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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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"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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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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Can I have rectangular grid workspace in Ubuntu 18.04?
Problem description
I really like the 2 by 2 workspaces in Ubuntu 16.04. But it seems I can only shift workspace up and down.
Is there a way to achieve this?
What I have tried
Tried the GNOME ...
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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 to completely remove a gnome shell extension?
I'm running gnome-shell 3.4.1 under Ubuntu 12.04. I've been trying out various extensions from http://extensions.gnome.org and now I want to completely remove some, expecially so as they don't take up ...
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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 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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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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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 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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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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Documentation for gnome shell extension development?
I have been wanting to develop some Gnome Shell extensions since they are just in javascript, however I have been looking and there is practically zero documentation, everywhere I look people just say ...
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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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Are there any close alternatives to Microsoft PowerToys' FancyZones?
Power Toys is an open source toolbox that contains a lot of very useful tools for Windows 10+ and I use it on a daily basis at work. One of them though I really wish I could use in my personal system, ...
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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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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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Configure gnome-shell extensions from command line
I like to run a couple of scripts to automatically install packages and do some configurations on fresh OS installs. I use gnome shell with a few extensions and was thinking of improving my scripts to ...
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How to get rid of the bottom panel in gnome 3 classic session
I know questions that sound like this one have been asked before, but none of the "solutions" are working for me. I am using Gnome Classic option.
I could not find any extension that does what I want....
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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 can I update GNOME Shell extensions from the command line?
Occassionally I get messages telling me there is an update for one of my GNOME Shell extensions, directing me to https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ where I can trigger an update through the web ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Openweather extention not working
From yesterday, openweather extention on the top panel does not show the weather. Its shows "Please wait Loading".
I tried to find the solution. There was a post of creating account on openweather ...
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How can I automatically resize a window to 1/4 of the screen and snap it to a corner in Ubuntu 22.04?
I wrote this popular answer for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, but now it won't work on Ubuntu 22.04 due to Wayland.
https://github.com/negesti/gnome-shell-extensions-negesti#wayland--wnck:
Because of this ...
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Why do I receive an error message while trying to access some of my GNOME shell extension settings?
Some of my GNOME shell extensions don't let me configure their features because I receive an error message when I try to open them. The following image is what I see when I try to open the ...
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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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List of addons/extensions for gnome-shell
This list is now more or less superceded by https://extensions.gnome.org/ where extensions can be one click installed and configured.
There are several addons for gnome-shell. Please help me compile ...
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How do I change the location of Gnome Shell notifications?
The GNOME Shell has the notifications at the bottom by default. Unfortunately, I like to use the dash to dock and stick it at the bottom. Meaning I can't see the notifications anymore. Any way to ...
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How to backup and restore downloaded gnome-shell extensions?
I have downloaded several gnome-shell extensions from official Gnome site and installed. But, I don't want to install them every time, I re-install my Ubuntu. I want to have a feature to backup those ...
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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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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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Where is the GNOME Extensions error log? [duplicate]
I have installed gnome-shell-extension-move-clock on 18.04 and it does not work. In gnome-tweaks it displays a warning icon with the title "Error loading extension".
Where can I find more details ...
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Dock disappeared after upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10, only visible in Activities overview
Had my dock on bottom (+autohide) in Ubuntu 19.04. After upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 it disappeared and can be found now only in Activities overview.
I can start apps from there and it has all apps that ...
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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 do I display network usage in GNOME top panel?
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME 3.28.1. I need a GNOME extension that would display my network speed on the top panel. I have tried NetSpeed which is an extension that displays the speed on the ...
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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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How to connect Android to Ubuntu 22.04 Jellyfish?
I used GSConnect and F-droid until I upgraded to Jellyfish. Now the extension is not compatible with Jellyfish since it's not working on Firefox. I have tried Extension Manager, but it still doesn't ...
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18.04: How do I lock my screen without suspending the machine?
I'd like to leave my screen in a locked state, but without the machine being suspended. I need to have long computations running in the background while I go grab a coffee, while making sure no one ...