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GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME

It forms a core part of the GNOME desktop.

It has been replaced in GNOME 3.x by default with GNOME Shell, which only works with the Mutter window manager. GNOME Panel serves as Fallback Mode when Mutter can not be executed, although it can still be activated if a user still wishes to use it as their default desktop.

The gnome-panel module provides:

the panel
the libpanel-applet library. This library allows one to develop small applications which may be embedded in the panel. These are called applet.

several applets (the Workspace Switcher, the Window List, the Window Selector, the Notification Area, the Clock and the infamous 'Wanda the Fish') (other applets are in GnomeApplets)
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Panel settings not appearing on right-click in gnome

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…
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Resetting gnome panel

How does one reset the gnome panel to the initial state? During use, gnome panel applets move and get replaced with the ones users like. After some time the panel becomes so cluttered that it requires a cleanup. The easiest way would be to reset the…
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How to remove shadow from gnome-panel?

How can I remove this shadow: from gnome-panel?
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how to reset gnome panel?

I think my gnome-panel is messed up because I alt+right click it and nothing pops up. I'm on 12.04, classic gnome desktop. so I used locate and found gnome-panel in .gconf somewhere, how do I clear just gnome-panel's settings so that I can add…
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gnome-panel has multiple rows -- how to undo that?

On Ubuntu 12.04 I use openbox with a single "gnome-panel" started. But after trying to configure my two screen in Xinerama mode I got additional rows of panels each time X restarted. And despite I completely reverted to my one-screen-X-config the…
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I deleted my launcher panel when I just wanted to delete a launcher. How do I start making a new panel?

I just want to copy and paste the bit of text that describes the panel in my other user account. Which textfile can I paste that into?
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Command to launch the ALT+F2 window?

I removed all of my gnome-panel's in favor of the Avant Window Manager for a number of reasons, and would really like to not have to have a gnome-panel still just being hidden. Is there a command to launch the Alt+F2 window without having a…
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How do I display more than 5 bookmarks in gnome-panel "Places" menu?

I found a thread on the Ubuntu forums, but it requires me to change the source of gnome-panel and recompile. Is that really the only option if I want to see more than 5 bookmarks in the "Places" menu? I have a huge monitor -- it seems funny to…
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Spanning gnome-panel across dual monitors

Is it possible to make gnome-panel span across the top of both screens (positioned side-by-side)? Preferably, it should involve a solution where the additional screen can be painlessly added or removed at a whim - this is a laptop set up; Xorg…
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How can I get gnome-panel in ubuntu 11.10?

Possible Duplicate: How to revert to GNOME Classic? How do I use the GNOME Panel in Unity? Is it possible to keep GNOME 2 in 11.10? I want Gnome-panel in my ubuntu 11.10 to put netspeed applet in that panel.
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How to move both panels to the bottom in GNOME?

As everyone will know, in Ubuntu GNOME by default there is a panel at the top of the screen with a set of menus and icons and also one at the bottom with the window list etc. What I wanted to do was move both of these to the bottom , with the window…
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Gnome Shell panel timer / pomodoro

I'm a fan of the Pomodoro technique; however, I'd like to have it integrated into my Ubuntu desktop. I found a timer applet that relies on the discontinued python-gnomeapplet package. So there are two acceptable answers to my question: How can I…
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How to put "gnome-panel" like icons in GNOME 3?

I can't put icons on my GNOME-panel (I mean the right click on the panel doesn't works, and I can drag&drop icons from my Desktop to my gnome-panel): $ dpkg -l | grep -i gnome-panel ii gnome-panel 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu1 launcher and docking…
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Why does my panel drawer not work properly?

I used the add to panel applet to add a 'drawer' of common shortcuts to my gnome-panel, but when I click on the drawer icon, it only pops up far enough to see one icon until I mouse over it and hover there for a second or two. Then, it finally…
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Moving the Start menu bar

How do I move the start bar on top to the right or left edge of the screen?
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