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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How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?
I sometimes browse erotic media files but I would like to avoid having them appear in files & folders / recent. How can I do that?
The old "making .recently-used.xbel a folder" trick from 10.10 ...
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How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash?
How can I disable Amazon search results in the Unity dash?
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Will all Dash input in 12.10 be sent to Amazon?
It seems like all user input to the Dash home lens is send to Amazon by default in Ubuntu 12.10, is this correct?
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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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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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Where can I find the command line?
A basic question: Where do I find the command line?
There is a lot of information about commands and using the command line, but I'm an absolutely new Ubuntu user: I can't find find the command line.
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Dash search gives no result
I just upgraded my Ubuntu 11.10 (x86) to Ubuntu 12.04 (x86). The upgrade completed without any errors.
Since then, I am unable to access any of the applications in the Dash. The Dash seems to be ...
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How to remove “Apps Available for Download” from the applications lens?
Is there some way to modify the Applications lens in Unity so that we can remove the "Apps Available for Download" section?
The section is really annoying for normal use. We don't have to know why we ...
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Can I edit which icons appear in the Unity dash?
When I open the dash in 11.04, I get two rows of icons. The first row contains 'lenses' that take me to lists of applicaitons/files; the second row opens specific applications - Browse the Web, View ...
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Prevent gnome-shell's dash from listing Recent Items
I am using gnome-shell in Ubuntu 11.10. I am getting annoyed when dash search lists Recent Items. I have tried many ways to prevent it like
Deleting activity.sqlite and activity.sqlite-journal files ...
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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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What is the reason for moving the dash button in 11.10?
Why is it now located in the launcher rather than the top left?
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Nautilus is very slow
One month ago I updated (no fresh install) to 12.04.
Since then nautilus got extremely slow. When I open a folder that contains many subfolders I sometimes have to wait 4 seconds until everything is ...
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No programs or applications show up in dash [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Dash search gives no result
There are no programs on the dash list (seacher on appmenu).
Yesterday I logged into my account and I tried to find a particular program, ...
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How to get Unity dash overlays maximized by default?
In Unity, if you open the applications dash or even if you just press the meta key to open the search dash, they always pop out with a default size of something looking 800x600ish. In the lower right ...
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How can I remove the “Dash Home” icon from the Unity launcher?
My notebook has a widescreen display so vertical space is an absolute premium for me. When I installed Ubuntu 11.10 I was disappointed to see that a new icon confusingly named "Dash Home" had been ...
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How to remove icons/shortcuts from Unity menu?
I have installed Chromium and Tweet Deck on it (trough Chrome Store), now I uninstalled Tweet Deck and after that Chromium, the problem is, when I installed Tweet Deck it asked me if I want to create ...
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Hidden files are shown in Dash
I have several hidden files in a folder that are private and need to remain private.
I do not mind people seeing what I do on my system but after I open one of these files I can find them through ...
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Sorting Unity 3D Search Results
When I hit the "Windows Key" and search for an application, the order is always incorrect (imo).
As a very simple example, I'll search for "calc".
The default Ubuntu calculator is 3rd from the ...
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Why is the dash so unresponsive, and is there a way to fix this? [duplicate]
I just upgraded to 12.04. When I press the super key to open the dash, there's a lag of 1-3 seconds before it displays, with no other programs running. (This is similar, but not identical, to the ...
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How do I add classical categories in Unity's Dash?
I want to use the classical GNOME categories (Accessories, Education, Games, Office, Sound and Video) in the Dash menu instead of the current Media Apps | Internet Apps | More Apps
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How do you change the search location of the Music Lens?
My music collection is on a separate partition and not under /home/username/Music. How do I get the music lens in Unity on Ubuntu 11.10 to search in a different location?
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How can I make Unity always show Filter Results?
I want Filter Results in Unity to always show. How is that possible? I use Ubuntu 12.04. See the screenshot:
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Is there a way I can block a folder from Gnome and/or Unity search?
I sometimes browse erotic media files, and I have some of them stored in my hard drive. All said content is saved in one specific folder.
Is there a way I can block this folder from Gnome and/or ...
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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?
Within the last few days, I've encountered errors when trying to open files using Unity Dash, Synapse, or even the Gnome Search Tool.
These methods will let me launch applications and folders, but ...
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Can I search tomboy notes with dash?
With gnome-do I could! It's very very useful for me, because tomboy is well integrated in Ubuntu. Why doesn't dash have anything about this?
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How does Unity's dash index and search work?
What kind of items and which attributes are indexed? E. g. desktop/launchers, documents; what metadata?
Where's the index stored? sqlite, couchdb, ...?
Which query language is used; what's the query ...
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How do I get a list of all applications that can be executed from Ubuntu Dash Home? Is there is some xml file that stores this information?
I'm building an application and it's very important to me to know how to get this information. In LXDE, there is /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml that lists all the programs that can be executed ...
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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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How to use Unity Dash in Gnome classic?
I am wondering if there is a way to use Unity Dashboard in Gnome-classic? If yes, what are the dependency packages need to be installed?
UPDATE:
Or is there any app could do that?
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Making Unity Dash open with the last used Lens as the active Lens
Especially with no keyboard shortcuts for custom-installed Lenses, I thought it would be nice for the Dash to always open the last used Lens for me (instead of the default Home/Global Lens). Is it ...
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How can I move Amazon search results into a dedicated shopping lens and out of the home lens?
I don't want Amazon search results to show up in the home lens and prefer to access them in an independent shopping lens. How can this be accomplished?
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How do I stop the Unity launcher from hiding behind other windows?
The Unity launcher tends to put itself in the background of any windows sometimes.
It does not occur on startup, just randomly after some hours of usage.
How do I bring it back to front without ...
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Should my Dash be full screen?
I am using Ubuntu Natty with the latest updates and the Unity Dash is in full screen. My laptop has a 17" screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768. If this is not the normal behavior I will report it as ...
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Changing the Dash button to open a lens rather than shortcuts?
I would like to change the default Dash opening screen from shortcuts (the "Home" page) to the Applications lens. Or at least to rebind the super key to achieve that effect.
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Can I disable Dash and HUD hotkeys when fullscreen (in DOSBox)?
I'd like to know if its possible to disable the global hotkeys (Start and Alt) for Unity features while running applications in fullscreen under DOSBox.
If possible, it would be nice to disable them ...
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How do I stop Unity Dash truncating file names?
When I'm looking for articles with long names in Unity dash, I would like to have the full filename displayed instead of the current truncated view.
It's difficult to find a specific article by ...
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How to make Unity's Dash save the results filtering?
The dash can remember the settings for filtered results for the entire session, but not beyond that. Once the profile is logged out and back in the results would reset to their original settings; ...
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How to let Ubuntu index and find files on a different (Windows) drive when searching?
I love the Unity dash and lenses, but it only finds files that are under /home/mylogin
I would like it to find files that are under /media/MyWindowsDrive/Users/MyWinLogin
I tried creating a link to ...
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How to make dash load faster in unity-2d
My dash always takes 10-15 seconds to show up. Is there a way to make it stay permanently loaded in the RAM or something so that it shows up faster?
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Is it possible to programmatically call, access, or get results from the Unity Dash?
Background
After eyeing Unity's notification APIs for the past few releases, I've developed an itch to write a feed reader that syndicates new arrivals in the Messaging Menu...
... and provides ...
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Unity's dash is slow and taking couple of seconds until it's shown [closed]
I have the latest and greatest Ubuntu 11.04 (fully upgraded by this time). My concern is that Unity's Dash is slow and taking a couple of seconds until it's shown.
After I press the Super/Win key, I ...
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How do you move the Unity Dash with a dual monitor setup?
I'm using 2 monitors with Ubuntu 11.04 and can't for the life of me figure out how to move the Unity Dash/Taskbar/whatever to where I want it (the far left side of the left monitor). No matter what I ...
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Is there a tool to manage dash lenses?
My Ubuntu 12.04 dash has become a clutter on lenses. At first I installed every lens I found on the internet. Most of them now I seldom use. So, is there any quick way to add/hide/remove lenses?
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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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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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Are there any hotkeys in dash for choosing among search term matches?
Are there any hotkeys for dash, once a search term has been entered?
For example, if I would like to go to a folder very quickly I would want to press super+f to open the dash and then type the ...
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Is this a Unity Dash bug or Aptana Studio 3 bug? Icon in Dash being displayed really large.
I have installed Aptana studio 3 and you can see the icon in Unity Dash is being displayed, very large.
Is it a Unity Dash bug or just Aptana Studio 3 bug ?
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How can I remove Home/Folders from my Unity dash?
How can I remove from Dash the Home/Folders: 'Pictures', 'Music', 'Videos' and 'Downloads", which I have already removed from my /home directory?
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How can I move the Dash button from the Unity launcher to the top panel?
In Ubuntu 11.10 the Unity Dash button moved from top-left corner to the launcher. How can I restore the Dash button to the top-corner, as pictured below
