<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic"
      style="task"
      id="shell-apps-favorites">

  <info>
    <link type="seealso" xref="shell-apps-open"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#apps"/>
    
    <desc>Add (or remove) frequently-used program icons on the dash.</desc>

    <revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-24" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

<title>Pin your favorite apps to the dash</title>

<p>To add an application to the <link xref="shell-terminology">dash</link> for easy access:</p>
 <steps>
  <item><p>Open the <link xref="shell-terminology">Activities overview</link>.</p></item>
  <item>
   <p>Find the application you want to add to the dash by clicking on <gui>Applications</gui>. Right-click on the application icon and select <gui>Add to Favorites</gui>.</p>
   <p>Alternately, you can click-and-drag the icon into the dash.</p>
  </item>
  </steps>

<p>To remove an application icon from the dash, right click on the application icon and select <gui>Remove from Favorites</gui>.</p>

</page>
