Comment 0 for bug 1590152

GNOME Software includes an "app folder" feature but this feature is only supported by GNOME Shell.

You can read more about how to use this feature in bug 1590115.

Therefore, the checkbox in the toolbar of the Installed app should only be visible in GNOME Shell.

Does not support GNOME app folders
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Unity
GNOME Flashback (gnome-panel)
KDE
LXDE
MATE
XFCE

Does support GNOME app folders
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GNOME (gnome-shell)
GNOME Classic (GNOME Classic is an extra gnome-shell mode installed by gnome-shell-extensions that includes both GNOME Shell's Activities Overview, which supports the app folders, and a traditional GNOME 2 style menu, which currently does not recognize the GNOME "app folders".)

Unknown
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Cinnamon