unity panel make sticky

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Sun 23 Oct 2011 19:53:23 SAST, Henri Mone wrote:
> Dear Unity Users,
>
> I just switched to Ubuntu 11.10. I'm coming to unity desktop from
> gnome. It is for me quiet annoying that the panel on the left side
> always diapers. I would like to know:
>
> 1. How do I make the unity panel on the left side sticky?
> 2. How do I make the icons on the unity panel smaller, not all of my
> applications fit on the panel.
>
> Thanks,
> Henri
>

Hi Henri,

You can find this option under the Compiz Config Settings Manager. This 
can be installed via the terminal with sudo apt-get install 
compizconfig-settings-manager. Once installed you can launch the 
application and then click on Ubuntu Unity Plugin. To make the panel 
sticky change the option "Hide Launcher" to "Never". To change the size 
of the icons switch to the "Experimental" tab on the top and change 
"Launcher icon size" to its minimum value of 32.

You might need to logout and login again to see the changes. If the 
changes still do not reflect try restarting the OS. I changed the 
settings earlier and didn't notice any changes, and I have yet to 
logout/login or restart my machine.

If you would like to change additional Gnome settings you could try 
Ubuntu Tweak from ubuntu-tweak.com or use the advanced tool from the 
repository.

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce