as you see Windows has three Explorer icons and Ubuntu has only one Files icon
Is it possible to uncombine/ungroup apps in Ubuntu?
To mimic the Windows taskbar, install the extension "Dash to Panel". It immediately provides a Windows style bar at the bottom of the screen. It has plenty of configuration options, including the option you are after, i.e., ungrouping application buttons. 'Dash to Panel" is an excellent extension.
https://extensions.gnome.org/
), the setting is found at Behaviour/Ungroup applications
(Dash-to-Panel version: 23).
– AlainD
Sep 26 '19 at 11:55
in Ubuntu 20.04,
gnome tweaks
and dash to panel extension
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel
Tweaks
-> go to Extensions
Dash to panel
Dash to panel
-> click Settings
IconBehavior
tab, enable Ungroup applications
Ungroup applications
-> click Settings
IconMaximum width
-> 0 (zero)Thanks to @vanadium and @moony
Follow up for previous answers. To install Dash to Panel
extension (and others extensions) in Ubuntu 22.04 at first there is a need to install standalone Extension Manager
(since installing extensions in Firefox is not working):
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager
source - Install Gnome Shell Extensions 22.04 LTS
After that it is possible to run Extension Manager
app and inside it to find and install Dash to Panel
extension.
Dash to Panel
extension works badly - there is bugs now. I returned to Ubuntu 20.04. On it this extension works normally.
– Anton Samokat
Oct 08 '22 at 16:16
"Dash to Panel"
(quotes included) and change search filter to "Downloads" or "Recent"... somehow it does not prioritize by exact name match :/
– jave.web
Oct 09 '23 at 14:09
There is a taskbar extension available.
Unfortunately, the development of that extension was halted on 15 december. However, Dash to Panel fully covers the functionality of Taskbar.