GNOME Shell Extensions

GNOME Shell Extensions is a collection of extensions providing additional and optional functionality to GNOME Shell.

Since GNOME Shell is not API stable, extensions work only against a very specific version of the shell, usually the same as this package (see "configure --version"). The extensions in this package are supported by GNOME and will be updated to reflect future API changes in GNOME Shell.

The GNOME wiki has more information about GNOME Shell Extensions, as well as some general information about GNOME Shell.

Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system.

Extensions

• alternate-tab (OBSOLETE)

  Lets you use classic Alt+Tab (window-based instead of app-based) in GNOME Shell. This extension is obsolete since GNOME 3.30, see this blogpost for further details.

• apps-menu

  Lets you reach an application using gnome 2.x style menu on the panel.

• auto-move-windows

  Lets you manage your workspaces more easily, assigning a specific workspace to each application as soon as it creates a window, in a manner configurable with a GSettings key.

• drive-menu

  Shows a status menu for rapid unmount and power off of external storage devices (i.e. pendrives)

• launch-new-instance

  Changes application icons to always launch a new instance when activated.

• native-window-placement

  An alternative algorithm for layouting the thumbnails in the windows overview, that more closely reflects the actual positions and sizes.

• places-menu

  Shows a status Indicator for navigating to Places.

• screenshot-window-sizer

  Adds a shortcut for resizing the focus window to a size that is suitable for GNOME Software screenshots

• user-theme

  Loads a shell theme from ~/.themes//gnome-shell.

• window-list

  Adds a bottom panel with a traditional window list.

• windowsNavigator

  Allow keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in overlay mode.

• workspace-indicator

  Adds a simple workspace switcher to the top bar.

Default branch

The default development branch is main. If you still have a local checkout under the old name, use:

git checkout master
git branch -m master main
git fetch
git branch --unset-upstream
git branch -u origin/master
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

License

GNOME Shell Extensions are distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details. Individual extensions may be licensed under different terms, see each source file for details.