I'd like to point out that when you open the Dash, there are Close,
Minimise and Maximise buttons on the top-left part of the screen.
Pressing Maximise makes the Ubuntu Dash use all of the available screen
space, and your choice is then persistent even when you log out and back
in.
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061826
Title:
Unity Dash Is Too Small for Its Exclusivity
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Once launched, the Unity Dash is completely exclusive (you can't do
any other application task while it is open).
So WHY then, is it not using the entire screen (like GNOME3 Activity
Menu does)?
If you can't do anything else anyway (while you are using the Unity
dash), why not use all the screen real-estate available, given that
the Unity dash is already very cumbersome for "surveying applications"
(meaning: just looking through all the applications you have
installed).
Utilising this extra screen space would result in less scrolling,
because more applications would be displayed at any given time.
I have over 325 applications that (In Unity) are NOT hierarchically
categorised (without cumbersome filter button steps)!
I remember back in Ubuntu 7.04, when I did a screen cast where I showed all
the applications that were in Ubuntu's menus:
http://www.lonniebest.com/UbuntuInstall
This is what I mean by "Surveying the Applications You Have". Unity
Dash is way less friendly to new users than that was (above) in Ubuntu
7.04. But at this point I'm going beyond the scope of this bug report.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.6.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Oct 4 13:57:43 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (0 days ago)
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