Ubuntu 16.04 Custom Unity Location Tutorial

Change the Ubuntu 16.04 Unity location

As I've already made clear, the method is currently available only for Ubuntu 16.04 and will not work with earlier versions of Ubuntu.

Using terminal commands

You can execute the following command in the terminal:

Move the Unity position to the bottom

Gsettings Set Com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom

Move the Unity position to the left

Gsettings Set Com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position left

The above command needs to be restarted before the system takes effect.

Using the GUI tool

To operate using a graphical interface, you need to first install the dconf Editor System Configuration Editor:

sudo apt-get install Dconf-editor

Once installed, you can manually select Unity's location on the desktop in the Com–canonical–unity–launcher of the tool.

The configuration after the dconf Editor change takes effect immediately and is relatively convenient to use without rebooting the system.