An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+. A separate dock is no longer needed for easy access to running and favorited applications.
- Move the Application Dash from the Overview into the main panel (top bar)
- Set main panel position (top or bottom) and height
- Running indicator includes window count and can be positioned at top or bottom of panel
- Preview of open windows when hovering over icons of running applications
- Configure clock location
- Remove "Show Apps" icon from dash
- Hide Activities button from panel
- Isolate running apps in workspaces
- Assign click behaviors (launch new window, cycle open windows, minimize, etc)
- Assign font & icon sizes and margins for dash icons, status icons and panel elements
The extension can be installed directly from source, either for the convenience of using git or to test the latest development version. Clone the desired branch with git
git clone https://github.com/jderose9/dash-to-panel.git
or download the branch from github. A simple Makefile is included. Then run
make make install
to install the extension in your home directory. A Shell reload is required Alt+F2 r Enter and the extension has to be enabled with gnome-tweak-tool or with dconf.
I recommend setting Top Bar > Show Applications Menu off in Gnome Tweak Tool. This will cause the applications menu for native gnome apps (which normally appears in the top bar) to be presented in the top left of the window. It is also recommended to turn Windows > Titlebar Buttons > Minimize & Maximize on.
This extension has been tested with Gnome 3.18+.
This extension manipulates the Gnome Main Panel, aka Top Bar. So, most other extensions which operate on the top bar should be compatible. For instance, to add intellihide behavior to the panel, try Hide Top Bar. Or, to set the panel opacity, try Dynamic Panel Transparency. If you'd like to add a traditional application menu, check out Gno-Menu.
Bugs should be reported to the Github bug tracker https://github.com/jderose9/dash-to-panel/issues.
Dash to Panel Gnome Shell extension is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.
Much of the code in this extension comes from Dash-to-Dock. This extension leverages the work for ZorinOS Taskbar used in ZorinOS to allow the dash from Dash-to-Dock to be embedded in the Gnome main panel. Code to set anchor position taken from Thoma5/gnome-shell-extension-bottompanel. Pattern for moving panel contents based on Frippery Move Clock by R M Yorston. Ideas for recursing child actors and assigning inline styles are based on code from the extension StatusAreaHorizontalSpacing.