I am new to Gtk+ development, and am trying to write an app using PyGObject and Gtk+3.0. When I run my app in Gnome Shell from the command line, however, the application name as it appears in the u...

We are trialing Gtk3/Vala/Genie for the development of application user interfaces using Gnome-Builder/Meson/Glade/Flatpak. While there are many examples of Gtk.HeaderBar.pack_start( ... ) and Gtk....

when I upgraded from gnome 3.4 to gnome 3.6 I realized that I could not change my keyboard layout using Alt+Shift anymore. so I installed gnome-tweak-tool and in Typing tab I selected Alt+Shift fro...

Background: I'm working on a piece of software called ActivityWatch that logs what you do on your computer. Basically an attempt at addressing some of the issues with: RescueTime, selfspy, arbtt, e...

Goal: Assign both the Super_L or Super_R keys as triggers for the overlay menu. Environment: Gnome 3.26.2, Fedora 27, Dell XPS 9550, Kinesis Advantage2 Why: For work I use a laptop either by itse...

Gnome 3 has a beautiful calendar panel that drops down from the menu bar, and includes a space for your upcoming appointments. By default this appointment manager reads from the calendar in Evoluti...

When I want to execute a file, it seems that I always have to first 'cd' into that file's directory before executing it, unless it fails on a can't-find-my-dataz type error. How can I get around ...

Is there a way to change WM_CLASS of showinfo (and other dialogs)? className, class_ parameters do the job for Tk, Toplevel. import tkinter as tk from tkinter.messagebox import showinfo if __name_...

I'm using the following code to set my Java Swing application's title in Gnome 3's top bar. However, when I run it, I get the warnings shown below the code. Is there a better way to set the applica...

When a user right-click on a folder in Nautilus, a menu appears. I want to add more options in that menu. I am using Gnome 3. Is there any other way to customize that menu with command line?...

I would like to disable the Gnome 3 notifications/pop-ups/integrated notifications (if that's even the right term for them). For example, they're the notifications that appear when your receive an ...

How can I add an event or other method to listen to keypresses on a gnome shell extension? e.g. show a dialog with each key press showing the pressed key? I can not find any example. The documenta...

So I have a fresh install of Centos 7 Desktop version. It uses gnome 3.8 and I have multiple monitors. When I go left to right with my mouse on the top portion of the screen, it shows me all ...

So I'm making a Gnome Shell extension. And I want to be able to run some command with a pipe. (The command is actually "xrandr --query | awk 'something'", but that is off topic) So, what I have do...

Gnome Shell has great shortcuts, however, I don't find a way to call them programmingly Assume that I want to use a GJS script to start Google Chrome, move it to workspace 1, and maximize it, then ...

I am very new to GNOME extension development, and I am having a hard time working with it, due to a profound lack of documentation (or maybe my Internet is clandestinely censored) of the API. I sta...

I am running Debian Sid with the following bluetooth-related packages installed: blueman 2.0.4-1 bluetooth 5.43-1 bluez 5.43-1 bluez-firmware 1.2-3 firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-2 gnome-bluetoot...

I tried to do a GtkHeaderBar application with glade 3.20, but I have the oldschool bar on top every time, when creating my python app. In glade 3.19, checking the client-side decoration property c...

I would like to develop GNOME Shell extensions and found it's really easy to step into the development process but I still can't figure out how to debug / test my extensions effectively. Are there...

I want to write an extension that does the opposite of the "focus-follows mouse" setting in GNOME Shell: I want to make my pointer move to the center of the currently focused window. Can this be d...

I have question how to change focus between two screens on Gnome. I am using Fedora 25 and I can move window to other screen by using mod + shift + right or mod + shift + left but focus (cursor) st...

Is there a way for a Java Swing desktop application that runs in Gnome (3.14) on Linux (Debian) to make Gnome use the dark-themed (Adwaita) version of the window decoration? I am using a custom da...

I'm running some code in Java on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 Bit (with Gnome Shell), using Oracle JDK 1.8.0_05 via NetBeans8.0. The following function works perfectly when called either in Main or in an o...

I am trying to create simple gtk application for gnome-shell using gjs. Its window contains Gtk.TextView only and I want to process events when user is typing. Here is my code: #!/usr/bin/gjs v...

I am using a text editor which uses shortcut ctrl+alt+arrowup/arrowdown which is default key for switching workspaces in fedora 20. So i need to change the shortcut key to make it work in text edit...