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23.09.2024

# Create A Separator for the Gnome Dash

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If you are like me and you like to have your icons in the dash neatly organized, having a separator between the different categories of icons helps a lot.

![](/images/separator.png)

This is how you do it:

1. Create a separator icon
2. Add the separator to the dash

You can use any PNG image as a separator. The image should be square, I opted for a 512x512 pixel size. You can find an example in the ZIP below.

Create a file named separator.desktop with the following content:

`[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Icon=FULL PATH TO WHEREVER YOU KEEP THE SEPARATOR IMAGE.png Exec=/bin/true Name=Separator`

If you like to create multiple separators, store this file somewhere, e.g. in your .config directory or wherever you like.

To add a separator, simply copy the separator.desktop file to /usr/share/applications:

`sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s1.desktop`

If you have multiple separators, just change the name of the .desktop file for each one:

`sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s1.desktop sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s2.desktop sudo cp separator.desktop /usr/share/applications/s3.desktop ...`

The separator icons will then appear in the dash, and you can simply drag them to wherever you want them to be.

If you like, you can download my separator files here: [separator.zip](/images/separator.zip)

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