The intellihide mode (launcher hiding when a window comes close to it) is not an officially supported feature in 12.04 anymore, the officially supported behaviour modes are always on or always autohide. Are you sure you are not using the always on mode?
** Changed in: unity-2d (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988353 Title: Unity-2D sidebar does not hide in VNC session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-2d/+bug/988353/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs