Panel icon appears in Plank dock
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Plank |
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plank (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Using Plank v.0.11.4 (installed from default ubuntu repo) under Ubuntu Mate 17.10, the Panel icon occasionally appears without user intervention when the "Show unpinned" setting is enabled. The icon remains in the dock, has no visible effect when clicked, and can only be removed by opening preferences and disabling the "Show unpinned" setting.
Re-enabling the "Show Unpinned" setting does not cause the icon to immediately reappear, but it does eventually reappear at some point. The reappearance is not associated with any user-related panel activity, such as changing an existing panel or opening a new one.
OS: Ubuntu 17.10 artful
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.13.0-16-generic
Uptime: 2d 21h 50m
Shell: bash 4.4.12
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: MATE 1.18.1
WM: Metacity (Marco)
GTK Theme: 'Blue-Submarine' [GTK2/3]
Icon Theme: mate
Font: Ubuntu 11
CPU: AMD FX-6200 Six-Core @ 6x 3.8GHz
GPU: GeForce GT 610
RAM: 1672MiB / 16005MiB
Changed in plank: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in plank: | |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Changed in plank (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
I can confirm this being the case in Mate 18.04 beta too. On mate community discussion it is said it is a bug in Plank iteself.
Here is the 18.04 report from Mate discussion https:/ /ubuntu- mate.community/ t/plank- annoyances- in-18-04- builds/ 16326
The same bug also appears if you launch an application that "closes" in tray, like psensor.
> 2) Same things for tray applications, e.g. I installed psensor which has a tray icon, if I minimize the psensor to tray it doesn't dissapear from dock.
Proposed solution: Add the possibility to configure "ignored applications". The applications marked as ignored will never show up in dock.