Ubuntu – Alt + right click does not work to edit GNOME panel in Unity

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The alt + right click combination does not work for editing gnome-panel in the unity interface, but I eventually found that holding alt and clicking both mouse buttons at the same time worked to bring up the panel's properties menu.

It occasionally works when I hold alt and press both mouse buttons on any panel applets. Most of the time I am stuck with the added applets.

I was able to delete the top gnome-panel. But when I changed the bottom panel's properties to be on the right side of the screen, it completely disappeared, and there was no way to get it back, even when I logged in with gnome-classic.

(So far, I have had to dump gnome-panel as an option for an extra Ubuntu 11.10 panel, as there appear to be too many conflicts between the gnome panel and the new unity interface.)

Are there any configurations that can be altered to make the editing of the gnome-panel easier? Such as in Gconf-editor or Dconf-editor?

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I had the same problem as you have, then I tried this combination: Alt + Super + Right Click and it worked!

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Ubuntu – Can’t add to panel nor delete panel

Reset Gnome.

First of all, backup your settings.

mkdir ~/backup_gnome
mkdir ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/
cp -R ~/.gnome/* ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/

Do this with these folders: .gnome, .gnome2, .gconf, .gconfd, .metacity

Another way is to backup ALL of your settings:

mkdir ~/backup_settings
cp -R ~/.* ~/backup_settings/

After making backups, you can delete all gnome settings:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

WARNING: If you remove all these folders, you essentially remove all the settings.

After resetting gnome, Logout and Login again (or restart your computer). You panels should be restored, now you can edit them again.

I hope this helped you, but try all the answers before mine, because resetting gnome is like reinstalling gnome.

Daniel

Ubuntu – How to add panel applets to classic gnome panel

Hold Alt and Right Click. I had the exact same problem actually, but more with the clock in the middle of the screen driving me batty. :)

See: How do I move the clock in GNOME Classic?

If you are using gnome-classic (with effects), you actually have to hold Meta + Alt + Right Click.

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