I can't change from application dashboard

Everytime i press it, it pulls up the application dashboard and i can’t change it to anything else. Its extremely annoying

hi, welcome.

if you right click on it you should get a context menu with “Show Alternates…” as an option.

the application launcher is usually the default that ships with most distros, so it’s unclear how you ended up with the dashboard.

i choose the application menu for it compact design while still giving me access to the full feature set.