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How do I change the order in which lenses appear in the dash?

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Application lenses seem to be ordered alphabetically by default:

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From left to right: dash home --> applications --> extras-unity-lens-wikipedia --> files --> music --> recoll --> video

Is there any way you can change this order? Perhaps by modifying the .lens files in /usr/share/unity/lenses?

I'd rather hear from someone who has done this already before messing around on my own.

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answered 1 Year ago finatch · Accepted Answer

Aking 1012 was right, almost. You have to change both the folder name and the .lens name in the folder for the change to take effect.

Head to /usr/share/unity/lenses:

gksu nautilus /usr/share/unity/lenses

Rename both the lens folder and the .lens file to change their alphabetical order, e.g.:

recoll --> yrecoll

and

recoll.lens --> yrecoll.lens

I found that editing the default lenses was quite buggy and resulted in some scopes being disabled. That's why I settled for editing my custom lenses only. This is the result for yrecoll and zwikipedia:

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