The Plank icon in the dock needs to be hidden

[Avi Romanoff]

Just what it says on the tin. I believe this can be done with a configuration keyfile.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

I'd prefer upstream to make this change and not mess with ugly config tweaks myself :)

[Avi Romanoff (aroman)]

Uh, do you mean get upstream to implement an easy toggle for the icon? Because for sure they're not going to get rid of the icon.

On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:09 AM, "Sergey \"Shnatsel\" Davidoff" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'd prefer upstream to make this change and not mess with ugly config
> tweaks myself :)
>
> ** Tags added: ebuild
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> ** Changed in: elementaryos
> Status: New => Confirmed
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> The Plank icon in the dock needs to be hidden
>
> Status in elementary OS:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Just what it says on the tin. I believe this can be done with a
> configuration keyfile.
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[Gusions (gusions)]

It's simple to do. Remove the plank.dockitem in /.config/plank/launchers !

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

I'd rather prevent its creation than remove it. Removing it is hackish. We need to figure out when and under what circumstances plank.dockitem is created. Its creation is not in /etc/skel/ and not in packaging scripts. We need to ask Plank devs about it.

[Avi Romanoff (aroman)]

I agree with shnatsel. I have reported the feature request in upstream Plank.

On Jun 5, 2011, at 7:25 AM, "Sergey \"Shnatsel\" Davidoff" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'd rather prevent its creation than remove it. Removing it is hackish.
> We need to figure out when and under what circumstances plank.dockitem
> is created. Its creation is not in /etc/skel/ and not in packaging
> scripts. We need to ask Plank devs about it.
>
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> Title:
> The Plank icon in the dock needs to be hidden
>
> Status in elementary OS:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Just what it says on the tin. I believe this can be done with a
> configuration keyfile.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
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[Brian Chandler (ncmason)]

For some reason the Plank icon is appearing again. I've noticed it creep in on two systems now. I can't tell what makes it appear, but once it does I can't get rid of it. There is no plank.dockitem to delete. Right-click->'Close' doesn't do anything. Enabling and disabling 'Keep in Dock' doesn't do anything either. (I have to do that sometimes when the AppCenter icon gets stuck down there with update notification.)