Run command prompt

[Colin Law]

On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 17:17, Jon Cosby via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, December 6th, 2025 at 8:58 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 16:18, Jon Cosby via ubuntu-users
> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, December 6th, 2025 at 1:14 AM, Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 00:21, Jon Cosby via ubuntu-users
> > > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On openSUSE, ALT+F2 brings up a run command prompt. Is there a similar prompt in Ubuntu?
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean to open a terminal window? If so then open Settings >
> > > >
> > > > Keyboard > View and customise Shortcuts > Launchers, and see what
> > > >
> > > > Launch Terminal is configured as.
> > >
> > > No,it's a one-line command prompt. I can't seem to get a screenshot of it.
> >
> >
> > Do you mean like a little terminal window that pops up, you can enter
> > a command and when the command is finished it disappears again? I
> > haven't seen that on Ubuntu.
> >
>
> Yeah. That's too bad, it's convenient in launching an application. I'm helping someone with a visual impairment migrate from Windows, and want to avoid the terminal where possible.

Can't you just hit the windows key and type it in the search there and
hit enter?

Colin