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Create A Seperator for the Gnome Dash

If you are like me and you like to have your icons in the dash neatly organized having a separator between the different categories of icons helps a lot.

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This is how you do it:

  1. Create a Separator Icon

You can use any PNG image as a separator. The image should be a square i opted for a 512x512 pixel size. You can find an example in the ZIP below.

  1. Add the Separator to the Dash

Create a file named separator.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Icon=FULL PATH TO WHEREVER YOU KEEP THE SEPERATOR IMAGE.png
Exec=/bin/true
Name=Separator

If you like to create multiple seperators store this file somewhere eg. in your .config directory or wherever you like.

To add a seperator you simply then copy the seperator.desktop to /usr/share/applications

sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s1.desktop

If you have multiple separators just change the name of the file of the .desktop file.

sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s1.desktop
sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s2.desktop
sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s3.desktop
...

She separator icons will then appear in the dash and you can simply drag them to wherever you want them to be.

If you like you can download my separator files here: separator.zip

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