Значок масштабирования закрывает часы. Другие значки делают то же самое.
Это на Ubuntu 18.04 с использованием GNOME на Xorg.
Как мне убедиться, что этого не происходит?
From this cropped screenshot that you have added to the question, it looks like you have too many indicator icons in your top-right status area. Also the fact that the default spacing between the icons in the status area is quite large made the matter worse in your case.
So you might want to reduce the spacing between the icons in the status area first. You can do that by using the Status Area Horizontal Spacing GNOME extension (Refer to this Q&A to learn about installing and managing GNOME Shell extensions):
Also might want disable/remove unnecessary icons from the the status area.