Chapter 18. Customizing default favorite applications

Procedure

1. Open the Activities overview by clicking Activities at the top left of the screen.

2. Add applications into your favorite list using any of the following methods:

   • Click the grid button to find the application you want, right-click the application icon, and select Add to Favorites.
   • Click-and-drag the icon into the dash.

3. View all the applications that exists in the favorite list:

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   $ dconf read /org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps

Procedure

1. Create the key file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-favorite-apps to provide information for the local database. /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-favorite-apps contents:

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   # Snippet sets gedit, terminal and nautilus as default favorites for all users
   [org/gnome/shell]
   favorite-apps = ['gedit.desktop', 'gnome-terminal.desktop', 'nautilus.desktop']

2. To prevent users from overriding these settings, create the file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/favorite-apps with the following content:

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   # Lock default favorite applications
   /org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps

3. Run the dconf update command to incorporate your changes into the system databases.
4. Logout and login again for system-wide changes to take effect.