Show Desktop icon in Unity Launcher cannot be moved

[Rainer Rohde]

Nice move to have "MyUnity" now in the System Settings!

I like the idea of having the "Show Desktop" icon active in the Unity launcher, however, by default it positions itself above the "Dash Home" button, which I personally don't like. I wanted to move it underneath the "Workspace Switcher", but it doesn't move.

I would like to be able to click and hold the "Show Desktop" icon, then drag it to wherever I want it to be in the Launcher.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: myunity 3.1.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 12 11:54:00 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: myunity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (10 days ago)

[Andrea Colangelo (warp10)]

Thank your for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make ubuntu better.
The option to show desktop icon triggers the gconf key /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/show_desktop_icon, which is a boolean, and myunity can't modify the position of the icon: this is a problem with unity rather than myunity.
Therefore, I'm closing the bug as won't fix.
Anyway, I agree with you that top position isn't the best one for that icon, and think this should be fixed in unity. Since a bug related to this issue is already open, I will mark this bug as a duplicate of it.

[Drzorcz (drzorcz)]

This bug was marked as a duplicate, but that other bug (#964073) has been changed and it doesn't refer to the problem of moving 'Show Desktop' icon any more (it ONLY fixes the position of the icon), so THIS very bug needs to be re-opened.

[Alex Baggott (alex-baggott)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu and cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu, please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW.