{"id":43292,"date":"2022-11-06T09:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T09:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43292"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:16:12","slug":"macos-spotlight-search-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/11\/macos-spotlight-search-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable macOS spotlight style Search Box in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prefer macOS spotlight or Alfred style search system? You can now get similar feature in Ubuntu via an extension.<\/p>\n

It’s ‘Search Light<\/b>‘, an extension so far supports for Gnome 42 ~ 46, meaning for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 38~40, Debian 12, Arch and Manjaro Linux.<\/p>\n

With it, you may press a custom shortcut key<\/b> on keyboard to open the search box. Then, type to search and launch applications, settings, and\/or app content.<\/b><\/p>\n

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It uses system’s built in search function, with settings to show search box in preferred monitor, change background, opacity, and search window size.<\/p>\n

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Search Light with custom background color & opacity<\/p><\/div>\n

How to Install ‘Search Light’ extension:<\/h3>\n

For Ubuntu 22.04+ and Arch Linux, first search for and install ‘Extension Manager<\/b>‘ from Ubuntu Software (App Center) or system software app.<\/p>\n

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Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu Software\/App Center<\/p><\/div>\n

Then, search for and launch the tool from ‘Activities’ overview screen.<\/p>\n

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You can finally go to ‘Browse’ tab in Extension Manager to search & install the extension.<\/p>\n

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And, go back to ‘Installed’ tab in Extension Manager to open the configuration dialog. Finally, set your favorite shortcut key, choose monitor (if more than one available), and change the layout appearance.<\/p>\n

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Fedora user can simply go to extension web-page<\/a>, and install it by using the ON\/OFF switch. And, install ‘Gnome Extensions’ app from Gnome Software for configuring the extension.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prefer macOS spotlight or Alfred style search system? You can now get similar feature in Ubuntu via an extension. It’s ‘Search Light‘, an extension so far supports for Gnome 42 ~ 46, meaning for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 38~40, Debian 12, Arch and Manjaro Linux. With it, you may press a custom shortcut key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[890],"class_list":["post-43292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-app-launcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}