Auto-hiding the applications bar

Wed Dec 5 21:25:19 UTC 2012

On Wednesday 05 December 2012 16:19:46 JD did opine:

> On 12/05/2012 01:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 December 2012 15:57:41 JD did opine:
> >> On 12/05/2012 01:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 05 December 2012 15:36:56 JD did opine:
> >>>> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
> >>>> charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
> >>>> text="#000000"> <font size="+1"><font face="Console">Running
> >>>> ubuntu 12.10 with latest updates.<br> How can I force the apps
> >>>> menu bar on the left side of the screen t<font size="+1">o<br>
> >>>> <font size="+1">go into auto-hide once the pointer is moved away
> >>>> from it?<br> <br>
> >>>> </font></font></font></font> </body> </html>
> >>> 
> >>> There are many on this list who will ignore your pure html posts.
> >>> Please put your copy of thunderbird into the text only mode and
> >>> repost your questions.
> >>> 
> >>> We also don't top post reply's here, but usually intersperse them so
> >>> it reads like a normal conversation.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers, Gene
> >> 
> >> OK, here goes:
> >> 
> >> Running ubuntu 12.10 with latest updates.
> > 
> > Since this is an interface question, which gui are you using? gnome,
> > kde, xfce etc etc.
> 
> Gnome!
> 
That leaves me out then.  I have 2 boxes running my milling machine and 
lathe but that is 10.04.4 LTS, and the pager is always on it the toolbar 
across the bottom of the screen for that release.  I have just enough kde 
installed here to get kmail, on an otherwise identical install, so that's 
what I have here also.  Setup for 10 workspaces.

> >> How can I force the apps menu bar on the left side of the screen to
> >> go into auto-hide once the pointer is moved away from it?

So obviously I will defer to the real gnome experts here, and there are 
several.

Cheers, Gene
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