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estex198

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Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 39

Adding application launcher to applications menu in Gnome-Shell

I'm trying to add a launcher for Eclipse (downloaded as part of the ADT bundle from Google, installed to home folder) to the dock in Gnome-Shell 3.10.4. Additionally, I'd like to see eclipse listed when I open up the overview and start typing its name.  I can't for the life of me get the desired results, even after adding/removing key/value pairs, logging out/in, and restarting.

*Edit: I should probably mention that I'm trying to list eclipse in the applications menu (Show Applications from overview) before adding to favorites, which will complete objective #1.

Here is the contents of $HOME/.local/share/applications/eclipse_ADT.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE with Android SDK
Icon=$HOME/android_dev/eclipse/icon.xpm
Exec=$HOME/android_dev/eclipse/eclipse
Type=Application
Terminal=false

I've done quite a bit of searching and have gleaned information from the following sources (to no avail):

1.) http://linuxcritic.wordpress.com/2010/0 … ktop-file/
2.) http://askubuntu.com/questions/103996/c … nome-shell
3.) https://developer.gnome.org/integration … es.html.en
4.) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gn … tions_menu
5.) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/.desktop
6.) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gn … _menu_tips

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by estex198 (2014-03-14 21:20:35)

brittyazel

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From: Davis, CA

Registered: 2013-05-11

Posts: 165

Re: Adding application launcher to applications menu in Gnome-Shell

have you logged out and logged back in (or done alt+F2>r)? Usually new .desktop files will not show until the shell is reloaded. I have created custom .desktop launchers for things like minecraft with files very similar to yours, and they did not show up until the shell was reloaded.

Also, as I think your edit has shown, once you get it in the applications window you just drag it to the  dock ;-) I'm sure you know that already though.

Last edited by brittyazel (2014-03-14 08:04:39)

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estex198

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Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 39

Re: Adding application launcher to applications menu in Gnome-Shell

Yes, I have logged out, in, and restarted the machine.