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Have application menu open up with only Windows/Super key
This currently can be configured from System Settings -> Keyboard like
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Is there a way to remove/add applications from/to the slingshot launcher of elementary OS?
There is now a new application available in AppCenter called: AppEditor.
Yes. You can use MenuLibre for that.
Just search for the App you want to remove and click on "Hide in menu" and than the save ...
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Can't open applications menu
I've encountered this problem before: it's caused by slingshot crashing while backgrounded. There is a very easy way to fix it.
Open a terminal, either from plank or by using the shortcut [super] + [...
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How to create a custom .desktop-file
Correct content of zotero.desktop as follows:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Zotero
Comment=Bibliografisch programma
Exec=/home/lieven/ICT/Configuratie\ en\ Setup/Zotero_linux-...
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Function to hide apps in Slingshot
Deleting/moving desktop entries in /usr/share/applications or /usr/local/share/applications has one major downside:
Everytime one of your "hidden" applications gets an update, it will reappear in ...
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Loki and Dropbox
I recommend this script https://github.com/zant95/elementary-dropbox. Works like a charm.
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Is there a way to remove/add applications from/to the slingshot launcher of elementary OS?
You can add/edit menu entries manually, too. Elementary follows the Free Desktop specification standard. Basically, you add/edit the .desktop files on the global /usr/share/applications/ location or ...
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Cannot search in application menu launcher
I've found that this is caused by ibus-daemon program. If you have ibus running on startup, remove it or add a startup item to kill the ibus-daemon. You should be able to search in Slingshot launcher.
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Why don't certain GNOME apps show in Slingshot?
The .desktop file for nautilus by default shows only when the desktop environment is Unity or Gnome.
To show Nautilus on slingshot you'll need to edit the desktop entry.
Edit the file /usr/share/...
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Contacts app not showing in Applications
Open terminal and paste
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Contacts.desktop
Look for
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity
and add Pantheon after Unity
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;Pantheon;
Then ...
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Unable to open Slingshot after last update
If Slingshot doesn't respond you can restart it with the terminal command:
In loki (0.4)
killall wingpanel
In freya (0.3)
killall slingshot
It will be automatically restarted by the cerbere ...
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Is it possible to search directories in slingshot?
No Slingshot does not search files or folders. It searches apps, actions, and settings
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How to remove a shortcut from applications menu - Freya
Use Mainmenu (AKA alacarte)
Install from software center or with terminal command:
sudo apt-get install alacarte
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How to access help for Slingshot launcher?
You can search for other questions, in terms of customising the menus, I'm not sure what you need to achieve, but this is what I've found so far...
To find out about commands you can type:
man ...
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Is there a way to remove/add applications from/to the slingshot launcher of elementary OS?
You can install a menu editor like alacarte:
sudo apt-get install alacarte
With it you can add/remove/move menu entries.
Also there is this bugreport about removing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/...
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Script not opening in terminal via desktop launcher
Try changing the Exec line in the file to
pkexec pantheon-terminal -e "bash -c 'wifite;$SHELL'"
or (alternate version)
pantheon-terminal -e "bash -c 'pkexec wifite;$SHELL'"
Then try the .desktop ...
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AppCenter icons still show updates pending after terminal (apt) is used to upgrade packages
This seems to be a bug. Filed it on Launchpad here.
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Can't input anything into app menu search box
I can confirm this bug (it bogs me too).
loki 0.4 is running on an Intel-based PC using Kernel 4.4.0-36-generic
When I investigated into it I found that different users have different behaviour (...
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How do I reduce the icon size in the Slingshot menu on Loki (0.4)?
Looking at the source code it looks like Slingshot is now ignoring this value and has the icon size hardcoded into the src/Widgets/AppEntry.vala here on Launchpad.
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Cannot start the specific sub-System Settings items from Applications launcher (Slingshot)
This is due to a changement in Switchboard (the System Settings) application. We might report this as a bug, however, I guess now the slingshot-launcher should open settings:/// URIs instead of ...
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Cannot start the specific sub-System Settings items from Applications launcher (Slingshot)
A fix has been committed to address this issue. An update was issued as of January 3rd, 2017
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Replacing Slingshot
No, this is not possible as the applications menu is a component that is built to work with wingpanel (the top bar with the clock and the other indicators on the right side) and this is not ...
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Super Key only for window overview - elementaryOS
You got the first part right, the name of the command for overview according to this post is:
dbus-send --session --dest=org.pantheon.gala --print-reply /org/pantheon/gala org.pantheon.gala....
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Revert slingshot to old set up
What I did since the option to use more than 5x3 grid was removed was to downgrade it to a specific version, following this guide https://hastebin.atvg-studios.com/dobamidivi.txt After a few updates ...
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Cannot search in application menu launcher
After having temporarily solved following your suggestion, that is stopping the ibus-daemon service, I have tried to reset it's configuration (ibus -reset-config), and now the problem is disappeared, ...
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Loki and Dropbox
From the script https://github.com/zant95/elementary-dropbox, I gathered I just needed to add QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=''
so the complete line to add in the autostart applications (Parameters => ...
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How do you change the category of an app in the Applications launcher?
You can acheive this by changing the content of the *.dektop file for the respective application.
You can usually find these here:
/usr/share/applications/
Just open the respective file and in the [...
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Unable to launch gnome-terminal from app launcher
I think you question is similar to this one:
Why don't certain GNOME apps show in Slingshot?
Have a look in the file in /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop. It must have a OnlyShowIn ...
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