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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Almost all icons replaced by prohibition icon
Almost all icons are replaced by Prohibition icon, though everything works fine. Icons like Sound, Settings, Lock, Power off are intact. Attaching image for reference. The icons while taking ...
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How do you change application exec strings in Unity? [duplicate]
I've got a few programs that need to have --no-sandbox appended to their execution in the application drawer. How do I do this?
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Why do all new .desktop launchers go to 2nd page in app menu Ubuntu 22.04?
I like to group apps by category, leaving plenty of open space. I would like to know if I can force new stuff to be placed in the space on the 1st page of the menu.
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Not working characters in Exec command of .desktop file
I just updated from ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 and have an issue with one of my existing *.desktop files. Inside the file I use a command which includes a '' character in the Exec declaration.
A minimum ...
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Virtual Machines for VirtualBox are missing their icons on Launcher
Lately, I upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 from 23.10 and I noticed that virtual machines launched from Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager (Version 7.0.16_Ubuntu r162802) have a generic application icon on the &...
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Application launcher does not collapse automatically
I am using kubuntu 22.04 with KDE plasma 5.24.7 and I have a problem with the application launcher in the taskbar.
When I click on the App Launcher and I choose an application to launch, the app ...
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My super key no longer open the launcher, how do I reenable this?
I'm running 23.10; yesterday I suffered hypoglycaemia and, apparently, hit a lot of keys on the keyboard. Unfortunately I can't say which keys, or even guess at the order in which I hit them. After I ...
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Opening Browser keeps adding more tabs
I'm using Kubuntu (Ubuntu using KDE), and have run into an odd issue. For work I have to use Microsoft OneNote. As there is no native Linux app, I run it in the browser. I'm one of those people ...
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KDE Plasma 5.27.8, Win/Meta button doesn't open the app launcher (Kubuntu 23.10)
Since yesterday (29 february 2024), I've started facing an issue where the Win/Meta button doesn't open the app launcher (or Andromeda Launcher)
I've read that it's supported by Default for KDE Plasma ...
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Keyboard shortcut to resize window to full-screen (but not over unity dock)
Is there a keyboard shortcut, or a way of defining a keyboard shortcut, that'll resize current window to take up whole screen except the unity dock?
(yes, I know I can make the unity dock stay always-...
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Separate launcher icon for teams webapp (using chromium)
I created a launcher with the filename Teams.desktop. and put it in the folder ~/Desktop/ and created a symlink for applications sudo ln -s ~/Desktop/Teams.desktop /usr/share/applications/Teams....
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How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand in 22.04?
Yes, I know there's this question already.
But it's 10 years old and the proposed solution doesn't work for 22.04.
And without this stupid "karma" I can't even add a comment in there.
So my ...
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ProtonVPN no longer showing up on applications menu
I've used Proton VPN in the past, but now it's suddenly not listed under my programs menu / application launcher.
I'm pretty sure it's still installed because I see it updating when I'm doing updates.
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Problem in visualizing folders in launcher
I have a problem with the display of folders within the launcher as they show up small as in this image. I use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I use large fonts as an accessibility setting in order to display ...
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What is pci=nobar in Ubuntu launch
I bought a new laptop, a HP Omen 16 Transcend. I set up Ubuntu on dual boot but the only way I could get past the launcher loading screen (when you see a spinner and the Ubuntu logo) was to hit e when ...
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