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elementary / dock

A quick app launcher and window switcher for Pantheon and elementary OS
https://elementary.io
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Remove hidden preferences #76

Closed cassidyjames closed 2 years ago

cassidyjames commented 3 years ago

Problem

All the preferences we support are in System Settings > Desktop > Dock. Plank also has an unintuitive hidden preferences UI hidden behind a command-line flag or a Ctrl+Right-Click, but many of these preferences are unsupported and can lead to unwanted issues.

Proposal

Remove the hidden preferences window, and disable the Ctrl+Right-click menu. Someone who wants a customizable dock can install upstream Plank, Docky, or any number of other options that will better cater to them.

Prior Art

I believe we used to have a "locked down" Docky and GNOME Panel way back in Jupiter, for similar reasons. GNOME doesn't offer any configuration for their dock-like Dash.

ChristopherTheBoss commented 3 years ago

They should be merged. Completely doing away with these options, some of which are essential doesn't make any sense. I just installed elementary and was easily able to find the Dock settings under "Desktop" in the settings app, however I was very confused when I couldn't figure out how to get the dock on the left-hand side of the screen. Widescreen monitors are lacking in vertical real estate so it makes sense for a dock to live there.

I was only able to figure out how to achieve this by Googling "elementary os dock on left" My first instinct had been to right click the dock. Nothing. "Oh well," I thought "I'll look in the settings app" "Nothing here..." "It'd better be under Desktop" (ridiculous since the Desktop has very little functionality in elementary. I understand that Desktop is derived from Desktop Environment given the settings it contains, but it would be better to name this Setting "Environment" and have a separate section entirely for Dock) "A very sparse selection of settings...I'm still on a LiveDVD, perhaps my journey ends here, better Google it before I abandon the OS" Google: "elementary os dock on left" Restult: plank - How do I move the dock to the right of screen on loki? "OK, Ctrl+Right click seems as if they were trying to hide the very first thing I do in a fresh environment to maximize vertical screen utilization, not at all intuitive"

The Docklets are nice, wouldn't want to get rid of them. I also need to resize the icons.

The dock should be the center of OS utility, in my opinion.

Blast-City commented 3 years ago

They should be merged. Completely doing away with these options, some of which are essential doesn't make any sense. I just installed elementary and was easily able to find the Dock settings under "Desktop" in the settings app, however I was very confused when I couldn't figure out how to get the dock on the left-hand side of the screen. Widescreen monitors are lacking in vertical real estate so it makes sense for a dock to live there.

I was only able to figure out how to achieve this by Googling "elementary os dock on left" My first instinct had been to right click the dock. Nothing. "Oh well," I thought "I'll look in the settings app" "Nothing here..." "It'd better be under Desktop" (ridiculous since the Desktop has very little functionality in elementary. I understand that Desktop is derived from Desktop Environment given the settings it contains, but it would be better to name this Setting "Environment" and have a separate section entirely for Dock) "A very sparse selection of settings...I'm still on a LiveDVD, perhaps my journey ends here, better Google it before I abandon the OS" Google: "elementary os dock on left" Restult: plank - How do I move the dock to the right of screen on loki? "OK, Ctrl+Right click seems as if they were trying to hide the very first thing I do in a fresh environment to maximize vertical screen utilization, not at all intuitive"

The Docklets are nice, wouldn't want to get rid of them. I also need to resize the icons.

The dock should be the center of OS utility, in my opinion.

Hi.

I think the objective is to make the Dock as simple as it could be and if people want a fully featured Dock they can install Plank with one command. It's even easier than installing elementary OS Tweaks.

BAProductions commented 3 years ago

I have a better not make the dock settings their own switch board app LIke Mac OS AKA Appearance, Dock & Wallpaper picker should be separated.

danirabbit commented 2 years ago

Thanks for your report! We're doing a complete rewrite of the dock based on our recent UI study and this particular issue isn't able to be reproduced in the new version of the dock