Enabling Aplications drop down menu in gnome3

In the new gnome deskptops the applications menu that used to come as a drop menu to choose the applications to launch is not available by default. But we can enable the drop down menu of applications by going to

Activites on the left corner.

Clicking on Applications tab

Click on Advanced settings

The following window will appear.



Now click on Shell extentions

Turn on The last option in the shell extentions



Applications Menu extention

Once this is turned on we should have the gnome symbol next to the activites tab, clicking on which will bring out the familiar pull down menu.