Panel settings not appearing on right-click in gnome

Question

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04. I switched to Gnome classic from unity as I'm more comfortable with the former. However, I couldn't find where the panel setting are. Usually a drop down menu appears on right-clicking the top and bottom panels. But it doesn't happen now.

I need the panel settings so as to auto hide the panels (as my netbook screen is quite small!) as well as to add the "system monitor" applet to the panel which is really useful.

Where can I find the panel settings?

Maybe this is a duplicate of question remove unwanted shortcut gnome classic — PhoneixS, Nov 13 '12 at 15:32
None of the answers below work for me. I am using Ubuntu 21.10 and Gnome 40.4.0. — user643722, Apr 29 '22 at 08:12

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '12 at 22:51

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Try this :

Alt + Super+ Right Click

edited Oct 05 '12 at 22:51

penreturns

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answered Apr 27 '12 at 20:17

Zatarra

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Just Alt-Right click works. No need for Super – SkaveRat Nov 14 '12 at 08:18
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i was getting the same issue, but Alt + Super + Right Click works for me. But after i edited the Panel settings, i unchecked the "Expand" option, and now panel shrunk to accommodate only the items present on the panel, there is no "empty" space on the panel where i right click and get the Preferences back to enable "expand" again. Only options i get are to move the item on the panel and remove it from the panel. there is no way to activate "add to Panel". plz help!!! – weima Dec 25 '12 at 23:10
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as jay mentions in his answer, Super is Windows key – Marius Balčytis Feb 21 '13 at 23:34
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i can verify that alt-rightclick does not work. you need the full super-alt-rightclick chord. – Martin DeMello Mar 06 '13 at 00:41
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Not working in Gnome 3 in RHEL 7.2 distribution... – abhisek Mar 02 '16 at 09:25
super+alt+rightClick or alt+rightClick only works if we can find a gap or an edge that let us click directly on the gnome panel, not on its indicators/widgets; I wonder if there is some way to configure it/call its properties if the panel is completely full and without the edges showing? – Aquarius Power Jul 02 '17 at 23:17
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wow. what was the reason to make this more complex than just right clicking? – Florian Castellane Feb 27 '19 at 14:16

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '12 at 08:32

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1.Hold left click 2.Hold alt 3.right click

answered Apr 27 '12 at 08:32

anonymous

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this one was new to me but it does indeed work. – Amanda Jun 25 '12 at 17:14
this works when using compiz instead of metacity 14.04 – mchid Aug 25 '14 at 05:23

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 13 '12 at 15:45

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Hold in ALT while right-clicking.

Tested in Ubuntu 12.04 with GNOME Classic.

edited Nov 13 '12 at 15:45

PhoneixS

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answered Apr 27 '12 at 06:36

Ernest

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This does not work in Oneric -- if you did try it and it worked for you, you should specify your distro and version. – Amanda Jun 25 '12 at 17:13

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 19:19

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windowkey+alt+rightclick(on panel)

answered Jul 25 '12 at 19:19

jay

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FYI, the super-key mentioned above is the window-key. – harisibrahimkv Jul 25 '12 at 23:24

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 03 '14 at 00:25

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Just wanted to say, even though the question is old and was marked as answered, that Alt+RightClick or Super+Alt+RightClick haven't worked for me for a looooong time. Today I found that Alt+AltGr+RightClick DOES work. Hope that it helps (even though you may harm your fingers with this combo).

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answered Jul 03 '14 at 00:25

luri

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Confirmed, this works for me (although Alt+Super+RightClick also works) – waldyrious Oct 07 '14 at 19:08

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 27 '12 at 19:17

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Super (hold) + Alt (hold) + Right Mouse Button (click)

answered Apr 27 '12 at 19:17

no1important

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