Similar to What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?, what is the terminology for the various elements in GNOME Desktop? In particular,
- Is there a "HUD"?
- What's the name of the "Type to search" field and ensuing window? The Visual overview of GNOME page says that "Dash" is something else.
- Bonus question: why didn't GNOME use standard terms like "taskbar"?
Best Answer
As explained at GNOME Shell - Wikipedia, according to Projects/GnomeShell/Design - GNOME Wiki! the main desktop design components are:
Here's an illustration from Wikipedia:
As of Gnome 3.28.2, the bottom left corner of the screen, below the dash, in place of an Indicators tray, have a "Show Applications" grid button which leads to the applications overview.
Good question. It's nice to use the canonical names when searching for or describing desired behaviors, or reporting bugs.
Update thanks to @pomsky: See also the current documentation on the Visual overview of GNOME.