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Fedora 22 (GNOME 3.16) introduced this expandable legacy icon bar in the bottom-left corner of the screen:

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As you can see, even when closed it takes up a few valuable pixels in the corner (where I am usually looking, when using a terminal). It also annoyingly expands whenever my mouse cursor ends up on top of it.

How do we move or disable this thing?

Jonathon Reinhart
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Try the GNOME shell extension TopIcons. This moves the legacy tray icons shown in this bar to the main GNOME bar, up in the top right by the menu.

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mattdm
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    This should actually be the standard. Hot corners and sides are the worst! – tobias47n9e Sep 10 '15 at 13:41
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    It worked eventually for me. Thanks! Note for others: (1) pop ups should not be blocked, (2) (for proxied Internet) downloads of the extension should also be allowed, (3) re-login/re-start of Gnome is not required - it should just work, (4) if Chrome fails, try Firefox. – uvsmtid Nov 14 '15 at 03:31
  • @uvsmtid If you struggle installing gnome-shell extensions with Chrome, take a look at [this](http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/269788/157373) Chrome Extension/native package combo. – MattSturgeon Mar 15 '16 at 00:43
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Another alternative is the shell extension Hide Legacy Icons, which will simply hide the system tray altogether.

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