Questions tagged [gnome-shell]

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

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Gnome Javascript: callback doesn't work for async functions

I am trying to read from a network socket, To use the information in a gnome extension. For that I'm using the Gio socketclient. I'am able to connect and read synchrone from the inputstream. But I fail on the asynchrone reading. I've isolated my…
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Widget sensitive/gray look change with window focus causes too much delay

I like to adjust or disable a feature of gtk3 (or gnome-shell?) because it causes a delay or at least need to remove the delay when bringing a window in/out of focus. My multi window application suffers from this delay: I see is that all widgets…
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pygame and gnome-shell using TOO much CPU

I have installed Debian 8.5 (jessie) yesterday and now running even a very simple pygame program causes a python-CPU-usage of ca. 100% and gnome-shell uses also almost another 100%! The program i have tested which uses 100% CPU is the…
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Fedora Gnome shell menu spacing incorrect after upgrade to 24,how to fix it?

I previously have fedora 23 installed, recently I use the "dnf-plugin-system-upgrade" tool upgrade to fedora 24. After upgrade everything appeared normal except gnome shell window menu spacing is narrowed and crowded. Is there anybody know how to…
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Themes look strange, only window borders applied

Installed debian with gnome shell (3.20.2). Added a couple themes but they don't look right at all when I switch to them. Any theme except Adwaita appears show the window border ok, but the internal controls seem to fall back to some default…
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Using unity menu bar in Qt

I have a simple Qt MainWindow: // ui/mainwindow.hpp class MainWindow: public QMainWindow { Q_OBJECT public: explicit MainWindow(QWidget* parent = 0); public slots: private: }; // ui/mainwindow.cpp MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent):…
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addActor is not a function

I'm developing an extension to the gnome shell. My extension requires a slider bar to a indicator on the status area. I had some problems setting it, I was writing my code on this slightly outdated reference, the main problem was that the…
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Missing pixels from upper left of window placed at origin

I have an application that uses a non-decorated window (no title bar and so on, it's eventually intended to be a full-screen application). It also has one-pixel-wide line images around the outside to form a natural border with the outside…
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Consume a webservice with basic authentication using Soup

As part of a gnome-shell extension, I try to consume a webservice using xmlrpc. The webservice expects a basic authentication header. Using Soup, I got the following code (basically a blueprint from the great openweather extension): function…
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Encrypt a string with JavaScript in a Gnome Applet

Is there a easy way to encrypt for example a string with AES in a gnome applet written in JavaScript? I can't find a solution in the gnome api reference [1]. I saw that libsecret has a AES implementation for testing purposes [2], but I don't know if…
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Glib: g_variant_get binding for python

I'm trying to rewrite Glib/dbus related C code to python. Corresponding C code: GVariant *real_value; JsonNode *root; JsonGenerator *generator; gsize json_length; gchar *json; GDBusProxy *proxy = g_dbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync (G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, …
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Gnome Software shows error even though everything is fine

When refreshing updates tab I get either [core]: Unexpected system error [core]: invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature) I am using Arch Linux with Gnome 3.18. here is my pacman config # # /etc/pacman.conf # # See the pacman.conf(5) manpage…
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How is modifying _init() affecting parent()?

I'm trying to update a Gnome-shell extension. In it, I override the _init method of an object, which I'm doing like this: function newInitAppSwitcherPopup() { this.parent(); ... } AltTab.AppSwitcherPopup.prototype._init =…
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How to quickly change from one monitor to a next one in Gnome3.16

I use Gnome 3.16 under archlinux and would like to know if there is a quick way to change the integrated monitor with an external one via HDMI. This is the way I have to go (in pictures): First, you have to open the monitor menu (here in…
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Gnome Shell Panel Shadow covering windows

I've added a box-shadow to the gnome-shell top panel #panel { ... box-shadow: 0px 2px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.85); z-index: -1; } The shadow is show but, as you can see from the image below, it covers maximized windows. I tried adding a…
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