I think the Run Application dialog is provided directly by the panel. What you're describing sounds like gmrun [1], which is available in the archive.
[1] http://freshmeat.net/projects/gmrun/ ** Package changed: ubuntu => gnome-panel (Ubuntu) -- Run Application does not have proper file name completion https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550774 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs