How can I hide/show the Ubuntu dock with a keyboard shortcut?

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I am not able to hide/unhide the Launcher/Dash/Dock from the keyboard in Ubuntu 17.10 or in Ubuntu 18.04. Is it possible?

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '18 at 14:33

Not exactly what it's intended for, but you can use super+q to show the Ubuntu dock when it's hidden.

The actual use of the key combination is somewhat different, the super+q combination shows the dock with numbers next to each icon in the dock. Then you release q and press the number to launch or switch to the associated application.

If this feature is disabled, run the following to enable it first:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock hot-keys true

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 25 '20 at 19:35

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If you wish to hide/unhide on the go, the following extension does it.
It has a button in the top bar.
See the Gnome extension Dock Hide Button by sanjarcode.

edited Jul 25 '20 at 19:35

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answered Jul 25 '20 at 17:20

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How can I hide/show the Ubuntu dock with a keyboard shortcut?

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