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GNOME Shell is the core user interface of the GNOME desktop environment starting with version 3.

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Programming a Gnome extension to disable left edge drag gesture to show the app picker

My apologies to all, if this is in the wrong group. We’d like to use Fedora 23 in Kiosk mode, but there is was a recently added left edge swipe feature that was added to Gnome Shell (https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell)that cannot be disabled…
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How to Create Clutter events with GJS

I will receive {x,y} data from the network corresponding to a pixel coordinate. I would like to create clutter event or at least inform the system (clutter stage) there is a mouse move to the received {x,y} data. I had a look on the unofficial GJS…
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Build gnome-shell issue: jhbuild does not find libtiff

I started tinkering with gnome-shell to kill time and I just can't get jhbuild to work! I followed all the instructions on the jhbuild guide on the gnome-shell wiki. I got to the part where it says to run $ jhbuild sysdeps…
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gnome shell extension animate actor size

I am trying to animate an existing actor in gnome-shell. I have tried in a few ways and each time I am able to change the actor location but I am unable to change the actor size. This is one of the ways I have tried and the actor is changing it's…
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How to start a GtkApplication from inside a gnome-shell-extension?

My goal is to start a new GtkApplication when the user presses a button in the topbar of Gnome. The button in the topbar can be done by a gnome-shell-extension, but I have difficulties opening up the GtkApplication. Therefore, for now the following…
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gnome-shell 3.16 window titles

Before 3.16, it was easy to remove the window titles from maximized windows - just editing the metacity-theme.xml file. However, 3.16 is using client side decorations, and metacity has no control over the window decorations. Is there another way of…
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gnome shell 3.16 - how to add reboot butotn

I have a problem with my gnome shell 3.16.1 (on Arch linux) I want to add a reboot button to the drop down menu at top right corner. when I press shutdown button - it shutdowns the computer. (suspend button was added via extensions, but I cannot…
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fetch the whole desktop/screen using gnome-extension?

I'm working on gnome-extensions (javascript) and i would like to know if it's possible to fetch/capture a desktop/screen object to apply modifications on it. For example getting a window i use this code: let app= app_system.get_running(); for(i = 0;…
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Starting Gnome 3 in a read-only environment

First off, my intention is to create a portable, bootable USB drive containing a GNU/Linux distribution. Specifically, I want to use Arch Linux with a squashfs read-only root filesystem. The squashfs image is based on a snapshot of a working VM. The…
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How to tell if a window is minimized using GJS?

The wrappers for GJS/Gnome don't seem to expose the "minimized" property. There is a get_maximized(), but this doesn't seem to return the information I need. Using the JavaScript bindings for Gnome Applets, is there a way to get whether a MetaWindow…
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Get object path in Gnome Shell / GJS

I'm writing a GNOME Shell extension and I need to save some information that will help me retrieve arbitrary (user selected) objects in the Gnome Shell interface across sessions, or at least statically generated actors/objects. Given an existing…
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d-bus not receive msg with javascript

i have a problem with d-bus on gnome shell, I'm trying to manage the screencasts via messages dbus with javascript, this is a code:` this.gdbusConnection = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, null); this.gdbusProxy = new…
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gnome shell developement step by step debugger

Is there any way to have a step by step debugger and variable browser in gnome shell ? I had a look at the wiki page : https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions and I already tryed to find this in look glass :…
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x11 gnome-shell display freezes every minute for 25 seconds

I use gnome shell in Fedora 18 x86_64 on an emachines E725 notebook. For the last month, every 60 seconds the display locks up for 25 seconds. Sometimes it does this for 10 minutes, and sometimes all day. The mouse cursor still moves, and sound…
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gnome-shell or cinnamon: How do I pass the variable to the callback?

I am trying to generate a dynamic pop up menu whereby the items in the list come from a json file. I hope there are enough details here for you to make a judgment. The simplified contents of the json are: { "locationdetails" : { "type":…
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