Unity's launcher is one of the main access points for applications in Ubuntu. It provides quick access for launching applications and managing running applications.
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How to disable autohiding for launcher in Unity
The launcher appears to slow and disappears to fast how can I disable autohiding behavior of launcher. I use desktop pc
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Ubuntu 12.10 shows no launcher or menu
I have 'upgraded' to Ubuntu 12.10 from a previous nice version that always worked. I have installed from a CD downloaded from this site. I start the PC (HP Pavillion zv5200) and arrive at a signon ...
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How to force active Launcher webpages to be from the Chromium icon? [closed]
So, I'm not quite sure how to word this, but I created some custom launchers for Chromium Browser's application shortcuts:
As you can see in the image, the Social website one is active because I ...
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Can I put more applications in a Unity icon?
Is it possible to 'enclose' more than one application in a single Unity icon/button?
In order to keep under control the number of buttons on launcher, it will be very useful to me to store some ...
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How do I add a static quicklist that opens a web page?
I am working on creating Unity Launcher icons for web applications. Evolution comes with quicklists so you can compose, go to calendar, etc.:
I want to replicate the same thing but for my gmail ...
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How do I start a second instance of a program from Unity's launcher?
It's all in the title.
Eg. if I have a gnome-terminal opened and I click on the gnome-terminal launcher icon, the running terminal will focus and no new instance will pop-up. Also, there is no item ...
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How to delete Apps and Files & Folder (lenses) icons from Launcher?
Hi there, I've been looking for some information about how to delete those Icons (Applications and Files & Folders).
Why? Simple, because I understand that Ubuntu's button (BFB) it's a better ...
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Launch an application in Windows from the Ubuntu desktop
I'd like a write a shell script in Ubuntu that does the following:
Boot up a Windows 7 guest OS in Virtualbox, if it isn't running already.
Run a shell script in Windows, where the shell script is ...
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How to easily open the Launcher with a secondary monitor to the left
I have two monitors (24" as main and a 19" to the left).
Each time I want to swap to a different application or launch a new one, the launcher seems a little problematic to come up. Even though ...
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How to make applications pinned in launcher appear for all users?
I need to pin an application in Unity launcher such that it can be seen for all users.
Currently, everything I changed seems to only affect the local user.
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Locking Wine applications in the launcher is not permanent
I happily run Word 2007 via Wine on my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I prefer having it sit in the launcher for easy access, however, every time I start a new session (that is, logging in or booting up), the ...
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Is it possible to force the Unity launcher to hide? Or to toggle hide/unhide with a keyboard shortcut? [closed]
I would like to manually control when the launcher is shown or hidden. Is it possible? There is no option to "never show launcher", nor have I found a way to force the launcher to hide.
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LibreOffice shows many icons on the Launcher, what can I do about this?
When I run LibreOffice it shows another icon at the launcher. If I open new files it will keep showing new icons for each file.
When I run it from the terminal it does not return any error messages.
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How to make a launcher(.desktop file) for a binary file?
I have sccceded in making launchers with python scripts,php scripts,etc as launchers.
Now I want to make a binary file as a launcher. It is not an installable binary file. It is actually the binary ...
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How to make the Unity launcher always visible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I configure Unity's launcher auto-hide behavior?
Is there a possibility to make Unity dock always visible on the left? Its current behaviour - hiding and ...
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Why doesn't the libreoffice icon appear on my launcher when running?
When we run an application, its icon would appear on the launcher and so we can call it back after minimize it. Specially, a little triangle would kepp appearing near the icon, meaning this ...
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How to autohide the Launcher in Unity 2D?
In the regular Unity 3D, I used Compiz Config Manager where I could configure the Unity Plug-in to autohide the Launcher and not to show it when moving mouse to the left side of the screen. So it was ...
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How do I remove the launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove the Unity launcher?
What I want, is the top bar from Unity and nothing else. Everything I've tried so far has failed. I've installed compiz, but there ...
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Can I get rid of the launcher in Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove the Unity launcher?
Just wondering if I can get rid of the launcher in the Unity desktop and replace it by something else?
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How do I shrink the Unity launcher icons to make them smaller? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resize the Unity launcher?
I would like to make the icons in the launcher smaller, so that more of them can be displayed in that precious vertical space.
How ...
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What are the different colors on the unity launcher icons?
Example:
My question is simple. What are the different colors representing in the unity launcher background for each icon. I mean, it seems consistent (firefox is always orange), but it's not ...
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how to change default launcher icons in unity for a new user?
I have customised my Unity launcher's icon list with custom launchers . Now I want the same customised launcher to appear when i create a new user. Currently the default ubuntu launcher appears when I ...
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Launcher and panel missing [ubuntu 13.04] [duplicate]
When I booted my laptop to ubuntu 13.04 today the panel and launcher were both missing from the screen and I had no idea how to get them back.
Using a ubuntu 13.04 install medium I formatted / and ...
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How to use a hotkey shortcut to run a launcher?
I have a launcher on my desktop. I would like to run it via a keyboard shortcut. Is it possible ?
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How to set an icon for Eclipse?
I want to set icon for Launcher. it has file named icon.xpm, but its being ignored by the icon set wizard. I tried to change it to .ico file, but it is still getting ignore.
any ideas?
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What is the shutdown command in 13.04?
I want to create a shutdown icon for the launcher in 13.04. In former versions of Ubuntu I used this desktop file and put it in the launcher:
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How do I run Angry Birds?
I see that there is an HTML version of Angry Birds. How do I use it? I'd also like to have the icon on my launcher so I can run it as it's own application.
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How do I add Netbeans to the Unity launcher?
I have installed NetBeans 7.0 manually, because only 6.9 is available in Ubuntu Software Center.
I tried to keep it in launcher, but after system restart it's gone.
How can I permanently add it?
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How can I change the background color of the unity launcher?
I really dislike the slight dark-purple tint to the side-launcher bar and shell surrounding the menu after pressing the meta key. How can I set this to another color?
There are configure options ...
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How to add a shell script to launcher as shortcut [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?
How can I create launchers on my desktop?
I want to add some shell scripts in my launcher as shortcuts..
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Why do some open applications appear as “question marks” in the Unity launcher?
I'm having a problem with a couple of programs that have launchers in unity but then create a separate icon after launched. Is is possible for the launcher to track the windows it spawns to organize ...
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Is it possible to add custom items to System Settings window?
For example, how to add a "Startup Applications Preferences" launcher to this Window?
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How can I change the wiggle time of 'urgent animation' in Unity Launcher?
I really like wiggle animation for application notification, but I find it disappear too quickly and I wish I could change this delay. I looked through all the ccsm, appearance, and myUnity settings ...
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How to “ungroup” windows from an icon on the launcher?
When I have more than one instance of a program running and I minimize all of them, they are grouped in a single icon on the launcher. For example, I'm chatting with three people on Emesene: Joe, Mary ...
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Launcher and window menu bar missing after 12.04 upgrade
I upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04 and now my launcher menu is missing. I opened terminal using CTRL+ALT+T and the menu shows but the GUI (bar) above that is missing.
Things like CTRL+TAB and image ...
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How to make Nautilus launcher _with_ quicklists behave like normal nautilus launcher in Unity
I followed this question:
How to add my favorite places as a quicklist in my home's icon in Unity?
And created the launcher. It's pretty good, as you can see here:
But when I click it (be ...
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How do I add a name to a launcher?
I added application to launcher like this. I run it from command line, then when icon appeared in launcher, I right clicked it and checked "Keep In Launcher".
It works fine, but I'd like to add name ...
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How do I see which apps are running?
How do I see which apps are running? I'd like to see what's running in the panel and not let go of the mouse to use a keyboard shortcut. Can Unity be configured?
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Unity launcher bar stuck and won't hide
When using drag and drop the launcher bar reveals and will not hide unless I close the program.
Is their a fix?
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How can I make running emacsclient from the unity launcher reuse an existing emacs window
(I'm actually asking this even though I intend to supply the answer, so this is more by way of providing a tip.)
If you create an emacsclient launcher by copying a .desktop file (e.g. the Emacs one), ...
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How to change the size and order of the launcher panel?
I have downloaded 12.04 and installed it under VirtualBox. The launcher in its default format is unsuitable for my needs.
The two main factors that I need to edit are (1) the size of the panel; and ...
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Different Launchers for Different Workspaces?
I want to have Different Sidebar Launchers for Different Workspaces, eg Internet Apps in first, Entertainment apps launchers in Second, Games apps launchers in third etc How can i do it?
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Unity search, how to get rid of certain results?
When i want to run the calculator, i click on unity first icon (dashboard?), and then i start to type :
ca : is showing the calculator as first result (probably because zeitgeist recorded that its ...
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How do I get DVD to play in VLC from unity dash launcher?
Once I put the DVD into DVD drive, it appears in the Unity dash/place. Clicking the icon opens nautilus. How do I make clicking the icon to open VLC player and start playing it ?.
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Is there a way to launch Unity Dash outside of Unity?
I've installed Unity 2d, and therefore I'm able to use the Launcher and Panel in standard Gnome Panel desktop. I would like to know whether there is a way to launch the Dash only, and if so, if it is ...
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How to preview windows of a specific application in Unity?
I would like in Unity, to see a preview of the open windows of a specific application.
Just like Linux DockbarX (or windows 7).
Motivation example:
When I have several windows open of the same ...
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Can I set the scrolling speed when I mouse over the launcher?
Is there a setting to increase the scroll speed of the Unity Panel when using the Mouse.
When in keyboard mode the launcher will scroll quickly, however with the mouse over event action scrolling ...
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How do I customize the launcher animations?
When I get Skype messages I tend not to notice the launcher animation. The highlighted icon is then not enough to catch my attention once the animation is done.
Although I agree with the default ...
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How to avoid removed programs from appearing in launcher (Synapse)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity search, how to get rid of certain results?
Synapse is a program similar to Dash of Unity DE, and I use it in Lubuntu 12.10.
I also used to have multiple portable ...
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Can you change the orientation of the Unity launcher?
I was looking at 11.04 pre-Alpha and wondering if I can change the dock orientation. Does the pre-Alpha have this function? Is the idea being implemented as we speak? If not where can I propose this ...
