Auto-hiding the applications bar

Wed Dec 5 21:48:03 UTC 2012

On 12/05/2012 02:42 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>
Thank you very much Colin.
I am indeed new to Ubuntu and this version of Gnome.
I hope you can help me with my questions in my thread, titled:
Workspaces and workspace switcher