All Applications tab only shows first 100 applications

Bug #660979 reported by Nick Weeds
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Low
Neil J. Patel
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

The Applications icon in the launcher shows all applications in the main window, with options for different categories and an "All Applications" category. However the "All Applications" category only seems to show the first 100 applications, so some applications are missing.

As an example, Wireshark does not appear in the "All Applications" category, but it does show up in the "Internet" category.

This makes applications harder to find - which seems an important drawback for an application launcher!

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

I think that's for performance goal.

You still can type "w" in the search area from "All Applications" and you should see wireshark normallement :)
I still subscribe and triage so that upstream can state if the limitation of 100 icons on "All apps" is deliberate or not.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → 3.4
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Christian Göbel (christiangoebel) wrote :

Just a small comment about usability:
"All apps" has to show all applications - everything else would lead to confusion at the side of the users.

If for performance reasons the developers decide to show only 100 applications then this should be reflected by the name.
E.g.
"First 100 apps"
Well, the more you think about it the clearer it becomes that there should be no limit.

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 660979] Re: All Applications tab only shows first 100 applications

 status confirmed

Yes, if we claim to show all apps, and we only show a portion, there
needs to be some indication of that together with a means to show the rest.

Mark

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
Vish (vish)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.4 → 3.6
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
milestone: 3.6 → 3.4.6
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Neil J. Patel (njpatel) wrote :

No longer the case

Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.4.6-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.4.6-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - dash times out (LP: #662618)
    - possible memory leak in compiz when using places, dashboard
      (LP:#720446)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in IconTexture::~IconTexture() (LP: #721907)
    - dash - search string not always taken into account (LP: #701569)
    - Unity allows you to Quit itself (LP: #705536)
    - invisible window border problems (LP: #710271)
    - Slowliness in the file places (LP: #710791)
    - add super shortcuts to the launcher - logic (LP: #721264)
    - key navigation doesn't activate trash, keys, expo or places
      (LP:#723141)
    - Super-shortcuts for apps, files, and workspace switcher (LP: #617356)
    - New launcher tile super key overlay aesthetic (LP: #646712)
    - add cursor-key navigation to quicklists (LP: #701543)
    - Super key should open Dash (LP: #706713)
    - Dash view should use "Prefferred Applications" icons where appropriate
      (LP: #708479)
    - some partitions appear with questionmark icon (LP: #710809)
    - Unity wrongly resizes thumbnails after first opening of Files place
      (LP:#721123)
    - Change the fading and showing curve effect when hovering the bfb
      (LP:#721125)
    - Recent files appear duplicated in the Dash (LP: #646758)
    - All Applications tab only shows first 100 applications (LP: #660979)
    - slide animation typo in unity configuration (LP: #723354)
    - Place icons should be in their respective packages (LP: #672447)
    - Trash right click menu is positioned incorrectly (LP: #718880)
    - Require to use gconf to check on unity and the panel-service if the
      accessibility should be enabled (LP: #723699)
  * debian/control:
    - dep on latest nux
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:16:29 +0100

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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