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The Unity HUD (Head-Up Display) is a Unity feature in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and later. It is intended to replace traditional application menus with a searchable interface.

The Unity HUD (Head-Up Display) is a Unity feature in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and later. It is supposed to replace traditional application menus with a searchable interface.

More information on the Unity HUD and the rationale behind it can be found on Mark Shuttleworth's blog here.

Mockup of the HUD from the aforementioned blog post]

(A mockup of the HUD being used with Inkscape, from the aforementioned blog post)

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How do I use the HUD?

So how do you use HUD? When I tap the headings for the menus shows up. All I had to do in the past is mouse over the top of the screen and that happens. Can you tell and show me things that HUD can do that makes is so great. Seems to me it is less…
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hud-service is using 800 MB, is this necessary?

hud-service in system monitor is currently using 800 MB of memory. Is this normal? What is it for? Is there a way I can reduce it?
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How do I uninstall the HUD altogether?

I don't want to just disable the key binding to invoke the HUD, I want to remove the HUD. I notice in System Monitor that something called hud-service is taking up 65 megabytes. Besides that, I'm always invoking the HUD by accident merely by going…
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Is it possible to set the number of entries HUD returns?

I would like the HUD to return at least ten entries. Can I do that somehow? (use case: in Texmaker, I can have ten different user tags - I do not remember their names, so I would like to display all (after typing user tag), but HUD now shows only…
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How do I add more commands to the HUD?

Q: How can I add more commands to the HUD's visibility? Can I make custom HUD commands for individual apps? Problem: I noticed on HUD supported programs, like firefox and others, there are some commands that the HUD doesn't see. Like gedit can…
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HUD not working on Ubuntu 14.04

When I press Alt I can see the search field, but when I start to type I get no results. This issue is present on every application (e.g. Nautilus, Gimp, Firefox). How can I solve it?
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Google Spreadsheet Functionality integrated with the HUD?

I use google spreadsheets a lot. If I could find a way to use google spreadsheets with Ubuntu's HUD, I would be a lot more productive. Say for example, if I could access the command "Merge Cells Horizontally" through the hud, this would improve my…
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Unable to set the HUD launcher key

I was finding that the left Alt key for opening the HUD was not working, so I went to Keyboard Shortcuts to re-set it. Selecting the shortcut to set it and pressing the Alt key just sets it to 'Disabled', however. How can this be fixed?
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HUD,zeitgiest and the record activity toggle

I am using Ubuntu 12 LTS. I was wondering if turning off the record activity toggle under the privacy menu effected the performance of the HUD? Also, does doe HUD use Zeitgiest? Does the Record activity toggle record to the Zeitgiest file? Thanks
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How does the HUD prioritize commands?

Every now and then I want to reach the "Edit > Preferences" menu item in Firefox, and the HUD makes this very convenient. ALT + "Edi" will suggest exactly that to me. Something that I find annoying however is that if I complete the work "Edit"…
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Can you switch apps to use while the HUD is up?

So for example; tap left alt ITS FIREFOX!!! No I don't want firefox, I want the hud for shutter! BUT I DON'T WANT TO EXIT THE HUD TO REARRANGE MY WINDOWS AND SELECT SHUTTER! so is there anything I can do to switch the apps the hud is displaying,…
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GUI or HUD for displaying things like battery or ip addresses?

I would like to know how to display certain information on a HUD on screen at all times, so not in CLI but in small text in the corner of desktop or translucently on top for example. I must be searching for the wrong terms as I'm getting nothing…
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How to have the HUD search all resources?

On the 12.04 Beta, if you click on the alt key, HUD appears and on bottom of the screen you have four icons. There's an arrow pointing down onto the HOME icon by default. If you start typing you can only see what's available within that resource. If…
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