Questions tagged [gnome-shell-extension]
GNOME Shell extensions are small snippets that expand the functionality and features of GNOME Shell. These snippets are written in JavaScript and CSS.
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How do I install and manage GNOME Shell extensions?
How do I install GNOME Shell extensions?
Is it possible to update, remove and manage the extensions?
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Why do I have two docks in Ubuntu desktop (with GNOME 3) after installing Dash to Dock?
What's going on here? I've installed the Dash to Dock extension on Ubuntu 17.10. Everything was cool, and as I was trying to hone and tweak the look of my desktop, at some point the shortcuts bar (...
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How can I add "Show desktop" to the GNOME dash or Ubuntu Dock?
I am migrating from Unity to GNOME. One item I am missing is a "Show desktop" button (aka "minimise all windows") in the dash. How can I add this functionality to the GNOME dash (or Ubuntu dock in ...
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How can I get rid of the Ubuntu Dock?
The big dock on the left. In other versions you could escape Unity Launcher by going to GNOME, what now? GNOME tweaks is not showing it as an extension, even though it looks a lot like Dash to Dock.
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"Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected" error in 22.04
I upgraded my system from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS and I'm now facing this error on the GNOME Shell extensions webpage:
This was solved in previous versions, and I have tried these solutions:
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GNOME shell extension doesn't work with snap version of web-browser
Got an error from Firefox saying :
Although the GNOME Shell integration extension is active, the native host connector is not recognized. Please consult the installation manual.
Which is an error ...
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Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected [duplicate]
On a fresh install of 18.10 I attempted to install CPU usage widget
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
on that link it errors showing :
Although GNOME Shell integration ...
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URL extensions.gnome.org for managing GNOME Extensions not working in any browser
I upgraded my Dell Optiplex 9010 to Ubuntu 18.04 from Ubuntu 16.04. None of my GNOME web-browser-extensions (used for managing and installing extensions) work, neither the ones I have installed on ...
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How do I enable and disable GNOME extensions from the command line?
How can I enable/disable GNOME extensions from command line?
I made a animated gif of what I'm trying to do from the terminal to explain it better. I'm not trying to enable or disable just one ...
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Why is Shell theme disabled in Gnome Tweak Tool?
In Gnome Tweak Tool, I'm unable to change the Shell theme:
Hovering over the exclamation mark shows the following tool-tip: Shell user-theme extension not enabled. I'm using Ubuntu 14.10, and have ...
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How do I move the "Show Applications" icon in Ubuntu Dock?
Ubuntu 17.10 introduces the GNOME Shell with the Ubuntu Dock (based on Dash to Dock GNOME Shell extension) and it allows you to put the Dock on the bottom of the desktop:
However, there is no easy ...
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How do I disable 'Activities' hot corner in GNOME shell?
GNOME shell has the so-called feature "hot corner", that opens the dashboard if the mouse touches the top-left corner of a monitor screen.
I want this disabled I used to have a GNOME shell extension,...
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Is there a way to get a workspace grid in Gnome 3.x, Gnome 40, Gnome 41, Gnome 42, Gnome 43?
Is there any setting/plugin/hack/workaround that will allow me to run Ubuntu with the Gnome 3.x/Gnome Shell desktop while retaining a rectangular 2x2 or n x m workspace grid instead of the default ...
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How do I restore the Unity 7 Ctrl-Alt-Numpad combination behaviour on Gnome 3?
By default, instead of doing something useful, the Ctrl-Alt-Numpad key combination in Gnome 3 shoves a window in the specified direction across the entire workspace. These shortcuts do not show in the ...
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How do I install, update and remove GNOME Shell Extensions? [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu GNOME and would like to know how exactly I can install, uninstall, upgrade, deactivate, and activate GNOME Shell Extensions.
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How to get more information about "Error loading extension"?
How do I get more information why a specific extension is not working and showing me "Error loading extension" when trying to enable it?
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Extensions are turned off after reboot [closed]
I am running Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 with Gnome 3.10. My problem is that every time I reboot the OS all the shell extensions are turned off. The weird thing is that their settings are kept. They are just ...
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How can I order Gnome3 shell extensions at the top?
The ordering of shell extension widgets appears to be random, how can I change it? I want to have the date/time information at the left for example.
My shell panel:
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Why does the dock appear on the left when my screen is locked?
The dock doesn't work correctly after I enter my password, either.
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How to install gnome shell extensions offline?
I know how to go to the https://extensions.gnome.org/ website and download gnome-shell extensions, but now I need to install some extensions available there on a computer without any internet access ...
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Where are gnome extensions preferences stored?
Am creating a dotfiles git repo for my gnome setup and would like the precise settings for the Gnome extensions to be transferrable across installations
I found that the extensions themselves are ...
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How to completely uninstall gnome-shell and all extensions?
I'm having a bit of trouble getting gnome-shell to work ever since I installed an extension (I don't know which) on 11.10. So what I would like to know is: How can I completely uninstall EVERYTHING ...
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How to install and run GSconnect to have Android integration (transfer files, send SMS/text, get notification & more) in Ubuntu?
How to install and run the Gnome extension GSconnect to connect your Android device with Ubuntu and integrate the device with Gnome Shell, Nautilus, Nemo file browser and Firefox (or Chrome) to be ...
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Install GNOME Shell extensions from terminal
Is there a way to install GNOME extensions from terminal, for example dash to dock? The way I do it now is to go into Ubuntu Software app store and install it.
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Ubuntu 18.10 gnome extensions stop working after hibernation
After upgrading to 18.10 I am experiencing very strange behaviour of gnome extensions. After my laptop goes into hibernation they all switch off and enabling them back on https://extensions.gnome.org/...
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Error message related to package list being shown frequently on Ubuntu 20.04
To the best of my knowledge these errors are because of either 2 gnome-shell extensions or virtualbox. I have removed both now but still getting the problems maybe they have corrupted system ...
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GNOME shows activities overview when mouse hover dash
I got this weird bug recently: When mouse-hovering the dash panel, the activities overview shows up. Why is that? (I'm using "dash to panel" extension).
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10
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Unable to install GNOME shell extensions using GNOME Tweaks in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I am unable to manually install GNOME shell extensions downloaded from the official site using the gnome-tweak tool as the option for installing new shell ...
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How to hide top bar in Ubuntu 18.04?
How can I hide top bar in Gnome 3.28 Ubuntu 18.04?
How can the hide-top-bar extension be installed?
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How to activate/deactivate a gnome-shell extension from command line
Let's say I have successully installed my set of gnome-shell extensions.
But I want to deactivate/unactivate from the command line. This is only possible via mouse action, AFAIK.
How can I do that ?
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Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6
When I try to download extensions on https://extensions.gnome.org/, this message appears:
Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6. Probably you should upgrade native host ...
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Command to List Installed and Enabled GNOME Extensions
I want a command to list all extensions currently installed. Also, a command to list all enabled extensions.
Is this possible?
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Compiz-like effects in Gnome shell?
In Gnome-shell we do not have compiz any more? In KDE4 we have the native desktop effects, I would like to know if the Gnome-shell we will need yet of compiz.
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GNOME Shell extensions not working in Ubuntu 22.04
I followed the instructions on https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-on-ubuntu-22-04-jammy-jellyfish-linux-desktop
to install GNOME Shell extensions, but I still get the error:
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Problems with Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop
I have noticed some important features of the 18.04 Desktop are not evident in 20.04. These are: ability to drag files to and from the Desktop. Copy and Paste from other directories to Desktop. ...
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Are GNOME Shell extensions compatible with Unity?
Today I saw an article about extensions for GNOME Shell, so it got me thinking a couple of questions that may apply to many users in Unity:
Will the GNOME Shell extensions be compatible with Unity?
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Ubuntu 17.10 small tray icons
In Ubuntu 17.10 right tray icons (e.g. Telegram,Skype etc.) are very small, and gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus does not work in 17.10.
How can I fix it?
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How to install GNOME Shell extensions in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
Using this guide which is for Ubuntu 20.04 (and worked successfully in that version with GNOME version 3.36.8) what are the installation requirements in 22.04 LTS to avoid the following error message?
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GNOME extension is incompatible
I used Ubuntu 20.04 for a few months. This is the third I'm using Ubuntu 21.10 and I cannot install this GNOME extension: Emoji Selector
How can I fix this?
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Use Gnome dash-to-dock without autohide
I recently installed the 'dash-to-dock' extension for Gnome on Ubuntu 18.04 as I liked the way it looked as opposed to the default dock.
I liked the extension although I wasn't keen on the auto-hide ...
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Global menu bar in Ubuntu gnome 17.10
Does anyone know if it is possible at all to display the global menubar in apps from the main ubuntu repository? I have found very odd that is missing in apps like pinta (show below), GIMP or Gpaint
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Shutdown dialog only appears after about 30 seconds in GNOME while using Caffeine extension
When I want to shutdown my PC I click the top right corner and then press the power button after which a dialog pops up with the options: power off, restart, cancel.
Normally this pop up shows up ...
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How do I disable "An update for GNOME Shell extensions" notifications?
Or automatize the updates? Or delete/disable the update notifier? It is not in the list of "installed extensions" and re-installing it does not help.
Where are its files located?
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Why does installing gnome shell extensions from extensions.gnome.org fail silently?
On a fresh Ubuntu install (12.04, 64-bit), after installing gnome-shell, I've tried to install some extensions from extensions.gnome.org but got no result. I've tried with Firefox and Chromium and got ...
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Gnome shell extensions are disabled after reboot
I am running Ubuntu 14.10 with Gnome 3.14 from the Gnome 3 PPA's. I have had the persistent problem for about a year now where whenever I log out I lose all of my enabled extensions apart from Media ...
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Nautilus Menu appearing behind transparent gnome-shell menubar
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 beta when it was released a couple of weeks ago. Everything is working fine.
Later I installed GNOME shell and then upgraded it from the gnome-shell testing ppa. I also ...
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How do I move the workspace switcher/selector in Activities overview to the left in GNOME?
Is there any way of moving the workspace overview in Activities to the left side of the screen? I've tried looking for extensions and going through the GNOME Tweak tool, but without success.
Having ...
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Gnome: Prevent turning off screen when locked [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 17.10 with gnome shell, and want my monitors to stay alive when screen gets locked.
Background: It's a Notebook connected to external monitors which need ages to wake after every ...
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World Clock in gnome-shell [duplicate]
Is there any shell extension which will enable Ubuntu 11.10 gnome-shell
users to view time at different locations ?
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Mouse snagging on autohidden vertical dock between monitors
So I was always a big fan of Ubuntu GNOME, and so was very stoked to see GNOME become the default interface manager for Ubuntu.
One of the things that has bugged me, and I seem to be unable to find ...