Auto-hiding the applications bar

Wed Dec 5 21:42:08 UTC 2012

On 5 December 2012 21:05, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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!

Do you mean Unity or Gnome Shell (both of which sit on Gnome) or something else?

If Unity then in System Settings > Appearance > Behaviour you can
select Auto-hide the launcher.

Colin