Can I move the workspace switcher icon to the top of the Unity launcher

I would like to move the Workspace switcher icon from the bottom to the top of my Unity dock bar. Is this possible? Drag and drop does not work. Thanks!

2 Answers

Short answer: Only for Unity 2D

Not for Unity (3D), not without modifying the source code. For Unity 2D, see @Matt2's answer just above or below this one.

If you want to modify the source code, download unity and look at plugins/unityshell/src/LauncherController.cpp. I don't know the exact changes required, but this answer which talks about modifications to LauncherController to remove the Workspace Switcher should give you some good hints.

Keep an eye on this:

There is a workaround for unity2d as described at

gksudo gedit /usr/share/unity-2d/launcher/Launcher.qml 

find this section:

Component.onCompleted: { items.appendModel(bfbModel); items.appendModel(applications); items.appendModel(workspaces); items.appendModel(devices); items.appendModel(trashes); } 

You can rearrange these. Please remember that this fix only works with Ubuntu 2d