This is a feature available on many other systems, which I miss on Ubuntu Studio 14.10: 1. Open the applications panel ("Dash" on Ubuntu, "Start menu" on Windows) 2. Type the first letters of the name of some application Expected results * A filtered list of applications appears, showing only applications which have that string in their name (or maybe in their description) Actual results * Nothing happens
You can use the xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin, which does exactly that (should be available in your repositories, because Xubuntu uses it by default). http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/ Alternatively you can bind xfce4-appfinder to a keyboard shortcut or add a launcher for it to the panel.