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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is there a keyboard shortcut to open dash previews? [duplicate]
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What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts?
You can open e.g. a preview of a file in the file lens right clicking with your mouse. Is there a keyboard shortcut to ...
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Unity Dash to search only in Documents
I have a document (LibreOffice Calc Spreadsheet) which is in my ~/Documents folder. However, I have the same file (older version of it) on a mounted drive.
In the past few weeks I have opened the ...
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Software Center doesn't ask for a password anymore [duplicate]
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No programs or applications show up in dash
So, out of the blue, software-center stopped asking me for a password. It just runs, and then turns grey. Works fine as ...
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Can I get the classic “run command” window
I love unity but I hate it when Alt+F2 brings up the dash. Is it possible to just remap Alt+F2 so that the thing looks like exactly the old Alt+F2
I know what I want is like going back in time but ...
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How to see all icons in dash home?
When clicked on Dash home, it shows only recent icons
I want to see all the installed application Icons when clicked on Dash home....
And can I increase the size of the Dash home window? Because it ...
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Dash Home fails when resizing from full to smaller window [closed]
Think I discovered some kind of a bug or at least I want to know if there is anything I can do to make it stop. Using the Ubuntu 12.04 just installed it on a fairly new HP Pavilion p6 desktop. Don't ...
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Finding .desktop files based on their titles?
That's part 2 of a question asked earlier (to be able to give credit to the answers individually).
When I type into the Dash applications show up with their title (also when hovering over the ...
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How to find the .desktop files for pinned applications in the Unity launcher?
I know the desktop files live in
/usr/share/applications and ~/.local/share/applications. I'm looking for 2 information:
Where can I see the desktop items that show in my launcher (I would love to ...
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Dash behaviour in 12.10: what should be opened if enter “term” and hit enter? [closed]
if I want to open the terminal (as an example) I usualy hit super start tiping "ter" and hit enter.
But since a couple of days ubuntu 12.10 alpha opens rhythmbox if I do so. Ok there is a song (or ...
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How to automatically resize the Dash when screen dimensions change?
I use a convertible thinkpad (x201t) and magick-rotation to rotate the screen by 90 degrees in tablet mode. Therefore after rotation the screen's width is only 800 points (the ordinary resolution is ...
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Why is unity dash showing different search results when opened by Super key?
If I click on the dash icon in the launcher and type some chars, sometimes the results are not the same as when I open the dash with Super key, as it's showing mainly internet history results.
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Why can't dash search find a program by its full name?
For some applications, dash search comes up empty when searching by the application's full name. When typing the first couple of letters, it works. I wonder why...
MuseScore is a fine example. When I ...
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Why will Screenshot not show up in Dash?
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, and am running into a problem I've not seen before. This is on an Ubuntu 12.04 system. I can't find Screenshot. I'm trying to take a shot of a screen from a web page, go ...
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How to make zeitgeist just log my application not my files
I'm using ubuntu 12.04 with unity. I want to config the zeitgeist to just track my application but ignore the usage of files.
I tried to add "/" to the blacklist, but it didn't work. The recent files ...
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Upgrade to 12.04 results to empty Dash, no date & time either on the top panel [duplicate]
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Dash search gives no result
I've upgraded from Ubuntu netbook remix something to 12.04 LTS, and I've got two issues. (Got an Asus eeePc 32bits, Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 ...
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Firefox losing functions after opening a link from Dash
I'm using Firefox as default browser in 12.04.1 LTS. Whenever I'm using the bookmarks-lens or the web-hitory-lens of the Unity Dash to open a bookmark in Firefox, pulldown-menus on websites don't get ...
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I lost all applications on Dash Home and Software Centers buffers, how to retrieve it? [duplicate]
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Dash search gives no result
I am using 12.04 in EeePC netbook. I keep on receiving a software update and installed it.
This evening, as I try to open the Dash Home and ...
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Issue while installing Ubuntu 12.04.1. [duplicate]
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How do I install Ubuntu?
What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 through a usb stick following the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Dash Home looses apps frequently [duplicate]
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My Dash does not show recent applications. What can I do to fix that?
I have tried the various suggested fixes, some of which did nothing, others seemed to fix the ...
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Can I get rid of Alt F2 run command from Dash?
Is there a way to have the Alt F2 run command prompt not open from the dash? Instead, it it's own window like in fallback Gnome?
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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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After installing 12.04 how to re-install my mouse, Graphic card ATI/AMD not-okay
After installing 12.04 an few things are not working well
my Logitech mouse doesn't work well (read below)
My ATI graphic card don't work well (read below)
I haven't a Dash/shoppingbag-icon (above ...
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How do I create an icon for a script or software that is available to every user whether new or existing
There seems to be lots of help in the FAQs for customizing Unity, even with dconf-editor and other tools. However, as an administrator of a large thin client installation, from time to time, there ...
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Dash Home in Ubuntu 12.04 is empty! [duplicate]
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Dash search gives no result
When I press Dash Home in my Ubuntu 12.04 Dash window is empty and when I type names of my basic apps (Firefox,...) it doesn't find it at all ...
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How to rearrange search results in Unity dash home?
Unity dash home currently displays results in the following order:
Application results
Documents results
Downloads results
Music results, etc
What I would like is to have the Documents and ...
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Dash is empty and icons are white [closed]
I just installed Ubuntu and flushed XP!
The problem I have is that the graphic on the dashboard doesn't appear completly - in the dashboard, I see the icons but when I get in an application, nothing ...
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Where do you set keywords for applications in order to get them to show up in software center and dash searches?
Exactly as the title states, what fields do you modify in order to return an app for specific search terms in dash and software-center?
Is it keywords in the applications .desktop file?
Something ...
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In Unity, how do I see the details of a given launcher?
I have a few launchers in Unity that I might want to run as sudo once or twice, but I have no idea what to type into the terminal.
At the moment, crazily, I have to run the app, then search for ...
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Unity dash won't display applications and system settings doesn't open either! [duplicate]
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Dash search gives no result
I have changed the language of ubuntu to my local but after logout and login the Dash doesn't display any app. and if I want to open system ...
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Static blur of dash gone after restart
I set the blur effect of Dash to static and it works fine. But restarting Ubuntu, resets the blur effect, so it's completely black. Changing the wallpaper, blur effect reappears until next session.
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How to launch ask ubuntu lens?
I have installed ask ubuntu lens on my 12.04 desktop some time back and I could see it in my installed applications from Ubuntu Software centre. But I cannot find it on the dash. How I can launch it ? ...
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show unity launcher links in dash
I have added a couple of links to the unity launcher dragging .desktop files to it
I save them in ~/.local/application and then drag them to the unity launcher
But when I call the dash (win key) ...
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How to fix lag in 'Dash Home'?
I have Ubuntu 12.04. I'm experiencing large lag within the dash home screen, particularly around the icons and typing lag within search. Otherwise it is smooth outside this area.
I've tried various ...
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Return the Unity Home to the way it was in Oneiric?
I had Oneiric Ocelot until I upgraded to Precise Pangolin, I've quite enjoyed it so far, although the new Unity Dash Home hasn't appealed to me much, so I'd like to get the old one back, the thing is ...
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How to make the Dash Button go straight to the Applications menu?
When I click the Dash Home button on the left bar near the top it opens a window up with the home tab by default, how can i change it to the applications tab by default instead ?.
I'm using 12.04
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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 remove icon of uninstalled application from application lens in Dash?
I installed cardapio and its icon was in launcher as well in application lens in dash.
When I unistalled cardapio, its icon vanished from the launcher (as it should) but the icon is still present in ...
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Applications named with special characters not showing up in the Dash
I recently downloaded and installed LÖVE (note the special character). If I type L in the dash, it is nowhere to be found. EVEN if I just launched LÖVE from the launcher, it does not show up in the ...
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How do I swap 'Command' and 'Control' key on Mac
I am using a Mac, like using the command key for copy, paste, etc.
The common solution in Ubuntu is to check Control is mapped to Win keys (...) in the keyboard settings, but this leaves me without a ...
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My Dash Home always shows the same Recent apps, the same Recent Files, and the same Downloades
Whenever I open my Dash Home it shows my this screen. It does not shows the actual recent apps, files and downloads. I can clock on them, move them to my launcher etc. How do I fix This? I recently ...
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Is the alteration in appearance of indicators in the menu-bar when Dash or HUD is being used an intended feature?
If the change in appearance is intentional, will someone kindly point me to some reading material about why it is so?
Edit: I haven't installed CCSM or fiddled with Compiz settings.
Normal
With the ...
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Anyone else experiencing this problem: Firefox menus reliably stop working whenever I open a web page from the HUD [closed]
Firefox is 14.01, ubuntu is 12.04 latest updates. Unity 3d.
Regardless of what I'm doing in Firefox menus will stop working if I open a web page from the HUD.
If I run Firefox normally everything ...
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'Erase' button missing from Unity Dash search field
I think there used to be a button there in the left of the search field, like an 'x' with a circle around it. It seems to have gone walkabout. Any ideas on what might cause that?
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How do I delete an icon from dash? [duplicate]
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How to remove icons/shortcuts from Unity menu?
I installed Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 12.04 from a .bin file, but it was not working properly so I want to remove it and ...
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Dash search function displaying 'old' result
I'm no Ubuntu expert but I have had brief experience with Linux in the past and use it a bit at my university.
Today I had an issue with the Dash search function.
Specifically I downloaded a ...
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How to remove specific entries found in Dash [duplicate]
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How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?
When I type in the Dash menu it looks for anything I have opened that resembles what I am typing. In this case I do ...
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Prevent Unity Dash from searching specific hard drive
I have a hard drive that is exclusively used for storage of music, pictures, movies and that sort of thing. It contains no system files.
To conserve power and reduce noise, I have set it to spin down ...
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Dash does not open files, but the containing folder instead [duplicate]
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Why do I get a “the location is not a folder” error when trying to open files using Dash or Synapse?
When clicking on a search result in dash, the containing ...
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Dash Blur effect
I am facing a probem with my Dash Blur effect. It was working normally before but when i updated Software in ubuntu 12.04, dash does not give any blur effect. If i change the wall paper then the blur ...
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How to always open the Dash on the Applications view? [duplicate]
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How do I show the Applications Lens By Default?
I hate that I always have to click on the Applications view button after I open the Dash.
Is there a way to make it open ...
