Can the Panels be locked in place?

[k3lt01]

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Can the Panels in Gnome be locked in place? if they can, how?

My father is new to Ubuntu and he keeps moving the panels around without even knowing he is doing it (I have watched him closely and it is him doing it, even though he denies it, lol).

[Crafty Kisses]

I'm pretty sure you can right click on the panel, and there's an option called "Lock Panel Position". Try that and see if it works.

[k3lt01]

Nope there is no "Lock Panel Position" option. See screenshot for proof.

[gettinoriginal]

Install Ubuntu Tweak, it is in Synaptic. After it is installed, it will be under Applications, System Tools. Once open, go to desktop, gnome, check complete lockdown of panels.

[k3lt01]

Thanks gettinoriginal, I tested it on my laptop and it worked, now to fix my dads laptop.

[marianlibrarian]

I need help. I thought this would be the answer. I have 5 public access computers and our patrons have so totally screwed the desktop that I have had to resort to reinstalling Ubuntu (the one with the Crane oops edit: Hardy Heron).

So I have been searching through this forum and found this suggestion of using "Tweak"

But this is what is in the Synaptic description:

an efficient hex editor
Tweak is a hex editor. It allows you to edit a file at very low
level, letting you see the full and exact binary contents of the
file. It can be useful for modifying binary files such as
executables, editing disk or CD images, debugging programs that
generate binary file formats incorrectly, and many other things.

Tweak runs under any terminal emulator using the curses library. It
has customizable keybindings, but the default keybindings are similar
to emacs.

Where is this Tweak in Synaptic that is supposed to "lockdown" panels and such???

[starcannon]

marianlibrarian you can find it here: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

[riza hylviu]

HI
Just search on google for ubuntu tweak and download the deb package, i didn't find it in synaptic

[marianlibrarian]

I went to Ubuntu Tweak link provided above. I think that may be more than this poor old librarian can comprehend.

However, I kept searching through the search results and found reference to something called Pessulus that you can find by going to your Synaptic thing and typing in the word Lockdown.

Once it is installed, there will be a selection in the System / Administration menu called "Lockdown Editor". This is simple enough for me to understand and will tide me over until I can figure out the Tweak thing.

Thanks!

[marianlibrarian]

Well, it does lock down the panels so they cannot be moved. However, the menu choice is available to all users even some one with no privileges. So I am going to have to figure out what tweak is and hope I don't blow up our computers in the process.