How can I move the gnome dock to the left side?

Question

I installed the gnome panel: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/17/dock/

but its on the right side, which is quite annoying becaus it alway popps up when using the scrollbar. How can I move it to the left?

Solution 1

Open a terminal and type:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock position left

For 3.2 users, here is another way:

Type in a terminal:

gedit ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js 

About line 44 find:

const DOCK_POSITION = PositionMode.RIGHT; 

change to

const DOCK_POSITION = PositionMode.LEFT; 

Save, exit, refresh gnome-shell (hit [Alt+F2] followed by r) and enjoy!

Solution 2

1. Open dconf-editor
2. Go to /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dock
3. Toggle autohide and left/right position from there

Source: Ubuntu Forums

Comments

[Paul Woitaschek]

Could not load schemas from ./schemas: Datei »./schemas/gschemas.compiled« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: open() ist gescheitert: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

[Paul Woitaschek]

"Datei"=file "konnte nicht geöffnet werden"=could not be opened "Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden"="File or folder not found

[jasmines]

Try with my new edit.

[jasmines]

Please, translate.

[Paul Woitaschek]

Hard^^ I think it wants to say, that "org.gnome.shell.extensions.dock" not exists.

[jasmines]

Ok, it seems you're running a different version of gnome-shell. Try with my last edit.

[Paul Woitaschek]

Im running 3.4.1-0ubuntu2 should I do that anyway?

[Paul Woitaschek]

There is no org.gnome.shell.extensions just apps, desktop, schemas & system. Searched the whole folders via Strg+F

[jasmines]

I'm afraid you're searching with gconf-editor, not dconf-editor...

[Paul Woitaschek]

There is no extensions. Just calendar, clock, keybindings, keyboard, overrides, recorder

[jasmines]

That looks very strange. Try the manual solution!