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The Unity HUD (Head-Up Display) is a Unity feature in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and later. It is intended to replace traditional application menus with a searchable interface.

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Creating an Expandable Top Bar Menu with Tree Structure for Folders and (mayby) Image Previews in Ubuntu

I don't embrace linux and ubuntu very much. My question is simple. Is there a way to add on the top menu bar in the style of the existing "Applications" menu. So that it can be expanded. My ...
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How can global menu / HUD be fixed for Audacity in 16.04?

Applications like this become very time consuming without the HUD. But lack of global menu seems to be causing this. It did work on first installation but now it's gone. Reinstalling can make it work ...
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Why is global menu difficult to maintain?

This is a question strictly out of curiosity. Since Unity was 'discontinued' there has been very little globals menu's around. I know KDE has one that does not always work, and Ubuntu Unity say they ...
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I removed ZSH and the HUD is disappeared

I uninstalled zsh on my Ubuntu 16.04 and I made the mistake of not changing the shell. I tried with: chsh -s /bin/bash to restore the default shell, because I cannot login in the root shell of the ...
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Disable HUD in Skype on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm having skypeforlinux and whenever I click alt, it redirects the pointer to the top bar menu which I found absolutely annoying. I use alt + shift to switch between input layouts. I have installed ...
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How to enable HUD in KDE Plasma to search menu items?

I was a unity user back when the Unity Desktop Environment was still a thing in Ubuntu. I liked the feature that when I press the alt key by itself, I could get a search bar used to search in the ...
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Alt key in 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key? The new HUD in 12.04 uses the Alt key, which conflicts with the way utilities like IBUS switch input methods. Is there a ...
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gsettings set org.compiz.integrated show-hud doesn't work on 18.04

I want to disable showing HUD and application menus via left Alt. I've seen on askubuntu that you were able to do that in 14.04 but now (with 18.04) it doesn't work: gsettings set org.compiz....
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Run typical sudo commands from button on unity

I tend to find myself opening terminal sessions to run Sudo commands and was wanting to make something more useful as an application. Using some information from various online sources https://help....
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GUI or HUD for displaying things like battery or ip addresses?

I would like to know how to display certain information on a HUD on screen at all times, so not in CLI but in small text in the corner of desktop or translucently on top for example. I must be ...
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Can I change the HUD key (Alt)? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key? I am using the combination Alt+Shift to change the keyboard language (Eng -> Greek and Greek -> Eng). Since the ...
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Is there a way to ignore Unity ALT menu when using the terminal? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key? I frequently work with Emacs in the GNOME terminal on Ubuntu 12.04. I have a pretty vanilla setup at the moment ...
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What is the HUD-service responsible for?

I just disabled the hud-service because it was taking up 2.8 GiB of my computers RAM. I understand that it is part of the unity ecosystem because others are posting solutions along the lines of ...
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HUD keeps popping up when watching movie in movie player

When I watch a movie in Movie Player, the HUD pops up every 8 minutes or so. I am not touching the keyboard or the mouse at all. Alt makes the bar go away, and then 7-8 minutes later, it pops up ...
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unity-like HUD on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Question I would like to know what are the possible ways of using an unity-like HUD (Heads Up Display) on Ubuntu 18.04, preferably with the gnome shell as default. by HUD I mean the access and ...
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Is there a shell-independent HUD-like menu search tool for Xfce/GNOME/Cinnamon?

The Ubuntu Heads-Up Display (HUD) - you love it or you hate it. Personally I rather like a classic desktop, so I use Xfce or GNOME-fork Cinnamon, and I'd like to keep those menu's where they are. But ...
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LibreOffice 4.0's menu bar is not integrated with Unity

One of the most interesting features of the new LibreOffice 4 is the direct compatibility with Unity's Panel and HUD. So I've just installed this wonderful new release. Everything works fine... ...
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integrate wine menu bars with ubuntu

I've seen that it is possible to integrate Java Swing menu bars with the Unity Panel here. Is there anyway to do the same with Windows applications running with Wine?
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HUD doesn't show menu entries on 18.04 Unity

It's simple really; where HUD used to present a list to choose from after the first few keystrokes, it shows no list on 18.04 Unity. I've upgraded from 16.04. For example, launch Firefox and press ...
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HUD keeps flickering [duplicate]

I just switched to ubuntu and I have encountered an error where if I reboot my system the second time I do that my unity will just keep flickering like it is reloading. I do want to point out that I ...
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hud-service is using 800 MB, is this necessary?

hud-service in system monitor is currently using 800 MB of memory. Is this normal? What is it for? Is there a way I can reduce it?
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Integrate Android Studio with Unity

is there a way to properly integrate Android Studio with Unity Desktop Environment? I'm not looking for help about how to install android studio on Ubuntu, neither to add a desktop entry in order to ...
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How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?

A number of games, Emacs, and the terminal make extensive use of the Alt key. Can Unity be configured to respect this key, rather than launching the HUD with it?
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Launcher Icons stop working on Ubuntu 14.04

I have the problem that sometimes my launcher Icons will get left-click-unresronsive. Right click will open the context menu, though. Starting applications via the HUD works fine, but the launcher ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome and HUD [duplicate]

Now that Ubuntu is moving back to Gnome as the default desktop, will you port the HUD? It's Unity's killer feature, and I will miss it... So please port the HUD!
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Global menu support in SmartGit 17

SmartGit 17 by design has built-in menu (SmartGit 8 hasn't). I want new SmartGit to look the same as its previous version (with global menu usage). Is there any workaround?
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What is nautilus doing?

Lately my Ubuntu 14.04 computer has been quite noisy. It's the CPU heat sink that's unusually active. If I run top, I see that hud-service is taking up ever more memory (59% of 8GB at this moment), ...
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Unity 16.04 accented letters don't show in dash, hud, and are replaced in window title bars

running 16.04 since its official release. Up to date. Since few days I have a problem with accented letters : in dash if I type « démarrage » on keayboard I only get «dmarrage» in the dash, same ...
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HUD is eating my RAM

I'm running 13.04 64bit on a Dell Latitude with 8GB RAM. Recently, the HUD search results are being sorted differently, I suppose that's due to Unity updates. What's worse is that my system is ...
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Commands from HUD do not always work in 16.04

When I type a command in the HUD and press enter it may not work the first time, so I have to type the command again to make it work. Is anyone else experiencing this in Ubuntu 16.04?
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HUD in other window managers (especially xmonad)

It seems that HUD (Heads Up Display) is tightly tied to Unity. However I just use xmonad as a window manager, especially I don't use unity. Is there a way to use HUD within xmonad (or more generally ...
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Do Unity Web Apps No longer Intergrate Into the HUD?

Do unity-web-apps no longer integrate into the HUD (x) and into the desktop (x)? I haven't used unity-web-apps since 12.04, and I do not know if it is simply not working or if this is a feature that ...
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How can I disable hud-service?

hud-service keeps eating my cpu. This is troublematic, specially because I'm running 12.04 in a Asus EEEPC. There are a lot of answers on how to change hud bindings, but what I reallyw wonder if there ...
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Ubuntu freezes when running steam game counter strike and hitting the Windows key

I recently updated Ubuntu to 15.10, and since whenever I am playing counter strike on steam and hitting the Super key, volume up, volume down, mute or any key-bored button that will show a UI over the ...
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Unity desktop environment and Georgian (MESS) layout

I've installed Ubuntu 15.10 on my laptop with Unity desktop environment. I'm Georgian and often use Georgian (MESS) layout on keyboard. When I use LibreOffice and Georgian (MESS) layout in Unity ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 HUD support

I am really fan of a gnome shell and Ubuntu. I am using current Ubuntu gnome 15.04 and because I’m not the mouse-type-of-person, I want to use HUD. Is HUD supported by Ubuntu gnome?
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How do I make HUD work with Eclipse?

I have already tried this, but I still have no entries in HUD regarding Eclipse (Indigo, manually installed). Is there some way to make HUD work with Eclipse?
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(14.04) How to disable ALT (Hold) - "Reveals application menu"?

I looked at How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key? and the accepted solution doesn't work for me. The second-best solution uses ccsm which seems to be recommended against. I ...
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Is it possible to set the number of entries HUD returns?

I would like the HUD to return at least ten entries. Can I do that somehow? (use case: in Texmaker, I can have ten different user tags - I do not remember their names, so I would like to display all (...
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Make <ALT> key not tab out from fullscreen application

So after the 15.04 update, the ALT key will pop up the Unity HUD even when a fullscreen application like a game has the main focus. Is there any way to disable this? I tried changing the hotkey in ...
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Make ALT+D act like ALT+TAB - HUD

I am using the Alt key very often and I do like the HUD and want to keep both. This is my problem: I always use Alt+D in Chrome to access the URL bar and I'm doing this very fast, but then HUD ...
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How can I disable the Mac Command key triggering the big HUD coming up in 14.04? [duplicate]

This applies to Ubuntu 14.04 running in a VMWare environment on a OS X host. Everytime I press the apple command key to e.g. command-tab to another (OS X) application, the HUD comes up in Ubuntu. Not ...
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From within Steam, how can I automatically disable the HUD hotkey upon a game's launch, and reenable it upon that game closing?

I've looked at this question but there's nothing automatic about it, I'm not trying to open a GUI and fiddle with settings everytime I start and stop playing a game. In Steam, it's possible to edit ...
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Difference of HUD behavior in between Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04

It seems to me that when press Alt and type, in 14.04, it only searches the menu of the current program. However, in ubuntu 12.04 it searches the menus of the programs running in the background. E.g....
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How to force HUD ( zeitgeist? ) to re-scan? [duplicate]

So I just installed something via a .deb file and I see no reason why I should have to close all of my apps and log out to get it to show up in the HUD. Is there a command that tells the HUD to check ...
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How can I change the size of the Dash font?

I've just installed and configured Ubuntu 12.04 on my machine. I've changed all font sizes, with the myunity tool, and they're now all set to the Ubuntu font size 9. However, I can't find anywhere in ...
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Are the webapp integration useless?

Ubuntu asks for installing various websites' webapp versions by prompting when I open the particular website. As of now, I've installed WordPress, Facebook Messenger, and Reddit. But I don't see any ...
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Speed Up Unity Dash Loading Programs

Each time I open dash for the first time since booting, it takes ages to load programs on it. I have to wait for like a minute or so and then programs appears. I have online stuffs disabled so its ...
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No longer able to move messages in Thunderbird using HUD in Ubuntu 14.04

I used to use the HUD in Thunderbird to move email messages to different folders. I found this a useful feature in Ubuntu 12.04 as I have a lot of email folders and it is quicker to use the HUD than ...
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Can you switch apps to use while the HUD is up?

So for example; tap left alt ITS FIREFOX!!! No I don't want firefox, I want the hud for shutter! BUT I DON'T WANT TO EXIT THE HUD TO REARRANGE MY WINDOWS AND SELECT SHUTTER! so is there anything I ...