The Unity Dash grants quick access to applications, files and folders, and shortcuts. For the command-line shell, use [tag:dash-shell]
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Winetricks not in dash or menu - Ubuntu 13.04
I installed new Ubuntu 13.04 and Wine 1.5.29 trough ppa. But I noticed that on older Ubuntu versions, after installation of wine and winetricks (they install together now), there is a "Winetricks" ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 suffers graphics corruption?
Ubuntu's dash turns green when I press the Super key after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. I'm not sure what causes the problem, and I haven't found any similar problems.
I have ...
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Completely removing smart scopes
I want to know if it's possible to remove the Unity Smart Scopes?
Basically I like to keep a lean machine. I always remove just about everything I can - I actually only use the app and file lens', I ...
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Virtual keyboard and Unity don't work together
I'm running Ubuntu as a media center with a Wireless mouse. When I popup the Dash and use the virtual keyboard it closes the Dash. I have even moved the Virtual keyboard over the area where the Dash ...
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What is the “Dash”?
This may be a stupid or trivial question, but I am new to Ubuntu, and have two unsolved problems (flashplayer doesn't play, and scanner doesn't work - in virgin install 13.04), so I started to search ...
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How do I add an application to the dash?
I just installed Oneiric Ocelot, and I can't figure out how to add an application, which is stored in my home directory, to the dash. I can create a launcher, but I want it in the dash also.
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Dash wont change color with background and desktop is white no matter what I change it to [duplicate]
How do I fix this? Please note I am using quantal. I performed the change shown here.
Edit: I upgraded to raring and the problem went away. A little while later I logged off and logged back on. ...
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Disable Dash Home Shortcut in 12.04
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox on a MacBook. The current shortcut for the dash home launcher is the Command key (Super).
I'm trying to disable it. First, this option is not present in the ...
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Safe to install from daily build PPA?
I have the dash blur bug which appears to be common to users of 13.04 with integrated intel graphics. https://bugs.launchpad.net/nux/+bug/1087534
In that bug report people suggest upgrading ...
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about:blank opens in Chromium when I type into the dash
Here's a rather odd problem I'm having. Whenever I open the dash and type into it, Chromium opens up and opens an "about:blank" tab for just about every letter I write into the dash. Why is it doing ...
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Must double-tap Windows key to open Dash
I'm experiencing some strange behaviour of the Unity Dash and the Windows/Super keyboard key.
As far as I know, normal behaviour is:
Tap: Open Dash
Hold: Show keyboard shortcut overlay
However, ...
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Dash background/blur problem
I have a problem with the dash's background in Raring, instead of blur it shows a greenish pattern. This happens with both active and static blur (installed Unity Tweak Tool to try these). No blur ...
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What happened to no indexing certain directories?
Ubuntu 13.04 no longer has an option to keep certain folders from being indexed. Why was this removed and how do you reinstate it?
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Disable Dash reveal animation
How can I disable Dash reveal animation. When I try to open Dash it takes up to 2 seconds to open it, that's slow for me. I noticed it uses fade out animation while opening so I think when I disable ...
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The dash doesn't agree with software center
Software center shows an application installed.
When I go to the dash and search for that application to open it, it shows up as available for download (not installed).
How do I get the dash and ...
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How to remove the Ubuntu Software Center Suggestions from the Dash
I want to remove the Ubuntu Software Center Suggestions from the Dash in Ubuntu 12.10. How to do that?
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How do I switch the dash from full screen mode in Eee PC?
On an Asus Eee PC 1005HA netbook, I can't switch the Dash from the full screen window mode.
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Dash, only full mode [duplicate]
Dash,Only full mode, in Asus EeePC 1005HA
When I click in the Dash, the 3 button on the left, the Dash and remains on the screen
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Amazon results not showing in dash
I really like Amazon search showing up on Dash. I've made a clean install of 13.04 and initially I would get results from Amazon and Ubuntu Music Store.
For instance, searching for 'Rush Presto' ...
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Ubuntu Dash not showing software results and Software Center freezing / not bringing up gksu prompt
I posted a video to Youtube, and I think the youtube description and/or video (a short desktop recording with me speaking) pretty much sum it up.
http://youtu.be/EAnzrE1rqRs
[description on video]
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How can I make Dash search unopened files in Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
One of the things that I can't seem to work out is how to do a full search of my documents in Ubuntu 13.04. The way it is now is that the search results from the dash seem quite random.
Ideally, I ...
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Formating a USB stick with ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I know there's a few relevant questions answered but when I try to format it through disk utility the only answer I get is:
"Error synchrinizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object ...
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how do I activate the dash to display feeds from my online accounts in the social media lense?
Just upgraded to 13.04. I was hoping that the dash would replace gwibber, but I cannot even see my facebook or twitter accounts in the social media lense. All my online accounts are there, but ...
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Why does the Launcher & Dash and Main toolbar disappears!
My question is regarding to the dash and launcher and toolbar top bar with name and time. My problem that I have noticed at least three times this month. My Dash and Laucher and toolbar disappear for ...
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Can Ubuntu's 12.04 dash home buttom look squared like the one in Ubuntu 13.04?
I wish I could make my Ubuntu's 12.04 dash home buttom look squared, just like it's in Ubuntu 13.04. Can I do it somehow?
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Flickering while searching [closed]
I just installed 13.04 and while searching something in the dash, i noticed that the background, (actually the top left part of the background) was flickering. is this intentional? and how can you ...
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How do I change the order in which lenses appear in the dash?
Application lenses seem to be ordered alphabetically by default:
From left to right: dash home --> applications --> extras-unity-lens-wikipedia --> files --> music --> recoll --> video
Is there ...
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Launcher and Dash Hide after update Video Card
I currently have Ubuntu 13.04 installed.
And then I installed nVidia Drivers from the Additional Drivers window.
But after installing, the Launcher and dash has gone..
Then I deleted the nvidia ...
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13.04 Unity - dash loses keyboard focus while typing
I recently updated to 13.04. About half the times when I open Unity dash (super / windows key) and start typing the input field loses focus after a couple of keystrokes. I'll then have to set the ...
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How can I customize an icon on the dash/launcher?
all. I have a question that has been bugging me recently.. Say I install Blender.. I am using the Bumblebee project thing, so in order to properly use it, I have to go to the terminal and type ...
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Thunderbird Missing from Messaging menu & Dash
I no longer need this issue solved as I have replaced Ubuntu with a different OS (nothing wrong with Ubuntu, just fancied a change). I reinstalled Ubuntu into a virtual machine and thunderbird began ...
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Eclipse doesn't open in Dash Ubuntu 12.04
I installed Eclipse following these instructions: How to install Eclipse?
Now when I go to Dash Home and type Eclipse. there is a white file but clicking on it doesn't do anything.
Then I opened ...
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How come the dash seems to hesitate, and sometimes doesn't come up at all?
Everytime I move my mouse to the left (dash is set to revel itself) it either hesitates before it comes out, and sometimes it fails to come up at all... Also dash is set to very high sensitivity but ...
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How to hide unity dash “More suggestions” (NOT unity-lens-shopping)
After removing "unity-lens-shopping" remain some annoying tips from the Software Center.
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How can I resize the Unity Dash?
When I open the Unity Dash from the launcher, the Dash takes up the whole screen and doesn't give me the ability to resize it. This makes it impossible to see my desktop and drag and drop icons to it ...
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The eclipse application icon is huge in Unity's dash
I have a problem with the manual installation of Eclipse Juno.
After unpacking the tarball to /opt, adding a symlink from /usr/local/bin and adding the following to a new file ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 lenses missing
This is what my dash currently looks like!
I have no clue why the other lenses are not being shown.
$ sudo apt-get install unity-lens-friends unity-lens-files unity-lens-help unity-lens-movie ...
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How to change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher?
I don't like the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher, it's pretty inconsistent with the Faenza icon theme and I would like to change it. How can I do that?
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How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
I've added my Google account in the Online Accounts System Settings panel.
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with the following packages installed:
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Can't search for terminal in Unity dash
I used to be able to search for terminal in 'Dash Home' and brings up terminal. However, this way doesn't work any more. 'Dash Home' does not even let me search for 'terminal'.
One thing, I have my ...
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Clicking the Dash Home causes computer to freeze up?
Literally every time I use the Dash Home it causes my computer to freeze up and become useless, until I restart it. It's a shame because I can't really look through my apps or anything using it, and ...
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Dash transparency doesn't look right
Well, I don't know what words to express this problem but here's the picture..
as you can see, there is a problem with the background opacity of unity...
how to solve this?? I'm using the april 21 ...
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How do you change the Dash icon in 13.04? [duplicate]
Now I ask this and I consider it distinct in that the related question How to change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher? is about old ubuntu versions like 11.10 this one is specifically for 13.04.
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How do I open the dash when a fullscreen application has the focus? (12.10 13.04)
When I press the "windows" key the dash normally opens. When I press it when a fullscreen window has the focus, it doesn't seem to do anything. How do I open the dash when a fullscreen window has the ...
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Buggy dash in Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
I installed Ubuntu 13.04, but when i open the dash, the dash is buggy, the transparency and blur does't work well. I uploaded a video to show you what i mean.
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How to make my desktop file appear as an application only?
I wrote a desktop file - /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=gksudo -k -u root /opt/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=eclipse
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How to List all available apps on my machine
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, with the unity dash. I would like to List all available apps on my machine. Start menu style in other words.
Dash is hard for me to use unless I know the name of what I am ...
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How to solve visual problems with the dash home?
Every time I try to use Dash Home I get this glitchy visual fireworks display with random colors and text missing. This is the screen-shoot:
Is this in relation to how my graphics driver is ...
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How to edit gnome/unity menus without using Alacarte?
Alacarte crashes every time I attempt to edit a submenu or move an item from one submenu to another and then I'd have to wipe the application.menu files or my gnomeshell desktop would be useless. Is ...
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Really weird hidden dash bug involving OpenJDK and Minecraft [closed]
I'm pretty sure my problem is unique.
I'm using OpenJDK 7 to play Minecraft, in order to avoid wrangling with Wine. Recently, this setup has started to give me problems.
I am getting "System program ...
