How to remove shadow from gnome-panel?

Question

How can I remove this shadow:

panel with shadow

from gnome-panel?

Please edit your question to tell us what desktop effects you have enabled and what theme you are using. — dv3500ea, Oct 10 '10 at 16:10

Nyamiou The Galeanthrope · Answer 1 · 2017-02-13T14:20:53.503

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If you want to keep shadows on windows but remove them from the panel,

Install compizconfig-settings-manager

you can use go to Window decoration

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and set Shadow windows to (any) & !(type=Dock).

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edited Feb 13 '17 at 14:20

answered Oct 11 '10 at 01:11

Nyamiou The Galeanthrope

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Do I need to logout and back in for this to take effect? Restarting compiz with "compiz --replace &" wasn't enough. – popey Jul 09 '11 at 00:33
Ok, dunno what I'm doing wrong but I have followed this guide and it absolutely does not remove the drop shadow on the panel. – popey Jul 09 '11 at 13:17
It doesn't work on Unity. – Nyamiou The Galeanthrope Jul 23 '11 at 23:09
Just wanted to say this answer worked perfectly for me in gnome-classic. Or, as I like to call it, "gnome-proper". Thanks. – Questioner Jan 07 '12 at 04:00
Is it possible without third party apps? Compiz config want to disable Ubuntu Unity Plugin, looks not good. – Sonique Nov 04 '15 at 08:31

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '17 at 21:32

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You can do this with compizconfig-settings-manager

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

run it and go window decoration settings. Set window shadow to 'none'.

edited Feb 12 '17 at 21:32

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answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:16

glazs

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This removes shadows from all windows, not just from the panel. – Jonathon Oct 25 '10 at 11:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 11 '17 at 18:59

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NOTE: This solution is for the Unity panel in Ubuntu 11.04+, while the question was asked for gnome-panel.

Replace /usr/share/unity/3/panel-shadow.png with an invisible image. In other words, edit that PNG file and make it 100% transparent and remove the black shade in the image. The panel shadow will then disappear after a logout/login.

You could also create a new PNG file with a width of 1 px (height could be anything, preferably 20px) in gimp , and remove the background white layer. The entire PNG will then be transparent, and then you could put this PNG in /usr/share/unity/3/panel-shadow.png.

edited Mar 11 '17 at 18:59

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answered Jul 09 '11 at 13:32

Bilal Akhtar

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Feel free to ask the same question but tag it unity instead and then post this answer, that way we have a Q+A for both. – Jorge Castro Jul 09 '11 at 15:30
In Ubuntu 14.04 the location of the file is actually /usr/share/unity/icons/panel-shadow.png – Nicolas Ivanov May 19 '15 at 09:57

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:11

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you have to disable desktop effect from System>Preferences>Appearances and in the 'visual effects' tab select 'None'

though there might be some other way like in compizconfig-settings-manager without disabling desktop effect but that I dont know.

answered Oct 10 '10 at 16:11

Omer Akram

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This removes all desktop effects, not just the shadow on the panel. This means Expo, Cube, Blur, Fade etc. etc. will no longer be active. – Jonathon Oct 25 '10 at 11:05

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '10 at 00:13

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Just type or copy paste this: "any & !(type=dock)" under 'Shadow Windows' option in CCSM Window Decoration.

answered Oct 17 '10 at 00:13

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