How to show automounted devices (pendrives, ext. HDDs) in the sidebar instead of on the desktop?
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Up to 17.04 the behaviour was:
When I plug-in an external drive (USB stick, HDD), then it showed up in the sidebar. This was convenient because I was able to eject/safely remove/open it by using the icon in the sidebar.
Now (17.10) an external drive creates an icon on the desktop at some free random place when plugged in. In order to access the icon to eject/safely remove/open the drive, I need to either minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace.
How can I make these external drive icons appearing in the sidebar instead?
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Up to 17.04 the behaviour was:
When I plug-in an external drive (USB stick, HDD), then it showed up in the sidebar. This was convenient because I was able to eject/safely remove/open it by using the icon in the sidebar.
Now (17.10) an external drive creates an icon on the desktop at some free random place when plugged in. In order to access the icon to eject/safely remove/open the drive, I need to either minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace.
How can I make these external drive icons appearing in the sidebar instead?
17.10 ubuntu-dock
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
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asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
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I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
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Up to 17.04 the behaviour was:
When I plug-in an external drive (USB stick, HDD), then it showed up in the sidebar. This was convenient because I was able to eject/safely remove/open it by using the icon in the sidebar.
Now (17.10) an external drive creates an icon on the desktop at some free random place when plugged in. In order to access the icon to eject/safely remove/open the drive, I need to either minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace.
How can I make these external drive icons appearing in the sidebar instead?
17.10 ubuntu-dock
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
Up to 17.04 the behaviour was:
When I plug-in an external drive (USB stick, HDD), then it showed up in the sidebar. This was convenient because I was able to eject/safely remove/open it by using the icon in the sidebar.
Now (17.10) an external drive creates an icon on the desktop at some free random place when plugged in. In order to access the icon to eject/safely remove/open the drive, I need to either minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace.
How can I make these external drive icons appearing in the sidebar instead?
17.10 ubuntu-dock
17.10 ubuntu-dock
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
edited Apr 8 at 12:55
pomsky
22.9k77198
22.9k77198
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
asked Apr 8 at 12:32
PerlDuck
3,89311030
3,89311030
I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
– sudodus
Apr 8 at 12:38
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I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
– sudodus
Apr 8 at 12:38
I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
– sudodus
Apr 8 at 12:38
I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
– sudodus
Apr 8 at 12:38
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This is a missing feature of the GNOME extension called Dash to Dock (even though there are attempts to include this feature, it's not ready yet). Ubuntu Dock found in Ubuntu 17.10 and later is a fork of Dash to Dock.
But you can achieve almost the same feature you're looking for using another extension, but you'll get an indicator in top-bar instead of in the dock. The extension is called "Removable Drive Menu". It shows an indicator in top-bar with the unmount option whenever a drive is mounted.
You can install the extension by simply toggling a button on here (provided you have chrome-gnome-shell package and an appropriate browser extension installed).
If you don't want to install the browser extension, you can get the archive from the webpage instead and simply extract it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Then you can manage GNOME extensions using (GNOME) Tweaks or gnome-shell-extension-prefs.
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
This is a missing feature of the GNOME extension called Dash to Dock (even though there are attempts to include this feature, it's not ready yet). Ubuntu Dock found in Ubuntu 17.10 and later is a fork of Dash to Dock.
But you can achieve almost the same feature you're looking for using another extension, but you'll get an indicator in top-bar instead of in the dock. The extension is called "Removable Drive Menu". It shows an indicator in top-bar with the unmount option whenever a drive is mounted.
You can install the extension by simply toggling a button on here (provided you have chrome-gnome-shell package and an appropriate browser extension installed).
If you don't want to install the browser extension, you can get the archive from the webpage instead and simply extract it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Then you can manage GNOME extensions using (GNOME) Tweaks or gnome-shell-extension-prefs.
answered Apr 8 at 17:30
pomsky
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
This is a missing feature of the GNOME extension called Dash to Dock (even though there are attempts to include this feature, it's not ready yet). Ubuntu Dock found in Ubuntu 17.10 and later is a fork of Dash to Dock.
But you can achieve almost the same feature you're looking for using another extension, but you'll get an indicator in top-bar instead of in the dock. The extension is called "Removable Drive Menu". It shows an indicator in top-bar with the unmount option whenever a drive is mounted.
You can install the extension by simply toggling a button on here (provided you have chrome-gnome-shell package and an appropriate browser extension installed).
If you don't want to install the browser extension, you can get the archive from the webpage instead and simply extract it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Then you can manage GNOME extensions using (GNOME) Tweaks or gnome-shell-extension-prefs.
answered Apr 8 at 17:30
pomsky
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
This is a missing feature of the GNOME extension called Dash to Dock (even though there are attempts to include this feature, it's not ready yet). Ubuntu Dock found in Ubuntu 17.10 and later is a fork of Dash to Dock.
But you can achieve almost the same feature you're looking for using another extension, but you'll get an indicator in top-bar instead of in the dock. The extension is called "Removable Drive Menu". It shows an indicator in top-bar with the unmount option whenever a drive is mounted.
You can install the extension by simply toggling a button on here (provided you have chrome-gnome-shell package and an appropriate browser extension installed).
If you don't want to install the browser extension, you can get the archive from the webpage instead and simply extract it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Then you can manage GNOME extensions using (GNOME) Tweaks or gnome-shell-extension-prefs.
answered Apr 8 at 17:30
pomsky
22.9k77198
This is a missing feature of the GNOME extension called Dash to Dock (even though there are attempts to include this feature, it's not ready yet). Ubuntu Dock found in Ubuntu 17.10 and later is a fork of Dash to Dock.
But you can achieve almost the same feature you're looking for using another extension, but you'll get an indicator in top-bar instead of in the dock. The extension is called "Removable Drive Menu". It shows an indicator in top-bar with the unmount option whenever a drive is mounted.
You can install the extension by simply toggling a button on here (provided you have chrome-gnome-shell package and an appropriate browser extension installed).
If you don't want to install the browser extension, you can get the archive from the webpage instead and simply extract it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Then you can manage GNOME extensions using (GNOME) Tweaks or gnome-shell-extension-prefs.
answered Apr 8 at 17:30
pomsky
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answered Apr 8 at 17:30
pomsky
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answered Apr 8 at 17:30
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I use the file browser (Nautilus in Ubuntu, Thunar in Xubuntu, PcmanFM in Lubuntu ...). That is more convenient than to minimize all windows or switch to another (empty) workspace. (I have not learned how to tweak the sidebar.)
– sudodus
Apr 8 at 12:38