Thanks for the reply Mikkel. I am happy there will be at least some way to switch them off. Nevertheless I think having a GUI checkbox would be better, I might not be the only one who would appreciate more space in launcher, and secondly, editing /usr/share/unity/places will surely requiere root priviledges (not always possible) and will change the behavior for all users (not always desired)
Thanks anyways! Tomas 2011/3/8 Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[email protected]> > This may or may not end up being adjustable from the GUI in Natty, but > there will definitely be an easy way to change it if you are not > scared of editing text files. > > The Unity places are defined in terms of .place files located in > /usr/share/unity/places. If you look at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Places you'll see that the spec has two > keys ShowGlobal and ShowEntry which controls whether a place is > integrated in the global search results (when you press the Ubuntu > button) and/or has a dedicated entry in the launche. > > The support for this hasn't entirely landed yet, but it will soon. > When it does you should just be able to put ShowEntry=false in the > .place files. Then log out and log back in, and the launcher tiles > should be gone. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729925 > > Title: > There should be a configuration option not to show Applications and > Places icons > > Status in Ayatana Design: > New > Status in Unity: > Incomplete > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: unity > > I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature request, but I think it is > both. The bug is that I cannot use the Ubuntu logo button in top left > corner to search throuhg applications if unity-place-applications is > not isntalled. I would be fine with that if there was a way to hide > the applications (and places as well) icon in the laucher. I am > running Natty an Unity on Acer AO532h netbook and I am very happy with > it, but in my opininon there should be a configuration option not to > show these buttons, or hitting the Ubuntu logo should work without > installing unity-place-applications and unity-place-files packages. > The icons just take too much space on such a small screen. I > understand that they might be useful for someone, but there should be > a way to switch them off in configuration in ccsm. I believe that > there should be an option not to show the partitions icons as well. > They might be nice for showing an icon of a flashdisk inserted, but if > someone is trying a new distro (like me), he (she) usually have > another partition with a backup distro, a home partition, and possibly > some other partition as well. They all have icons in the launcher, but > they are quite useless there,because they are almost never used. Still > they take much of the presious space. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: unity 3.6.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,imgjpeg,decor,imgpng,place,obs,imgsvg,move,commands,staticswitcher,gnomecompat,resize,text,zoom,mousepoll,regex,mag,session,wall,shift,animation,wobbly,fade,expo,scale,workarounds,unityshell] > Date: Sun Mar 6 00:20:22 2011 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 > (20101007) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en > LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: unity > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-09 (86 days ago) > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/729925/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729925 Title: There should be a configuration option not to show Applications and Places icons -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
