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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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<link type="guide" xref="index" group="shell-apps-open" />
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#apps" />
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<desc>Launch apps from the activities overview.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-24" status="candidate"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Start applications</title>
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<p>If an app is running, it's focused. You can create a new window by dragging
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to the windows overview or onto a workspace thumbnail. (Also mention dragging
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to overview in list item below, not just workspace thumbnail.) Right-click
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icon to choose a window to focus or get new window. Mention middle-click?</p>
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<p>Move your mouse pointer to the <gui>Activities</gui> corner at the top left
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of the screen to show the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>. This is where you can
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find all of your applications. (You can also open the overview by pressing the
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<link xref="windows-key">windows key</link>.)</p>
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<p>There are several ways of opening an application once you're in the
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activities overview:</p>
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<p>Start typing the name of an application - searching begins instantly. (If
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this doesn't happen, click the search bar at the top right of the screen and
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start typing.) Click the application's icon to start it.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>Applications</gui> heading at the top of the screen to see a
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list of the applications you can run. You can filter them by type using the
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categories on the right, or search using the search bar at the top right. Click
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the application's icon to start it.</p>
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<p>Some applications have icons in the <em>dash</em>, the vertical strip of
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icons on the left-hand side of the activities overview. Click one of these to
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start the corresponding application.</p>
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<p>If you have applications that you use very frequently, you can
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<link xref="shell-apps-favorites">add them to the dash</link> yourself.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a separate
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<link xref="shell-workspaces">workspace</link> by dragging its icon from the
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dash (or from the list of applications), and dropping it onto one of the
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workspaces on the right-hand side of the screen. The application will open in
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the chosen workspace.</p>
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<title>Quickly running a command</title>
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<p>Another way of launching an application is to press
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<keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, enter its <em>command name</em>,
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and then press <key>Enter</key>.</p>
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<p>For example, to launch <app>Rhythmbox</app>, press
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<keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq> and type 'rhythmbox' (without the
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single-quotes). The name of the app is the command to launch the program.</p>