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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1061826/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp