Can I add a personal launcher to favourite toolbox in GNOME Shell?
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10.
Is it possible to add a personal launcher to favorite toolbox in GNOME Shell 3.2?
I've installed Firefox from pre-compiled binaries and Longman dictionary but cannot manage to add launcher to favorites.
You could copy your launcher to ~/.local/share/applications, or use the one below:
Here's a sample:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox Web Browser2
Comment=Firefox Web Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=/my/path/to/run_mozilla
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Internet;
MimeType=text/plain;
StartupNotify=true
If you save this as, say, Firefox_custom.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications it will show up in your gnome overview and then you'll be able to drag it as a favorite.
Edit:
Guess I'll add some extra information based off Luigi's comment.
An easy way to create a .desktop file in the proper directory is using gtk-desktop-item-edit
like so:
gtk-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications
You can also use alacarte:
sudo apt-get install alacarte
Alacarte is a program that creates and edits menu entries in a graphical way.