There are at least three faster alternatives: - Right click on app icons and select 'Add to Favorites' to make them permanent in the dock/dash.
- Drag and drop your most frequently used app icons to the first page. - Type part of the name of the app you want in Search. If for some reason none of those are convenient then your original request is also being tracked in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome- shell/-/issues/4684 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues #4684 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4684 ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Wishlist ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Triaged ** Also affects: gnome-shell via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4684 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960417 Title: Show applications in alphabetical order Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: *** *** Please change package to the appropriate one *** In Ubuntu 22.04, the "Show Applications" icon at the bottom of the launcher gives the apps in undesired order. This needs to be sorted in ascending order. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gedit 40.1-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-18.18-generic 5.15.12 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu76 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Feb 9 09:52:54 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-06 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220202) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1960417/+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
