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Can I get the classic "run command" window

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I love unity but I hate it when Alt+F2 brings up the dash. Is it possible to just remap Alt+F2 so that the thing looks like exactly the old Alt+F2

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I know what I want is like going back in time but I really loved that fast command runner in old gnome. I can bring up terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T and run anything I want but it sometimes is a overkill to bring up something like that for small things.

And I used to like the fact that older window was fast, had autofill and would disappear after launching the command. Or is there a utilty that looks somewhat like that and can be installed and mapped to some key.

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answered 3 Years ago cocal · Accepted Answer

This answer is not exactly to get the classic Alt+F2 Run command windows.

But we can achieve something simillar to good old "Run command" window using the below programs

Compizconfig Settings Manager

gmrun

If you dont have these packages installed. Here is the steps:

Open terminal and type

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

sudo apt-get install gmrun

Now open Compizconfig-setting-manager using dash. Navigate to

General -> Commands (Enable commands)

Open Commands tab -> In Command line 0 enter the value gmrun

Open Key Bindings tab -> In Run Command 0
- Click on Disabled icon and make it Enabled(tick mark)
- Click Grab key combination and use your desired key(I choose Alt+R

Done now you can use Alt + R to open the "Run Applications" box