GNOME shows activities overview when mouse hover dash

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I got this weird bug recently: When mouse-hovering the dash panel, the activities overview shows up. Why is that? (I'm using "dash to panel" extension).

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 21 '18 at 09:30

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Use GNOME Tweaks to turn off Activities Overview Hot Corner. If Tweaks is not installed, type in bash:

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

Then open Tweaks -> Top Bar -> turn off Activities Overview Hot Corner.

edited Oct 21 '18 at 09:30

pomsky

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answered Sep 09 '18 at 11:41

Erik Apostol

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sudo apt install tweak seems to be a wrong command... – pomsky Oct 21 '18 at 09:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '17 at 16:32

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Activities getting activated by mouse hover at the top-left corner is in fact a default GNOME shell behaviour. But in Ubuntu 17.10 it's patched not to do so.

I reckon by installing Dash to Panel (or some other extension(s)/package(s)) you have broken the patch somehow.

You may use a GNOME shell extension called No Topleft Hot Corner to disable this hot corner feature.

answered Dec 09 '17 at 16:32

pomsky

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I am coming from Ubuntu 16.04 and I liked that feature. How do I re-enable it? – AutonomousApps Jun 24 '18 at 06:35
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@pomsky The setting is now exposed in Gnome Tweaks, so can be set there, as user3526273 indicatedor using dconf editor, or using a gsettings command. Better approach than installing another extension. -> sorry, I see I am messing with an older question. – vanadium Oct 21 '18 at 09:23
@vanadium Agreed! Using Tweaks is certainly a better approach. – pomsky Oct 21 '18 at 09:31
@AutonomousApps If you're still interested, you may refer to this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070621/how-do-i-show-running-windows-without-clicking-the-activities-button-but-only – pomsky Oct 21 '18 at 09:33

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