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 can I properly add PlayOnLinux programs to the Unity Launcher?
I have a PlayOnLinux app (Evernote) that runs great, but I would like to pin it to the Unity launcher. I already have a shortcut in the Dash and I can pin that to the Launcher, but then running it ...
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Two launcher entries for Skype after Skype-wrapper installation
I installed skype-wrapper because the Skype default icon looks awful with the rest of the unity bar (and I like the integration), and uninstalled the sni-qt package to remove the normal Skype icon.
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Thunderbird new email count not displayed in 13.04
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04, Thunderbird (17.0.5) no longer displays the number of new emails in the Launcher.
The notification menu still displays as the emails come in, but there is no ...
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An open program moves before pinned programs on Unity launcher
I have several programs that I use frequently and pin to the Unity launcher. I switch to them by using the WinKey+Number. Sometimes an open program that I am running that isn't pinned moves on top of ...
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Lost the Hard Drive Icon from the Launcher
I unlocked the C Drive icon connected to the Launcher. Once I moved it onto the desktop, it disappeared.
In attempting to create an new icon, I was asked to create a mount point. The mount point ...
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Remove Unity Icon when 'Unlock from Launcher' does not appear
I recently installed the LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 meta package via the Ubuntu Software Center. This does not contain LibreOffice Base, so I installed it separately via the Ubuntu Software Center as well.
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Is WIndows 7 style access to grouped windows possible in Ubuntu 12.04 unity 2d?
Selecting grouped windows with a mouse is highly inconvenient. Let's say I have two firefox windows open and I want to select one of the two with a mouse. I have to click on the firefox launcher then ...
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Unity launcher fails to auto-hide after 15 minutes of use
My Unity launcher is set to Auto-hide and hides however, about 15 minutes into using it, it just stops hiding and sits on top of my windows.
I see here many are experiencing a problem with the ...
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How can I “toggle” the unity launcher?
I don't want to hide it, like put my mouse of the top-left/left side of the screen, I want to have like a ccsm plugin that can say to turn it on/off. How can I do this but also have the possibility to ...
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Launcher in Unity opens application in another icon
I have an application locked to my launcher. Whenever I click on it or use the normal Exec=..... in the .desktop, it works perfectly. I have recently added a quicklist option in the launcher. Whenever ...
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Fixing right-click context menu (Sublime Text 2)
After a botched attempt to update Sublime Text 2, I've managed to recover and reinstall, but Ubuntu 12.04's context menu "pointers" seem to be screwed up: the right-click will still list "Sublime Text ...
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How to get Launcher to show All Instances of an Application
This bug was fixed shorty after 12.04 was released.
Well, I liked the old behaviour, especially showing ALL instances of an application on ALL desktops when doubleclicking the launcher icon.
How do ...
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With Nvidia proprietrary drivers cannot choose monitor launcher appears on
It's awesome that unity now let you choose in which monitor you want the unity launcher to apear.
However, once I've install the nvidia privative drivers I can't chose anymore. I force what normally ...
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Unable to set my own icon for launcher item in 12.04
I use the Faenza icon collection in Ubuntu 12.04 Unity with no issues. I decided to change my Gimp launcher icon, so I made my own (gimp-ak.png) and added it, and its appropriately sized derivatives, ...
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Unity Web Apps create duplicate icon in the unity sidebar
This behavior extends to all installed Unity Web Apps using Chromium. After a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 the apps were working correctly and selecting a web app from the sidebar would result in an ...
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Rdio Quicklists
I would like to have "Play/Pause" "Next" and "Previous" buttons in the quicklist for my Rdio.desktop "web app."
Detailed Explanation
The web app can be created either from Chrome (by going to menu ...
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Is there a way to make the tooltips on launcher applications appear without delay in 13.04?
Is there a way, for example in CCSM to change the delay before launcher tooltips are shown, because for whatever strange reason, the launcher doesn't respond to me clicking on an application, before ...
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Launcher and Dash Hide after update Video Card
I currently have Ubuntu 13.04 installed.
And then I installed nVidia Drivers from the Additional Drivers window.
But after installing, the Launcher and dash has gone..
Then I deleted the nvidia ...
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How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
I've added my Google account in the Online Accounts System Settings panel.
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with the following packages installed:
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How to prevent nautilus from opening new instances when it opens a mounted partition
In Ubuntu whenever I open a mounted partition in nautilus and switch to other applications, clicking the icon of nautilus on the launcher bar will open a new instance of nautilus, instead of switching ...
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How can I change Launcher scrolling behavior back?
I've just upgraded to 13.04. Now mouse scrolling on Launcher results not in moving through Launcher, but in application switching. Is there a way to change this behavior back, so I'll be able to ...
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Why are different Libreoffice Applications grouped together on Unity launcher?
When opening a Writer window for instance and a Calc window - any 2 different LO applications really - the icons on Unity launcher are grouped together under a general Libreoffice icon. How can they ...
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How to switch Launcher to another monitor after installing AMD/ATI Drivers?
I've had a ton of issues after installing the AMD/ATI drivers on 12.10. I had to follow some workarounds to even get my system to boot.
Now that I've got drivers installed and my dual monitors set ...
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Skype launcher icon not working
I had to do a fresh install of my OSs, and after downloading all the updates and going up to 12.10 (The disk I had was 12.04), I installed Skype, and it works fine... from the terminal, that is. I ...
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How does Nautilus automatically create a quicklist of favorite places?
Right clicking the Nautilus icon in the unity side bar brings up first a list of favorite locations, followed by the standard "Open a New Window" command.
The "New Window" command is defined in ...
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The Unity 'Home Folder' launcher quicklist has duplicates. How can I remove them and add new entries?
I added places to my 'Home Folder' quicklist in 11.10, I believe following these instructions and ended up with duplicates once that feature became standard in 12.04. I tried this solution, removing ...
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Changes in GUI behavior after update
[Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit, Unity 5.18.0]
On Friday morning I installed the recommended software updates, as I always do (list included at the end of this message). The next day, after rebooting, the GUI ...
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Make active programs appear on top of launcher
Assume we have a program that is not locked to the launcher. We can change the location of the program while it is active but that location will be forgotten after restarting the program.
I think it ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 new Launcher Icons don't launch
In the last week I upgrade Skype and installed MATLAB and neither of their launcher icons seem to work. They will flash as if they are trying to load the program but after a few seconds go back to ...
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some icons in launcher do not open application, blink instead
The Gtk Vnc Viewer, Skype are some icons that the launcher does not start. Instead, they just blink for few seconds. How to fix this? Thank you.
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Why are there multiple copies of the same application in the Unity launcher?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10, and some applications have two launcher icons in the Unity launcher. There is one smaller, pixelated icon, and one regular one. It only happens with some apps though, but not ...
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12.10 install on Dell Inspiron ATI Radeon 3XX fails to produce usable desktop
Trying to install 12.10 i386 iso image from DVD to Dell Inspiron 9300 with ATI Radeon 3xx (maybe 360?) graphics card. The desktop is visible including the toolbar across the top of the desktop. ...
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left-click on launcher icon does not start the application
After upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid lynx) to Ubuntu 12.04 (precise pangolin) almost everything works fine, except launcher.
For most icons, left-click on the icon in the launcher does not ...
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Stopping the Launcher from appearing while dragging
When dragging and dropping anything, the Launcher will automatically appear. I'd prefer it to only appear if I pressed Super while dragging, or something similar.
This question was asked in 2011, ...
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still no launcher settings
Thank you for the help. My appearance settings do not show the Launcher Icon Size slider. I tried the first suggested line in the terminal window. The last line of the answer is as follows: – Jim ...
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Unity launcher doesn't show all the applications when I put the cursor on it (Ubuntu Quantal)
When I put the cursor on Unity launcher (I'm using Ubuntu 12.10) to see all the applications, it doesn't move in a vertical way but it remains immovable. The launcher works only if I put the cursor on ...
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Why I can't run Slingshot-Launcher application?
I installed slingshot-launcher_0.0.1~pre-0~48~natty1_i386 and everything works though it is a little slow. When I run slingshot from terminal I get the next two errors:
(slingshot:1562): Critical : ...
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How are problems with the Unity Launcher debugged?
I easily added an Intellij IDEA launcher icon, and locked it (IDEA creates the .desktop file).
Using the .local/share/applications/jetbrains-idea.desktop as an example it was easy to add another ...
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12.10 lost window maximize and minimize options, utility bar and launcher lost too
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Inspiron 7520. Everything is good except the hyperactive fans.The graphic cards are Intel and AMD Radeon 7730. I am trying to get away with the fan problem ...
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12.04 - Make Workspaces use the expose feature of compiz
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I just wanted to know if there's a possible way to use the "expose" feature found in CompizConfig Settings Manager as the "Workspaces" icon in the Unity Launcher? I know ...
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Launcher does not appear
I am a complete newbie, running ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an old PowerPC. While I was installing the recommended updates this morning, I tried playing around with auto-hiding the Launcher. It didn't show ...
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Unity Launcher accordion effect does not work
How to activate Unity Launcher accordion effect?
Actually luncher has scrolling effect.
Thanks.
Answer to the question:
Log Out, In the "Log In" options select Ubuntu and not Ubuntu 2D (Ubuntu 2D ...
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After update 12.04 -> 12.10 all works fine, but launcher is missing permanently
Launcher is missing all the time. It is also missing in guest session. In the compiz config setting manager it is set to always show.
What I tried:
reinstalled nvidia drivers
cleared all compiz and ...
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12.10 desktop doesn't populate
I've just installed 12.10.18 on a p4 VAIO laptop, 1GB memory, 40GB hard drive. I'm a server/unix guy, not a workstation guy.
The installation works fine, but after I log in, all I get is the default ...
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No Launcher, Messed Resolution and Artifacts!
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my desktop, and it boot up ok, but I was having some artifacts, so I read somewhere that I needed nvidia drivers, I downloaded them, along with compiz (I enjoy the nice ...
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Unity Launcher Doesn't Remember Settings
I have looked the similar questions here and here but the solutions didn't work for me. People suggest to install dconf-tools and libdconf0. However I couldn't install libdconf0 (i already have ...
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lost task bar after install of 12-10
I just upgraded to 12.10, firstly as an upgrade from 12.04 then as a fresh install. Still have the same problem. Can't see a task bar or menu bar. With right click I can change the background and I ...
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Wine application runs from generated Launcher, but not from console
I have installed a Windows application through wine, and it launches perfectly through the generated launcher, however, when I use the exact same commands the launcher uses, but to invoke the program ...
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Autohiding unity sidelauncher *only* if I start typing at the keyboard
Is it possible to make the unity launcher autohide, if I start typing at the keyboard ?
I know it can be set to autohide in compiz after a fixed interval, but I want it to autohide only at the event, ...
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How to increase the delay that is taken to start an application when an icon is clicked in the ubuntu launcher?
My problem is that It regularly happens that I click on the wrong icon into the ubuntu launcher and then an application is started that I don't want. Is there a way to increase the time that I have to ...
