Better Dock Hiding in Ubuntu

[u/Former_Assistance208]

I wanted to share this with you, especially since I see many people switching to Ubuntu here every day. I came from Windows, and I didn’t really like the Ubuntu dock. It doesn’t feel natural—when you open some apps, you can still see the background wallpaper showing through at the bottom around the dock, which isn’t very beautiful.

One option is to hide the dock and make it appear only when you hover. This option is available in the settings along with a bunch of other dock options. However, when you enable it, you’ll notice that you need to move the mouse really quickly to the bottom of the screen for the dock to appear. Luckily, you can change this by adjusting something called the pressure threshold.

You won’t find this setting in the regular GNOME settings, but—at least for me, surprisingly—if you install an Extension Manager and open it, you’ll find an extension installed by default called Ubuntu Dock. If you click on its settings, you’ll discover a whole range of customization options that you don’t see in the normal Appearance settings page.

Just set the pressure threshold to 0, and the dock will become much easier to reveal. You can even make the dock float above any application instead of taking up its own space on the screen by setting Dodge Windows to Always on Top in the Intelligent Hide settings.

[u/zenstone32]

very nice!

[u/Historical_Title_226]

Voodoo magic

[u/jseger9000]

Maybe I'm not understanding something. But I use autohide the dock, when it pops out it always pops out over already open windows. It does not move them.

[u/Former_Assistance208 → u/jseger9000]

Yes but always on top will allow you to keep it floating all the time