Questions tagged [launcher]
The Launcher is one of the main access points for applications in Unity interface. It provides quick access for launching applications and managing running applications. If your question is about creating or managing application launchers in Ubuntu, use the [.desktop] tag instead. For the Dock in Ubuntu 17.10 and later releases with GNOME 3, use [ubuntu-dock] tag.
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I am missing some icons in KDE 5 launcher and tray after installing unity
I have kubuntu 15.04 on my laptop.
Last night I installed unity desktop using the command:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
on my laptop. But after restart I noticed some of my application icons ...
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`Files` application windows launch "under" pycharm?
Well since I installed pycharm through snap, the launcher seems to act strange.
Whenever I launch an application from Files it shows the pycharm symbol, and all windows are below that symbol. Similar ...
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How to group mounted devices under Nautilus icon in the launcher?
I am using three physical discs in my computer, first mounted in /, second in /home/me/XMem and the third one in /media/me/stor.
In Ubuntu 14.04, opening any folder in any of the discs opened Nautilus ...
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submenu items in Unity launcher dynamic quicklist
How to make a submenu in a dynamic quicklist (of dbusMenuItems) in python?
The official documentation is very scarce:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI
Here is my minimal coding example: ...
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Ubuntu 16:04: Launcher and top menu bar freezes after screen lock
Ubuntu novice here. :)
So far very happy and pleased with Ubuntu, but have a strange issue. I have re-installed Ubuntu 16.04 from scratch two times now, but problem keeps recurring:
When my ...
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Multiple chromium icons in launcher of 14.04 LTS
EDIT 2014-04-19:
To add a little extra context to my question, these are the original instructions I followed http://ricardofeliciano.me/how-to-create-a-unity-launcher-icon-for-each-chromechromium-...
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What exactly makes a .desktop file launchable?
I'm on Ubuntu 20.10, and I like desktop launcers. Yes, they are a pain to make now that gnome-desktop-item-edit is a thing of the past, but I manage. Most often I copy a .desktop file from another ...
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KDE - Application menu not displaying correct icon
In below screenshot you can see that in the application menu, under the development tag, the icons are not correct, however, on the taskbar the icons are correct:
I checked the ~/.local/share/...
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Ungroup items in taskbar (launcher) in Unity
As you can see in the image below, there are 3 instances of Firefox and file manager is open and all of them are grouped together. But I do not want them to be grouped. I looked into unity tweak tool ...
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Wrong window gets focus from scale mode
Following Second click on a launcher icon with more than one window open doesn't do a scale of that application, when I do this:
Click on an icon in the launcher of an opened application.
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How can I remove the shadow at the top of the unity launcher?
I'm using a theme (based on Ambiance Grey) where the slight shadowing that is present at the very top of the Unity launcher is visually disturbing (see image below), and would like to remove it.
I ...
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Activities shows Zoom twice
I have installed a new version of Zoom from their website. Now when I go SuperKey/Zoom I see two icons.
How to remedy this, please.
Thanks. - Erny
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Snaps suddenly missing from Launcher and PATH
All of my snaps that used to be available on the command line and in my launcher are suddenly missing, despite still being installed and enabled:
➜ snap list
Name Version ...
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Launcher opens NTFS locations under devices instead of Nautilus
On Ubuntu 16.04, is there a way for Launcher to open folders from NTFS partitions (which are auto-mounted) under the icon/instance of Nautilus instead of what it started doing in 16.04, i.e. instead ...
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13.04 launcher and menu bar disappeared
Last night I downloaded python 3.3 and idle. I turned it on today and the launcher and menu bar disappeared. It didn't even ask for my password and all I see is my desktop. I tried finding answers ...
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ubuntu webapps create multiple icons when opened
I recently installed chromium on ubuntu 13.04 and started using webapps. The problem is for every webapp open there is an icon for the webapp and an icon for chromium in my launcher.
For example if i ...
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how to change the path of an icon in the unity launcher
On previous versions of ubuntu, I used to add Thunderbird to the top menu bar so I could launch it quickly. Occasionally, I would want to use a more recent version of Thunderbird so I would download ...
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Maximized windows become maximized behind launcher
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04, I have encountered a problem related to maximizing windows. Occasionally, and with no triggers I've been able to observe, maximized windows will change their position ...
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Not able to run portable chrome .desktop opening in text editor
I installed portable chrome using https://github.com/shivamgly/Google-Chrome-Portable-maker-for-linux this link I am not able to run this chrome. Chrome.desktop file opens in text-editor.
Screenshot ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 emacsclient -c Desktop Application not working
Dear Ubuntu Community,
my goal is it, to use emacsclient (version 24.5.1) as a default editor in Ubuntu 16.04. If I double click on a text file, emacsclient opens new frame quickly. If the the the ...
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How to get Win-n Unity shortcut keys in Kubuntu?
I got pretty used to Win+1, Win+2, etc shortcut keys from Unity and I'd like to know if there's some way to emulate this in KDE Plasma.
Right now I'm using KDE Plasma 5.13.5, running on Kubuntu 18.10....
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User .desktop file duplicates and hijacks system app icon in GNOME dock
I'm trying to set up a custom "Open in Emacs" .desktop file that uses the emacsclient utility to open a new buffer in an existing Emacs instance, if available, or start a new instance otherwise. In ...
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super + space does not change language ubuntu 18.04 unity
I've upgraded from 16.04 -18.04, installed unity desktop and uninstalled gnome.
But I am not able to change my input language with shortcut key Super+Space. On click of Super+Space it shows the ...
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Execute a desktop shortcut to a jar file on Ubuntu 18.04
I need to run a .desktop file as an admin but I have issues achieving this. I am working with this .desktop file
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Some Application
Exec="/...
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disabling alt-key from asking "Type your command"
I am using Ubuntu 18.04, with the new unity theme.
Every time I click on the Alt key, it goes to "Type your command". However, I am using Alt-Shift to change layouts, and if I don't time releasing ...
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How to update Sublime Text 3 icon in Ubuntu?
I have just upgrade Sublime Text to the latest version on Ubuntu 16.04LTS.
I can see a new icon for the program in
usr/share/applications/
Yet this icon isn't used in my Ubuntu launcher dock.
I ...
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Installed Google Chrome and it was installed with a wrong name
I just uninstalled chrome version 55 because I noticed it wasn't automatically updated with apt-get update/dist-update.
I tried installing the current version of chrome in two ways:
Downloading the ....
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Lock Saleae Software to Launcher
I've tried several methods to lock the Saleae Logic Software to the Launcher, but nothing worked ...
It's just an executable file in a folder and the program starts up without problems.
-Once ...
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How does Launcher get to choose which icon to display for different storage devices?
I have different drives; SSD, HDD, USB, eBook readers, and phones, usually show up with particular icon identifying the type of device.
I would like to understand how does Launcher or Nautilus get to ...
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Run .desktop file at startup (and follow its Icon= specification)
I want to run a script at startup that would use a custom icon that should appear in Plank dock.
For that I have created a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications that runs the script (see all ...
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Can't launch StarStable through Wine on Ubuntu
I've recently switched to Linux and I'm trying to install a launcher for an online game called Star Stable. I was following instructions on this site. Everything works fine till I launch the game ...
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How can I safely remove an external disk using the launcher icon?
The following animation demonstrates how I tried to safely remove an external USB 2.0 hard disk. However, each time I click on safely remove, the disk is being mounted again.
Animation:
I can, ...
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How to disable Ubuntu launcher tooltip text?
The tooltip text (hover) in the Unity launcher obscures my window previews and is rather unnecessary in general. Is there a way to disable it?
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How can I change the name of a partition, as it appears in the Unity Launcher?
I have separate partitions in my Ubuntu. For example I have named those partitions as "Academic","Entertainment". Their named are displayed as "Academic","Entertainment" in their properties popup tab. ...
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Remove dash borders and highlighting
I am using the Arc theme. To make things look better I want to remove the border around the dash as well removing the highlighting. Is this somehow possible to do?
See this screenshot for a ...
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How to trigger a script on entering/exiting a workspace?
This is regarding ubuntu 15.10. I have enabled workspaces, and would like unity launcher sidebar to show open application icon only if it was opened in the current workspace.
To do so, I have already ...
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Change Unity Dash to list view
Can I somehow change the Unity Dash so that the search results appear in a list?
I don't like that i have to use more than ↑ and ↓ in order to select an item and I find it hard to overview ...
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Problem with Unity after installing Chrome Remote Desktop
I have installed Chrome Remote Desktop utility, but I don't know if I have configured the chrome.desktop file correctly.
When Ubuntu starts, unity panel and top bar don't appear, and I need to do a ...
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Unity launcher placement stuck on all displays
I am using three monitors with Ubuntu 14.04. In Display settings, I try to change the Launcher Placement setting to only select one monitor. The monitors flicker, but even though the setting now might ...
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Running Chrome appears as Plex
When I run Google Chrome (even when typing 'google-chrome' in the command line) I get chrome to open but it appears on the launcher as a Plex window. This has just happened today, and I think it's ...
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How to pin Unity-Dash on Plank dock bar ? Alternatives to Dash?
I am new to Linux and have some questions about how to customize my Unity GUI.
I have installed Ubuntu with Unity GUI. I had Unity launcher bar and installed Plank as alternative and moved the dock ...
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Cairo Dock - Chrome Browser - Unity Launcher Icon and Application sync
My problem is as follows
I use cairo dock as a replacement for the Unity Launcher on Ubuntu
I used chrome desktop shortcuts to make some pseudo desktop apps of some webapps (like outlook exchange)
I ...
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Unity launcher placement doesn't change
I am using double monitors in Ubuntu 14-04 with Unity and I want to change the launcher to my left screen. I know I can find this option in Settings -> Display but when I try to change it, it only ...
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Icon spacing/padding on unity launcher
As you can see from the picture, I removed the background light from the icons in the launcher. But now, it looks like there is too much space between the icons and the icons look small. Is there a ...
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Battery icon missing in gnome-shell panel
I have lost the battery icon on panel when I rotated the screen using ccw (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and can't get it back.
dconf editor → com → canonical → indicator → appmenu → power shows icon policy ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop lost open app windows after waking up from the sleep mode
I am new to Ubuntu Desktop but have used Windows and Mac for a long time. I also have good experience with Linux. I need some help on how to recover the lost app windows.
I have been quite impressed ...
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Why custom launcher icon keep pulsing?
I created a custom launcher icon to enable/disable the touch feature of my Lenovo X220 Tablet.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=handsoff
Comment=Enable / Disable touch feature
Exec=thinkpad-touch
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Unity is *always* visible, no matter what app I'm using
I have used Unity for a bit, but I have never encountered this.
Any full screen (games, lock screen, etc) app, the Unity sidebar and the top bar are always visible. Thankfully, they don't work. ...
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Steam entry missing text in Unity 13.10 dash after upgrade
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 and switched from using KDE to Unity. When I search for the program Steam in the Unity dash, it's entry (leftmost in the screenshot) does not contain any text and ...
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How to remove all device icons from Unity launcher in 13.10?
How to remove all drives icons from Unity launcher in 13.10?
Old trick with dconf-editor does not work anymore. I can remove any entry from com.canonical.Unity.Launcher.favorites, but not unity://...