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something I found very weird in gnome3 that I could not type shutdown or suspend in the overview search.

However it is pretty easy to add by writing 2 custom .desktop files (might needs adjustment for non-ubuntu distro’s)

Place these in ~/.local/share/applications/.

For suspending (directly suspends):

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Suspend
Comment=Suspend computer.
Exec= dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend
Icon=stop
Type=Application
Categories=Application;

And for Shutdown (shows popup):

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Shutdown
Comment=Shutdown or restart the computer.
Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-session/gtk-logout-helper -s
Icon=system-log-out
Type=Application
Categories=Application;