GNOME Shell is the core user interface of the GNOME desktop environment starting with version 3.
Questions tagged [gnome-shell]
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uninstalled gnome extensions keep reappearing
I have a very weird, and extremely annoying, problem.
Each time after reboot (or logout), old uninstalled extensions that I tried out and decided not for me, reinstall themselves. I have to go tho gnome extension in Firefox and uninstall them.
Side…
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Tool for Integration Testing Gnome-Shell Extensions?
Is there a tool for helping to automate integration tests for Gnome Shell extensions?
In web development, it's common to use tools like Selenium to simulate a human interaction by programmatically interacting with a web browser and confirming…
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Make Gnome top bar font weight bold with CSS?
How can I make Gnome's top bar font weight bold?
I found source for gnome-shell.css on GitLab that describes #panel as the UI to target.
I've tried both of these CSS properties on the panel:
#panel {
font-weight: bold;
/*font-weight:…
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KeePassXC won't add keys the running SSH agent when started from the gnome shell
I am running on Pop!_OS so for most things this is likely an aquivalent of Ubuntu.
KeepassXC is installed and the SSH-Agent is enabled.
There is a keyphrase configured with a key and it works just like a charm when I start keepassxc from the…
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Control the tooltip string for toplevel icons shown in the gnome dash
When running a Tcl/Tk program in gnome-shell, all toplevels created by the application add an icon to the dash. When hovering over these icons, they all pop up a tooltip saying "Toplevel", which is not very helpful.
The wm title and wm iconname…
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GNOME Shell extension that waits for a new window to be opened
I'm writing a GNOME Shell extension in JavaScript that modifies all application windows.
As an exercise, I want to start off by getting the application name of just one open window and displaying it in the panel.
Right now, in Looking Glass, I can…
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How to darwing the window buttons from a Gtk.Context in gjs
I' m trying to extract the windows buttons from the current gtk active theme and render it inside a cairo context in gjs, to be used in the Gnome-Global-Menu (https://gitlab.com/lestcape/Gnome-Global-AppMenu). As an example, i have one code that I…
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Gnome shell segfaults - how to debug?
Gnome shell randomly segfaults:
gnome-session[1703]: gnome-session-binary[1703] WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 11
I'm guessing it's some extensions' fault but i haven't installed any new extensions lately (or…
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Looking for a manual for GNOME3 Shell CSS Entries
I am trying to customise and tune a downloaded GNOME Shell Theme. I managed to change colours of top and bottom panels and got rid of rounded corners. However, I was not successful to find CSS entries for other things. Is there any official manual…
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Gnome shell extensions, preventing the call of `disable` when the screen gets locked
When the screen gets locked, my gnome shell extension is disabled. The shell calls disable function of the extension and enable is called again when the lock is released. Can I prevent this behavior? My extension needs to do something in background…
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Display "open with other application" as a sub-menu
I am almost certain in an older version of Gnome 3, the context menu when right clicking on a file would contain an open with sub-menu. This menu is very useful for HTML files where sometimes I want to open these files in the browser, sometimes in a…
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How does the "shell-versions" variable in metadata.json work, exactly?
I've seen several approaches in metadata.json, some only specifying whole versions, such as "3.22" while some with more specific such as "3.22.1". I had an issue opened where I had "3.24", "3.24.1" and "3.24.2" but the extension failed to work in…
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How to disable keyboard shortcut overlay that appears on super key hold in gnome desktop?
I want to disable the keyboard shortcut overlay that appears on holding Super key in gnome desktop. How do I disable this?
I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 17.04.
I've searched and found the suggested…
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How to disable gnome-shell extension that overrides a system indicator
On my system for some reason the brightness indicator would not work to change the brightness. Although xbacklight did work to change the brightness.
I wrote an extension to run xbacklight whenever it changes the brightness. It works. Although it…
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How to customize GNOME Shell Search bar?
I would like to include stackoverflow, duckduckgo and some other search results in GNOME Shell Search result. So, I think a GNOME Shell Extension will be the solution. Is it possible?
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