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1. Launching applications in GNOME

You can launch installed applications using several different methods in the GNOME desktop environment.

1.1. Launching an application in the standard GNOME session

This procedure launches a graphical application in the GNOME desktop environment.

Prerequisites
  • You are using the standard GNOME session.

Procedure
  1. Open the Activities Overview screen using either of the following ways:

    • Click Activities in the top panel.

    • Press the Super key, which is usually labeled with the Windows logo, , or 🔍.

  2. Find the application using either of the following ways:

    • Click the Show Applications icon in the bottom horizontal bar.

      Applications overview in GNOME
    • Type the name of the required application in the search entry.

  3. Click the application in the displayed list.

1.2. Launching an application in GNOME Classic

This procedure launches a graphical application in the GNOME Classic desktop environment.

Prerequisites
  • You are using the GNOME Classic session.

Procedure
  1. Open the Applications menu in the top panel.

  2. Choose the required application from the available categories, which can include:

    • Favorites

    • Accessories

    • Graphics

    • Internet

    • Office

    • Sound & Video

    • System Tools

    • Utilities

1.3. Launching an application in GNOME using a command

This procedure launches a graphical application in GNOME by entering a command.

Prerequisites
  • You know the command that starts the application.

Procedure
  1. Open a command prompt using either of the following ways:

    • Open a terminal.

    • Press the Alt+F2 shortcut to open the Enter a Command screen.

      Enter a Command screen
  2. Type the application command in the command prompt.

  3. Confirm the command by pressing Enter.

1.4. Launching an application automatically on login

You can set applications to launch automatically on login using the Tweaks tool. Tweaks is a tool to customize the GNOME Shell environment for a particular user.

Prerequisites
  • You have installed gnome-tweaks on your system. For more details, see Installing software in GNOME

  • You have installed the application that you want to launch at login.

Procedure
  1. Open Tweaks. For more details see Launching applications in GNOME.

  2. Select Startup Applications in the left side bar.

    Select Startup Applications

  3. Click the plus sign button (+).

    Click plus sign button

  4. Select an application from the list of available applications and click Add.

    Add application

Verification
  1. Open Tweaks.

  2. Select Startup Applications in the left side bar.

  3. List of applications launched at start will be present in the center section.

    Select Startup Applications

Additional resources

2. Typing emoji characters

You can type emoji characters using several different methods in GNOME, depending on the type of the application.

2.1. Typing emoji characters in GTK applications

This procedure inserts an emoji character in an application that uses the GTK graphical toolkit, such as in native GNOME applications.

Prerequisites
  • Make sure that the application is built on the GTK toolkit.

Procedure
  1. Open a GTK application.

  2. Make sure that a text field is active.

  3. Press Ctrl+;.

    The emoji selection menu opens.

  4. Browse the emoji characters or type a keyword that identifies the emoji character that you want to insert, such as smile.

    For the full list of keywords associated with emoji characters, see the Other Keywords column on the Emoji List page.

  5. Click the selected character, or navigate to it using the cursor keys and press Enter.

Verification
  • Check that the intended emoji character now appears at your cursor.

2.2. Typing emoji characters in any applications

This procedure inserts an emoji character in any application, regardless of the graphical toolkit that the application uses.

Procedure
  1. Open an application.

  2. Make sure that a text field is active.

  3. Press Ctrl+..

    The underscored letter e appears at your cursor.

  4. Type a keyword that identifies the emoji character that you want to insert, such as smile.

    For the full list of keywords associated with emoji characters, see the Other Keywords column on the Emoji List page.

  5. Repeatedly press Space to browse the emoji characters that match your keyword.

  6. Confirm the selected emoji character by pressing Enter.

Verification
  • Check that the intended emoji character now appears at your cursor.