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Message #10132
multiple "apps" lenses
On 05/12/12 10:26, Petko wrote:
I want to throw in my idea about integrating the old GNOME2-like
(apparently I don't know exactly how it's called) menu . At the moment
there's a related discussion about the dash , so I thought it's the
right time to post the thread.
TL;DR : right click on the dash button opens a categories menu (app
categories) (instead of the current lense list menu) ,and each item
can collapse a second menu with its applications (=>same thing as the
GNOME2 menu,but in the current style) .
like this then http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/appmenulens.png
It is easy to do a custom apps lens that uses categories as categories.
You could arrange the applications in an assortment of different and
interesting ways, however you would run into problems if multiple apps
lenses tried to populate the home lens when they saw a global search
change event happening. If the privacy flag was to be changed to a means
of selecting which lenses can see global search events then it would be
fine to install multiple apps lenses and choose which one gets to
present results to the home lens.
Alan.
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Follow ups
References
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Efficiency of launching apps in Elementary, Gnome Shell, and Unity
From: Matthew Paul Thomas, 2012-11-28
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Re: Efficiency of launching apps in Elementary, Gnome Shell, and Unity
From: Felipe Erias Morandeira, 2012-11-30
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Re: Efficiency of launching apps in Elementary, Gnome Shell, and Unity
From: Matthew Paul Thomas, 2012-12-04
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Integrating a "start"-like menu - consider the pros
From: Petko, 2012-12-05