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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" version="1.0 if/1.0" id="shell-apps-open" xml:lang="kn">
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#apps"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-10-14" status="review"/>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
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<email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Launch apps from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</desc>
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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 if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">Move your mouse pointer to the
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<gui>Activities</gui> corner at the top left of the screen to show the
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<gui>Activities</gui> overview. This is where you can find all of your
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applications. You can also open the overview by pressing the
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<key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
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<p if:test="platform:gnome-classic">You can start applications from the
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<link xref="shell-terminology"><gui>Applications</gui> menu</link> at the top
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left of the screen, or you can use the <gui>Activities</gui> overview by
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pressing the <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
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<p>There are several ways of opening an application once you're in the
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<gui>Activities</gui> overview:</p>
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<p>Start typing the name of an application - searching begins instantly.
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(If this doesn't happen, click the search bar at the top of the screen
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and start typing.) Click 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
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of icons on the left-hand side of the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.
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Click one of these to 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>
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<p>Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash. You will see the
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frequently used applications if the <gui style="button">Frequent</gui>
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view is enabled. If you want to run a new application, press the
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<gui style="button">All</gui> button at the bottom to view all the
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applications. Press on the application to start it.</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
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the dash (or from the list of applications), and dropping it onto one of
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the workspaces on the right-hand side of the screen. The application will
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open in the chosen workspace.</p>
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<p>You can launch an application in a <em>new</em> workspace by
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middle-clicking its icon in the dash or in the application list.</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 the <key>Enter</key> 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>
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