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Bug 764476 - Make it possible to put a folder in the Dash bar
Make it possible to put a folder in the Dash bar
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: overview
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 781174 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-04-01 19:05 UTC by Erwan Georget
Modified: 2017-12-19 19:02 UTC
See Also:
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Description Erwan Georget 2016-04-01 19:05:23 UTC 
I think that being able to put folders on the favorite bar could be a great idea.

Be doing so, a user that use a lot of different apps could make sure that his favorites icon wouldn't shrink too much. 

Adding an option to add non-favorites running apps in a dynamic folder, that appear/disappear depending on the number of running apps, could also help.
Comment 1 Alexánder Alzate 2017-03-11 18:43:28 UTC 
You mean grouping icons in the Dash? it doesn't sound so much as a core feature but a extension.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2017-04-11 10:27:22 UTC 
*** Bug 781174 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2017-12-19 19:02:05 UTC 
The overview (and the app launcher in particular) were discussed at the UX hackfest in London last month. The design isn't quite final yet, but there are some fixtures:

 - the app picker will contain a user-defined favorite area that allows grouping in folder (including folder creation/management directly in gnome-shell)

 - this will replace the existing dash altogether (that is, we will remove the dash sidebar once those designs are implemented)

Those changes should address the main issues in this bug (more available space for favorites, plus grouping in folders), and render the remaining one obsolete (grouping of running apps in dash), so closing.