How to Move Ubuntu Launcher Down
Unity is a display shell Gnome made by Canonical Ltd. for one of the distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system, namely Ubuntu. Until now Unity has reached version 8. Unity was first used in version Netbook Ubuntu 10.10.
Unity is designed for user convenience by having a large desktop workspace display, so users of netbooks or laptops with smaller screens can work more comfortably and more efficiently.
One of the designs that Unity has that makes it a comfortable workspace is the application menu vertical on the left of the Desktop called Launchers.
Launcher Unity allows users to easily open and switch applications to pre-installed applications.lock on Launchers.by defaultposition Launcher Unity is vertical on the left side of the Desktop. But due to certain reasons, some users like the position
Launcher at the bottom of the Desktop. In this post, we will give a tutorial on how to move
Launcher Unity on Ubuntu to the bottom of the Desktop
How to Move Unity Launcher Down in Ubuntu Using Terminal
Actually there are two ways that can be done to move the position Launcher Unity, namely by using the Dconf Editor application and by using the Terminal. This tutorial will provide a moving tutorial Launcher Unity uses Terminal, because it is very easy, without the need to install applications.
On Ubuntu 16.04, user can move position Launcher by using Terminals. To move position Launcher Unity is quite easy.
First, open Terminal on Ubuntu by pressing the combination CTRL + ALT + T on keyboardor by opening it via Ubuntu Dashboard.
The terminal will open. To move position Launcher Unity to the bottom, enter the following command in Terminal.
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom
Then position launcher Unity will immediately move to the bottom and change to horizontal.
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| Unity Look With Launcher Below |
To restore position Launcher Unity to the original or to the left of the Desktop. Just type the command as before, and replace the word “Bottom” at the end of the command becomes “Left”as follows.
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Left
Position Launcher Unity will return to its original position or to the left of the Desktop.
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| Unity Look With Launcher Moved to the Left |

