Unity-like Dashboard for Gnome fallback?
Is there any way I can run the Unity dashboard (or something similar, like Bolt for Gnome 3) in Gnome Fallback?
Yes there is. You can run unity-2d-shell
, just type Alt+F2 then enter in unity-2d-shell
and it will give you the Unity 2d launcher and dashboard. To start it on start-up How to start applications at startup?
Here is a picture of my Gnome fallback (no-effects) session using the unity dash-
Unfortunately the dash is built into the launcher. But you can auto-hide the launcher, and turn down the reveal sensitivity so it be harder to show unless you access the dash.
I found a way to hack it so the launcher does not appear,
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Open the shell.qml to edit, paste this in terminal
gksudo gedit /usr/share/unity-2d/shell/Shell.qml
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Find this code in the file, scroll down a bit-
LauncherLoader { id: launcherLoader anchors.top: parent.top anchors.bottom: parent.bottom width: 65
Change the
width: 65
towidth: 1
If you had the
unity-2d-shell
running while making the changes, in terminal dokillall unity-2d-shell
then type Alt+F2 and enterunity-2d-shell
to see the change, now the launcher is out of the way, and you can still acess the dash with the Meta (windows) key.