Is it possible to restart only the dash and panel with launchers without restarting unity?
Solution 1
I don't think this is possible.
However, if you made a script use libunity you can have a real dynamic quicklist instead of generating a new static one on demand. Check out the Opera one for an example.
Solution 2
Try a killall -SIGHUP unity-2d-shell
as normal/logged in user.
This closes the launcher icon bar and opens it again.
Solution 3
This command worked for me:
DISPLAY=:0 compiz --replace&
The DISPLAY=:0 is needed only if calling from another shell (for example, when using ctrl-F1 terminal).
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Venugopal M over 1 year
I know there is `unity-panel-service', which is used for restarting the panel. But it is possible restart the "Dash/Launchers" section without restarting the whole unity plugin?
I have used for my gftp Quicklist, the way with
unity --replace &
, but this is not the best way. If you have Quicklist with possibility to generate menu items dynamically, it would be nice to have possibility restart only the whole Launcher.I have try also,to get the favorites list with gsettings , change it and roll it back, but without awaited result.
For now only the
unity --replace
is the working solution or not ? -
Venugopal M almost 13 yearsThanks, for the help, the libunity is perfect solution for my future quicklist