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Add a custom script in Unity HUD

Posted on by Vishal Jain

Here is how to add a custom script in Unity HUD/dash for quick access. /usr/share/applications directory has all shortcuts for Unity desktop. So create a file named “mycustomscript.desktop” (or any_name_you_like.desktop) there which has information about the custom script. Additionally an icon could be added by pointing to an image. Files in /usr/share/applications directory have to be created as root.

 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
 Type=Application
 Terminal=false
 StartupNotify=true
 Icon=/home/vishalj/Pictures/mycustomscript.jpeg
 Name=MyCustomScript
 Comment=My Custom Script for X, Y and Z
 Exec=/home/vishalj/scripts/mycustomscript.sh
 Categories=Application;Productivity

Then run sudo update-desktop-database after which you will be able to use Unity HUD for invoking the custom script. Also note that each time you update a .desktop file you have to run update-desktop-database.

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Vishal Jain