Dash Hotkeys[1] is an extension that does that. I think there are other
similar ones too (extensions.gnome.org)

[1]: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/413/dash-hotkeys/


On 24 February 2014 09:50, <gao...@openmailbox.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply!
>
> One other thing I desperately miss from Ubuntu is being able to use
> keyboard shortcut Super+1-9 to switch between applications. Does GNOME have
> a quick, fast way to switch between apps using keyboard other than ALT+TAB?
>
> In Ubuntu, I park all my fav apps in Ubuntu Launcher so I always know
> their number by heart. Being able to use Super+1-9 in GNOME-Shell would be
> so awesome! The apps that show in the Activities Side-Bar of GNOME-Shell
> should correlate with Super+1-9 shortcut.
>
> Any chance GNOME-Shell could get this feature? It would make using
> GNOME-Shell a lot more enjoyable & efficient for me.
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-02-22 19:04, Florian Müllner wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 11:54 PM,  <gao...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Can GNOME-Shell please adopt two features:
>>>
>>> 1) merge titlebars into the top-bar when windows are maximized.
>>>
>>
>> The currently followed pattern for GNOME applications is to not use a
>> separate titlebar, but merge it with the main toolbar. This should
>> have the exact same space benefit for maximized windows (no additional
>> vertical space used for the titlebar), but also have the same effect
>> for non-maximized windows.
>> For "old-style" windows with normal titlebars, there is no plan to
>> merge decorations and top bar I'm afraid (and it has been suggested[0]
>> several[1] times[2] already[3]), though the behavior can be
>> implemented (and as far as I know has been) with extensions.
>>
>>
>>
>>  2) adopt global menus or Ubuntu's upcoming LIM app menus.
>>>
>>
>> I'm afraid this is very unlikely to happen. In contrast to Ubuntu,
>> GNOME is in no position of modifying any toolkits other than GTK+ - so
>> even if we wanted to do this, it would not work for many apps
>> (Firefox, LibreOffice, Skype, Eclipse, all KDE apps to name just a
>> few). It is also worth noting that many applications are moving away
>> from traditional menubars altogether - many GNOME applications use
>> menu buttons nowadays, just as Chrome and Firefox have been doing for
>> a while now.
>>
>> Looking at recent screenshots[4], I don't see much vertical space
>> wasted - the titlebar has a fair bit of spacing, but still takes up
>> less space than the tool- and menubar it replaces. So I'd hope that
>> you would still at least give GNOME a try seeing how issues with
>> vertical space are addressed, although differently than you suggest.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Florian
>>
>>
>> [0] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619770
>> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660226
>> [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695399
>> [3] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705649
>> [4] http://blogs.gnome.org/nacho/2014/01/15/gedit-has-a-new-face/
>>
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