Questions tagged [gnome-shell]

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

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Qt5: Name in Taskbar unknown whereas window title is correct

I set the window title by QWidget::setWindowTitle("test"); so the title of the window is "test". But in the taskbar it's displayed as "unknown". What's the correct way to set the taskbar name? Edit: I use Gnome3.4.2 and just found…
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Unable to create a GArray in Gjs

I try to create a GArray but I have always the same error : const GLib = imports.gi.GLib; var garray = new GLib.Array(true, true, 1); // Unable to construct boxed type Array since it has no zero-args , can only wrap an existing one var garray =…
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How to load a C# library from javascript Cinnamon or Gnome Shell applet?

I want to load and use a C# library in my javascript code to a Cinnamon applet. Any idea on how to do it ?
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SWT Tray Item in gnome

I have an issue about the tray items display in Gnome Shell. The item icon appears in the lower bar, and I'm fine with that, and just like the other ones, when moving the mouse over the icon, a text is displayed. My problem is that this text cannot…
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st_widget_get_theme_node errors on drag

I'm trying to implement a drag and drop system in the extension I'm developing but I'm running into a problem. As far as I can tell, dnd is implemented by making a draggable object like this let draggable = DND.makeDraggable(this.actor) where…
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Get extension object in gnome-shell

I'm working on a gnome-shell extension. I was wondering if I can get the object of other extensions. I only find the means to get the current extension object using ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension() Is there any possibility to access other…
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Read Gnome Shell Notifications

I need to read the gnome-shell notifications to send an e-mail whenever event X happens (like a torrent was successfully downloaded). Is there a file or a callback that I can read/set in C code?
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Gnome-shell extension. Working with windows

How do I switch windows programmaticly? I mean like Alt+Tab does but without any labels or something. I tried to look through the documentation but it's too complicated for me ( you can say then not to do it, but I learned action script with help of…
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Getting list of contacts with Gnome-Shell JS interface

I've just started fiddling with writing gnome-shell extensions, and would like to know how to get a list of contacts a user has. I've tracked down some likely files: gnome-shell/js/ui/contactDisplay.js and gnome-shell/src/shell_contact_system.c. Now…
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How to extract individual columns of data from a record in sqlite?

I am writing an extension for the gnome-shell. The javascript extension spawns a sql query and captures the output on standard output. The result of the query produces records with 2 columns. I can't seem to extract each column of a record…
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Sublime Text 2 FTP crashing

I'm running ubuntu 11.10 with a gnome-shell and sublime text 2 Beta Build 2180. When I connect to an FTP server (with login) and I open a file with sublime text 2, I can edit it just fine, that is until I switch to another window. Then when I…
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Gnome 3 extensions resources

I just installed gnome 3 and I added a few extensions, I noticed they are coded in JS but I don't fully understand how they work. What I am really interested right now is learning how I could add a clickable icon at the left of this extension…
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Gnome 3 Classic Icon Placement

I'm running Gnome 3 Classic desktop on Rocky 8. There is no longer a context-menu option to clean up the desktop. Is this option accessible, or if not is there a way to access the current icon locations and change them, preferably via scripting.
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Could not find Meta, Shell & St in Python's GTK bindings which gnome extension documentaion has

I have checked : https://www.gtk.org/docs/language-bindings/python https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pygobject/ https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ http://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/ What I…
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Suspend after screen lock in GNOME on Xorg

I'm using GNOME 43.4 version on Xorg, along with gdm3. GNU/Linux System Debian 12. I want to disable the option for the system not to suspend when I lock the screen (Super+L). By gnome-tweaks and ohter ways, it only works if I'm using GNOME over…
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