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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Gnome shell extensions shows as warning icon
Some of my shell extensions render as a warning icon:
When I click on them, the panel shows the correct data, so it's running to some extent.
This is Ubuntu 23.04, but has the same problem on earlier ...
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Gnome extensions reset after each reboot
Disclaimer: Ubuntu is not my main distro.
My company manages my laptop, and every time I reboot it, all (Gnome) user extensions get disabled, and all system extensions get enabled. (One of the two ...
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How to fix Ubuntu out of focus (dialog) windows for VSCode, (Chrome based) browsers, and Typora app and other apps?
Apps like Visual Studio Code and Typora have the open and save dialog windows opened behind the programs. And in the Brave and Chrome browsers I use the save as dialog window is out off focus, so I ...
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fix ubuntu 22.04 lts; dock icons doesn't refresh
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in my surface laptop 3.I am having this problem where my dock icon doesn't refresh as I put the I put the gnome extension called dock to dash.I can fix this ...
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Extension manager crashes on Ubuntu 23.04
I have been using Ubuntu recently and have re-installed Ubuntu on my new HDD because the older one was way too slow. Both still have Ubuntu and are running 23.04,however whenever I open the extension ...
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Cannot change panel top bar title using Gnome extension (Ubuntu 22.04.2)
I am trying to change the top bar title, as follows:
I have installed the "panel date format" Gnome extension:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1462/panel-date-format
Then:
~$ gnome-...
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Gnome Extensions fail to load (Dash to Panel, ArcMenu, Bing Image, etc) after suspend/resume after Ubuntu 23.04 upgrade
I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.04 just last week and it was a smooth one. However, it seems my Gnome-Extensions does not load correctly after I resume from a suspended session. I have updated Extensions to ...
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Autostart of Gnome Shell Extensions on Ubuntu 23.04
I just upgraded from 22.04 to 23.04. Under 22.04 if I logout or reboot and then login the extensions I had been running restarts. On 23.04 when I login they are all off, and I have to go to https://...
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Gnome Shell failed to load extensions after Ubuntu 23.04 upgrade
I've just upgraded my Ubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 and the upgrade went well but, just after the reboot, Gnome Shell didn't load any extension, even Ubuntu Dock. Using journalctl to see what could be ...
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Upgraded to 23.04 and issues with shell themes
My current theme is sweet dark, with this extension to help me set that theme for my whole desktop and the shell.
Back in 22.10, it was going fine. My chrome still looks fine, as you can see the top ...
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Installing a Gnome-Shell extension (Ubuntu)
I've an extension composed by the following files:
and I'm wondering how can I install it.
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.
EDIT: I tried to install it by copying and pasting the js file into the terminal.
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Can't install Unite extension on 20.0.4 [duplicate]
when I Try to download using the following steps, I do not see the Extensions app in my environment. (This was worked in the past on a VM)
sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell
sudo apt install gnome-...
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GNOME Shell Extension to edit calendar panel
I'm trying to write a simple GNOME shell extension that displays custom calendar dates underneath the regular Gregorian dates in the GNOME shell calendar panel.
This is an example of what I mean.
I'm ...
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How to make a folder's background more transparent in GNOME's Overview?
In GNOME, is there anyway to make a (Overview) folder's background more transparent?
To be more clear, the red area in the following screenshot is where I want it to be more transparent:
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Can't access Gnome extension - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS [closed]
I can't access the extensions manager in-app, no result found or the site, site can't be reached. I'm new to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Any solution?
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Windows lose focus and appear behind desktop icons
On one of my machines I have a problem where the active windows lose focus and appear behind the desktop icons. Cf. screenshots.
After playing with Alt-tab it's possible to get out of it, but it's not ...
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Quick settings got broken after reboot
I rebooted my PC and quick settings got broken. This could be because of the Quick Settings Tweaker extension. However, disabling it and rebooting didn't solve the issue. I'm using Ubuntu 22.10 and ...
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GNOME Shell Extensions. Ubuntu Dock is missing extension.js
Ubuntu Dock in GNOME Shell Extensions is missing extension.js
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DING gnome-shell extension crashes repeatedly with GLib-ERROR: Creating pipes for GWakeup: too many open files
After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, I found that my desktop icons keep popping up and disappearing in 1 second intervals rendering the desktop unusable.
Looking in the process monitor, is see that ...
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Override GNOME extension compatibility
Is there any way to override the compatibility of a GNOME extension for the current GNOME version? For example, to make an installed GNOME extension work under GNOME 43 even if it has not been updated ...
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How do I reset a Gnome Extension's settings to default? Ex: for "Awesome Tiles" in Ubuntu 22.04?
I installed the Awesome Tiles Gnome Extension in Ubuntu 22.04 via the gnome-shell-extension-manager since installing via the browser doesn't work due to a bug in Ubuntu 22.04, and changed some ...
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Where Gnome extension settings stored
I've installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS and Gnome. For Gnome I've installed the following extension.
https://github.com/windsorschmidt/disable-workspace-switcher-popup
Works fine after setting the ...
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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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How to hide/remove GNOME terminal title bar?
How can I hide the GNOME terminal titlebar?
I have tried extensions like "unite" and it does not always hide the titlebar. It is only hidden when maximized.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
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Desktop icons extension acts like a seperate app sometimes
The desktop icons extension becomes a seperate app like this:
If I select the "desktop icons app"(on the right), it displays above nautilus like this:
Then, if move to another workspace, ...
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How to decorate Always-on-top windows?
The idea is exactly as in the title.
Coming back to Ubuntu after a couple of years using Windows, I really enjoyed the way Always on top PowerToy emphasizes said windows.
Is there a way to achieve ...
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How to have “File, Edit, View, …” on the top bar
how to have "File, Edit, View, ..." menu on top bar (like mac) with gnome?
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Icons in top bar of Ubuntu 22.04 are out of the screen due to many installed extensions
I think I installed way too many GNOME extensions and now my top bar icons are out of my screen.
Is there any way to fix/organize this without disabling my GNOME extensions?
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Is there a way to add a "delete software" button upon right-click in the gnome app launcher?
The question is really in the title, but more specifically.. does anyone know of a extension (or any other way) that can add a possibility to delete a software within the app launcher?
As shown on ...
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How to remove the outer border of applications folders in GNOME with the Blur my Shell extension?
I'm using the Blur my Shell extension on GNOME Shell. How can I remove the outer border from the GNOME applications folders?
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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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Gnome Shell shows black screen with moving cursor
I have Ubuntu 22.04 and was tuning Gnome with exstensions. At one point the screen just completely froze, I waited 5 min and decided to power off my laptop (by pressing the power button). Now ...
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GNOME Extensions doesn't install any extension
I've tried with the mentioned app, with Edge and with Firefox (snap and apt). It doesn't tell me what's wrong, it lets me click the Install option but it doesn't work. Here are some screenshots:
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How can I tile windows to the top and bottom half of my screen using keyboard shortcuts?
I have my screen rotated by 90 degrees (vertical orientation). The default Ubuntu keybindings only support left and right half tiling. I tried compiz, but it didn't work.
How can I configure Ubuntu to ...
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gnome-shell-extension-manager will no longer run... should I uninstall and reinstall it?
I had it running
gnome-shell-extension-manager
but no longer.
neither from the apps launcher
nor from the command line
gnome-shell-extension-manager
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Installing impatience in ubuntu 22.04
I tried installing impatience extension from terminal and got this output:-
sandip@sandip:~$ sudo apt-get install -y gnome-shell-extension-impatience
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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How to install Gnome for Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL2? [duplicate]
I am not an advanced user when it comes to Linux; I am a beginner so please be understanding. Namely, I installed the latest version of Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL2, but now I would like to be able to ...
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How to put gpaste with the "right box" of dash-to-panel?
Before I formatted my pc, I had the gpaste installed on my ubuntu and it was displaying normally on the dash-to-panel.
After resistalling ubuntu I installed gpaste, I can open it as a standalone ...
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Top bar in gnome 42 in my ubuntu 22.04.1 blinking
Hi its hard to explain but i show a video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLRNbuIlznPPdu0Z8IkhIWWYUeMWr13M/view?usp=sharing
It seems that There are some kind of second top bar behind my official top ...
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Install Draw On your screen extension on Ubuntu 22.04
The Draw on you screen gnome extension is currently not supported in Ubuntu 22.04.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1683/draw-on-you-screen/
Creating this question to document the steps ...
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gnome-shell-extension app not working on Ubuntu 22.04
Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 with wayland disabled by default on my system. So I clean installed recommended proprietary nvidia-515 driver to switch to wayland. But this driver is rendering any ...
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Is it possible to hide the workspaces thumbnails in the application launcher?
Is it possible to remove the workspaces thumbnails under the search bar in the application launcher to make more room for the icons?
Edit: With this change I'm hoping to have 4 rows of icons instead ...
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Configuration dialog is broken profoundly for all Gnome extensions
Regardless of what Gnome extension I try and what method I use to open the dialog, I get one of the three cases:
The text is missing completely.
Random letters are visible here and there. Controls ...
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Gnome-Shell Broken Broken
I am on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop.
Problems:
1.) No extensions will launch, even though https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ says they are installed and activated.
2.) Gnome-shell ignores appearance ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome-Shell Extension CPU Usage
I am a big fan of gnome-shell extensions, except for the problem of tracking high CPU usage.
I run a lot of background scripts related to server management, therefore constantly constantly logging in /...
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How to move gnome's default power menu
Gnome has one default menu on upper right corner.
I want to move it to left corner like MacOS.
Is there a extension to do that? I tried to find but nothing was found.
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Error: data.visibleArea is null - Desktop Icons NG (DING)
$ gnome-extensions info ding@rastersoft.com
ding@rastersoft.com
Name: Desktop Icons NG (DING)
Description: Adds icons to the desktop. Fork of the original Desktop Icons extension, with several ...
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Can't Delete Root Trash
In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, I run Disk Usage Analyzer (DUA) as root (sudo baobab). It shows me two different USB drives: one booted, the other bootable, both mounted. Both have the same problem.
The ...
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Dock window preview becomes too large when multiple instances of the same app is open
When multiple instances of the same app is opened, I get to see the preview of the opened instances. Before it was alright. Recently, it happened like this.
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Pop shell changes tab alignment in Firefox
I have recently installed Pop Shell and I have noticed that in Firefox the first tab is shifted to the right, as can be seen in the following picture:
Any ideas of what is causing this behavior and ...
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