How to get gnome shell search to include Documents folder?

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Dave_Hunt

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This is in Belenos.

According to the terminal output below, it looks like, when I type into the overview for Gnome Shell, I should be able to find files in my home directory, not just the installed apps. In other distros having the shell, I'm able to do this; E. G. typing 'mail', would, not only show thunderbird,but also there'd be a button for a folder named 'mail' in my home folder.

Thanks,

Dave

dave@toshiba:~$ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.search-providers
org.gnome.desktop.search-providers sort-order ['gnome-contacts.desktop', 'gnome-documents.desktop', 'nautilus.desktop']
org.gnome.desktop.search-providers disabled @as []
org.gnome.desktop.search-providers disable-external false
dave@toshiba:~$

onpon4
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I wonder about this, too. It's a useful feature of GNOME Shell.

Sachin
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You need have the package tracker installed for that.