Gnome 3.2 shell extensions

[cecilpierce]

Hmmm! just noticed the temp are different

[Frogs Hair]

The widgets / indicators probably get data from different places or the refresh rate is different .

[r_mano]

Hi, I have "arranged" a little extension to make the text on the top bar smaller (useful for netbooks). It's an hack, but it works for me, and I would like to share it with you.

http://rlog.rgtti.com/2011/12/06/a-g...op-panel-look/

The good thing is that you can use it to modify a lot of things, and test them just disabling/enabling the extension through the gnome-tweak-tool shell extension interfaces.

All the merit is to be given to Finnar B. Murphy, and all the bad things and the horrible coding style to myself.

[cbowman57]

Hi, I have "arranged" a little extension to make the text on the top bar smaller (useful for netbooks). It's an hack, but it works for me, and I would like to share it with you.

http://rlog.rgtti.com/2011/12/06/a-g...op-panel-look/

The good thing is that you can use it to modify a lot of things, and test them just disabling/enabling the extension through the gnome-tweak-tool shell extension interfaces.

All the merit is to be given to Finnar B. Murphy, and all the bad things and the horrible coding style to myself.

Thanks r_mano, I played with it a bit. Your website mentioned having to add it with dconf-editor? Not sure what that's about, there was a missing url, I corrected that.

Commented the style sheet so that it doesn't override the gnome-shell theme (might not be necessary unless using theme other than Adwaita).

Instead of fixed font-size as a point, I changed it to adjust by a percentage with em instead of pt.

Changed font-size to normal & added a hover effect changing it to bold (something I like for my old tired eyes).

Also reduced padding a bit to keep the icons a little more condensed.

Hope you didn't mind me tweaking on it.

Also, I didn't do this in the archive but if you want the panel to "come alive" when you hover over an icon you can edit the stylesheet.css portion

.panel-button:hover {
    color: white;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: .90em;  << -- something like this
    
}

[r_mano]

Hope you didn't mind me tweaking on it.

The other way around, I like it --- that was the idea, to share a trick to "hack" a bit on the shell. I will check your changes asap (I cannot use gnome shell at work, due to ATI rendering bugs) and, if you don't mind, I will put your version on my web page, with the due attribution. Ok?

By the way, I have a bit of problem of inter-relation between my extension, auto-hide top bar and classic-systray... but the worst one is between the autohide and "looking glass", which can hard-lock the shell --- anyone tested that?

[cbowman57]

The other way around, I like it --- that was the idea, to share a trick to "hack" a bit on the shell. I will check your changes asap (I cannot use gnome shell at work, due to ATI rendering bugs) and, if you don't mind, I will put your version on my web page, with the due attribution. Ok?

By the way, I have a bit of problem of inter-relation between my extension, auto-hide top bar and classic-systray... but the worst one is between the autohide and "looking glass", which can hard-lock the shell --- anyone tested that?

Good, I share that philosophy.

[cbowman57]

Thank you. I never used extended places menu extension myself since I have icons on the desktop and XFCE4-panel's directory menu which is still far better IMHO, but I'll give it a try.

If you don't mind and have the time, can you look at the bottom panel extension? I really want to have it able to use the top panel's theme or gradient and being able to switch between opened windows with mouse scroll wheel.

Don't have a solution on the mouse wheel scroll but did you ever manage to theme your bottom panel? If not I think I've got the fix for it.

[cbowman57]

The Disable Window Animations extension is pretty cool, adds even more snap than my hacks on the shell.

[xircon]

Something for the brave (or foolhardy ):
http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/01/i...ll-332-in.html

Shell 3.3.2 in PPA.

[cbowman57]

Something for the brave (or foolhardy ):
http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/01/i...ll-332-in.html

Shell 3.3.2 in PPA.

Call me foolhardy then, just had to try it.

Feels faster & after updating metadata.json to proper shell version all of my extensions seem to work.

My alternate activities overview shortcut doesn't work though, that's the only "bug" I've encountered. Think I'll ride the bleeding edge for awhile.

Also seems I've lost my startup apps in the notification area of the message tray.