Questions tagged [unity-dash]
The Dash grants quick access to applications, files and folders, and shortcuts. For the command-line shell, use the [dash-shell] tag instead.
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Unity dash: Sorry, there is nothing that matches your search
I face with problem
Sorry, there is nothing that matches your search
When searching in applications. However searching within files or musics etc is ok. Just applications are not found. it even ...
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Different behaviour of launchers; Intel vs Raspberry Pi
I have an identical script and an identical .desktop file pinned to the Dash on a Raspberry Pi 4B and an Intel NUC. They behave differently. On the NUC clicking on the launcher runs the script in a ...
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Google Chrome icon in Unity's dash
I have Google Chrome pinned, but when I click the icon another one appears which is in high detail unlike the pinned one.
If I unpin all Chrome icons, then suddenly when I pin another icon it starts ...
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dash-to-dock Ubuntu 22.04 sorting order of windows in previw
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my laptop.
I've dash-to-dock installed on it and customized a few things.
When I click on a running app on the dash-to-dock, it shows an overview of the running windows....
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Applications not visible in launcher
I have installed ubuntu 14.10. the problem is the applications wont show in ubuntu dash(clicking on launcher icon and search for application) i have installed google chrome and virtual box ( ...
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How to change default "Categories" and "Sources" in Unity Dash?
So I have started using the Dash recently.
What I want is to set the default "Categories" (Applications, Social, Weather...) because now, if I want to search for a FB pic or an update, I have to ...
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Always end up losing Settings app in the Dash
I have Ubuntu 22.04 installed on a spare hard drive, but I always encounter a problem where the Settings app ceases to exist in the Dash after a while. This has happened on virtual machines on Windows ...
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Emacs starts utterly maximized -- can't see Dash or System Tray
In my Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, I inadvertently hit some combination of keystrokes, and now whenever I start Emacs it wholly maximizes itself --- to such a degree that the Dash bar and the System Tray are ...
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Cannot find `IBus Preferences` launcher in Unity Dash on Ubuntu 16.04
I want to setup quick input method but I cannot find IBus Preferences launcher in Unity Dash on Ubuntu 16.04.
I can see the iBus option selected in the Language Support.
How can I launch the iBus ...
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unable to install ddrescue [duplicate]
Im using the ubuntu 20.04 im trying to install ddrescue and ive tried most things ive seen here but i still get Unable to locate package .What coould be the issue .
ive updated the repository
enabled ...
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Unity Desktop: Tray icons of some apps not showing anymore (Ubuntu 22.04)
Like a ghost that you can't get rid of, here is an issue that was actually solved many years ago and has now been appearing again for a couple of months: Some tray icons don't appear anymore, in my ...
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How to find the location of a specific app (or .desktop file) visible in launcher
Sometimes I find an application very easily in the native Launcher, or even a third-party one like Synapse; but locating the corresponding app (or at least its .desktop file, which contains the path ...
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Is there a way to configure my dock so that it stores multiple rows of icons (instead of placing them all side by side)?
In Windows 10, my taskbar is only one row high but stores three different rows of pinned icons. I can access different rows by using a set of arrow keys at the right of the taskbar. Conveniently, I ...
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Empty Dash fixing: how to not reboot?
I had the famous and long-lasting Dash bug in which no softwares are shown when pressing the "Windows" key on the keyboard, on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Searching also did not return any results.
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Unity Dash empty
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and recently noticed that Dash home is empty with a message that no applications could be found. This has happened over the last few days and is not because of the upgrade to ...
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Top Bar to the bottom
Title says everything.
I am used to throwing my mouse to the top right corner and then closing stuff. In Ubuntu, I always have to aim. I see no benefit in having the bar at the top, the bottom is just ...
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How do I install dash plugins to search online from the dash in Ubuntu Unity?
I am on Ubuntu Unity 22.10 Kinetic Kudu. I enabled online searching in settings as you can see here:
Here are all the dash plugins that are on my computer:
How do I install the required dash plugins ...
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How do i allow installing a program from an untrusted repository on Ubuntu Unity 22.10 Kinetic Kudu?
I am testing to see if I can install the youtube scope for the dash in unity. here is the site i am reading: https://www.noobslab.com/2011/12/search-youtube-videos-in-ubuntu-unity.html .
when i try to ...
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Why doesn't the dash work on Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment when I try to search online?
I use the Unity desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04. I enable online searching in Settings, but it still does not let me search the web from the dash. When I tried installing dash plugins that would ...
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What is the difference between locate/whereis/which
What is the basic difference between locate whereis and which command.
The basic difference that I observed is that locate locates all the related file names in the entire filesystem, whereas ...
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How to fix all applications missing in Ubuntu's dash?
having an issue with the dashboard where applications don't show app in the applications lense or when searched. Tried everything in these topics:
Applications not showing in Unity Dash
Dash (...
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Organizing games launchers
On my kids account on the computer I kept installing a game and I locking them to the launcher on the left. After a while, the launcher got pretty swamped.
My kids are not proficient enough to search ...
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Dash app-folders
recently, I reinstalled 4 of my PC under Focal Ubuntu 20.04.3 properly (from 0, nothing). 2 are completly OK, but 2 have a strange behaviour with the dash when I want to manage apps in folders.
The ...
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Can I disable the shell theme for my dock?
I customized my dock (dash to dock) a little bit with the dconf application and I really liked it, but when I activated my shell theme (dracula) it kind of ruined the neat look and I can't fix it in ...
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Numbers in Dash appear only after pressing Super+<Number>
I recently installed Ubuntu 17.10 on my laptop, and I'm irritated by the behavior regarding the Super + Number shortcut to open an application in the dash: The numbers on the icons in the dash are ...
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dash to dock is not showing what it's supposed to
I'm new to Ubuntu. I tried to install some themes and followed some tutorials. after installing dash to dock and applying some themes, when i change the position of dock from left to bottom the dock's ...
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Ubuntu sidebar and close button bar does not get displayed
My Ubuntu 16.04 does not display the sidebar (which displays my files, Firefox, Ubuntu software center, etc.) and the close button bar. This started when I was working in terminal and installing some ...
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How to remove uninstalled wine app icons from unity dash?
I installed LAN Messenger (for Windows) using wine but turns out LAN Messenger is also available for linux as well. So..
I uninstalled LAN Messenger from wine.
I also removed wine.
deleted the .wine ...
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How can I install the youtube lens for Unity 20.04?
I am seeking to search YouTube via my unity dash, but I can't seem to find a way to install it. I have tried sudo apt-get install lens-video scope-youtube but it's not working. I am getting an error ...
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what are the lenses still available for ubuntu 20.04 unity desktop environment?
i want to install multiple lenses that would let me search the web through my unity dash. can you tell me what lenses are still available today in 2022 ? and tell me how can I install them? no links ...
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Gnome shell extensions not working in Ubuntu 21.04 different error check everywhere
Note: Please read this carefully, i had googled a lot cant find any solution. I tried other answers too but they didn't worked for me Thanks to everyone in advance... Some detailed information about ...
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How to run partimage after installation on Ubuntu 12.04 if it is not listed in Dash?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a dual boot laptop with Windows Vista.
I installed partimage through the Software Centre and it says that the package is successfully installed, but the package is not shown in ...
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Custom .desktop file -- name doesn't show up in Unity dash on Ubuntu 13.04
I have several .desktop files that I migrated over from 12.10 ubuntu. The applications they point to launch just fine, and the image displays in the dash when I search for them...but there isn't any ...
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NVIDIA driver doesn't install correctly
I just finished building my new desktop which has a NVIDIA GPU. The Ubuntu installation went well, but I noticed that the launcher was off. When the dash was opened, I only saw a solid color and ...
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Firefox doesn't open - how can I correct this?
I have Chromium as the default web browser. A certain site only allows the use of either Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers.
When I open up the dashboard and type firefox in the search, I ...
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How do I get the "right" LibreOffice Calc icon into the launcher?
I just uninstalled the pre-installed LibreOffice from Ubuntu 16.04 and installed the 5.0.5-version. Now there occured a problem with the launcher icon that (I think) wasn't there before:
The icon ...
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How to remove Microsoft Office icons?
I know that there are countless questions about how to install office and what not. But the issue I have is now that I have installed it onto my system (and it never worked, just fyi) I am now stuck ...
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Accidently renamed the ld-linux-aarch64.so.1
On my Ubuntu command line system, I accidentally renamed the /lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 file.
This led to behavior that I cannot use any bash/dash/sh commands and cannot use mv any more to revert the ...
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How can I remove Google Chrome from Unity launcher?
When I first installed Ubuntu, I installed google chrome directly by a terminal by running some commands that I found in another thread, I don't remember which ones, something like apt-get I think. I ...
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dash search results not showing my files
I am using the dash search to find files(mostly video files) but its only displaying recently played files.My files are in a different partition,and yes I have mounted those drives.How do I get the ...
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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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Launcher Search is showing duplicate icon
I also have duplicates in my Dash (saw several questions about this subject). But I don't know which one I need to remove.
I went to: /usr/share/applications
With grep I do get the following:
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Any news about a Grooveshark scope for the Music lens?
It would be fantastic to have the ability to search for and select music from my Grooveshark account right there within the Dash.
I was under the impression this scope would be created during the ...
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How do I change the shortcut key to launch the dash
I'm using a Logitech Cordless Mediaboard and since it doesn't have a win key, I need to change the shortcut for launching the dash.
I'm not looking to assign Alt Gr as win key or any other key. I ...
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How can I speed up the dash?
I have this issue with Ubuntu 13.10. The dash is simply too laggy when it comes to type something into it moreover it takes more than 3 secs to open so I can type something inside. It's FASTIDIOUS and ...
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How to install the Minbar Application in Ubuntu 16.04
Does anyone know how to install the Minbar Application in Ubuntu 16.04? (It worked for 14.04+, but the new LTS 16.04 regular Ubuntu no longer has minbar.)
Can we port it to 16.04, or does anyone ...
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Changing ./bin/sh from linking to dash to linking to bash
For years I used Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstations, which link /bin/sh to bash. Ubuntu links /bin/sh to dash. Most of my scripts begin with "#! /bin/bash". A few don't; those are bugs. I ...
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Finding package name of installed software
Since I have not been able to open Dash Home in 12.04.4 see Dash Home will not open, I am hoping for a work-around. Is there another convenient way to open apps/programs without having to search ...
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No search results
I've troubles since updating to version 20.04 LTS with
no search results and
freezing desktop after about 1 hour. (I guess this could be a symptome related to no search results. Just a hint if ...
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Unity Dash not showing Applications after upgrade from 19.04 to 20.04
I'm a longtime Ubuntu (and Unity) user (12+ years).
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 19.04 to 20.04, which I had to do because 19.04 was retired and everything was working perfectly, but when I logged ...
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