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Bug 747883 - App icon drawer is distracting
App icon drawer is distracting
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 746787
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-04-15 04:11 UTC by mitch.special
Modified: 2015-04-15 07:18 UTC
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Description mitch.special 2015-04-15 04:11:27 UTC 
The app icon drawer in the bottom left of the screen (new in 3.16) can cover up important things and is distracting.  Can it be put somewhere else (maybe in the top bar)?

Screenshot where it's clobbering my line numbers in emacs: [1]
Reddit discussion: [2]

[1] http://i.imgur.com/A9ap1G2.png
[2] http://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/32hkta/316_how_to_hide_the_hint_thing_for_longrunning/
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2015-04-15 07:18:42 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 746787 ***