gnome-panel
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04. I switched to Gnome classic from unity as I'm more comfortable with the former. However, I couldn't find where the panel setting are. Usually a drop down menu appears on right-clicking the top and bottom panels. But it doesn't happen now.
I need the panel settings so as to auto hide the panels (as my netbook screen is quite small!) as well as to add the "system monitor" applet to the panel which is really useful.
Where can I find the panel settings?
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
Settings for GNOME Panel are stored in dconf, now, and you can access them using dconf-editor under: /org/gnome/gnome-panel.
Stuff in dconf is stored in a binary format, which is why those options didn't show up in a search.
To run dconf-editor:
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools or click here (apt://dconf-tools).dconf-editor.Screenshot:
Best Answer
Try this :
Alt + Super+ Right Click