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Elgirhath
Asked: 2018-04-20 13:38:48 +0800 CST

Adding custom programs to favourites of Ubuntu Dock [duplicate]

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I want to add a custom program to the favourites of Ubuntu dock, but there is no option for that.

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Translating the text in this image (same as above) only says:

  1. All windows

  2. Quit

It also doesn't appear in "Show Applications":
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Is there a way for adding the program to both Favourites and Applications menus?

gnome-shell installed-programs ubuntu-dock

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This is fairly easy. First, make a desktop application file that follows the freedesktop.org spec, e.g.

    [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=MyApplication
Comment=My fancy new application
Exec=my_application
Icon=my_application.png
Terminal=false

    If you want this to be usable by anyone on your system, put it in /usr/share/applications. For personal use only, you can put it in ~/.local/share/applications. Look in /usr/share/applications for other examples. Add your icon image to the /usr/share/icons directory, or I assume the ~/.local/share/icons, although I have not tried that last location myself.

    Then, you can search for the application by name and drag it to the launcher in the usual way!

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