A GNOME Shell 40+ Extension
Requirements:
Manual Installation:
$ git clone https://github.com/icedman/dash2dock-lite.git
Makefile
to build and install
$ cd dash2dock-lite
$ make
Using the AUR (Arch User Repository): This requires an Arch-based distribution to work:
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-dash2dock-lite.git
$ makepkg -si
From Gnome Extensions Repository
Visit https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4994/dash2dock-lite/
Export your settings under Style > Themes Button > "Export"...
This will be saved to /tmp/theme.json
. Edit this json file and save under ~/.config/d2da/themes
or at {extension_path}/dash2dock-animated/themes
so that it becomes available at the extension settings app.
Create a folder under sh~/.config/d2da/icons
and place here your SVG icons. Then create a file under sh~/.config/d2da/icons.json
and create a mapping file with the following format:
{
"icons": {
"view-app-grid-symbolic": "icons/show-apps-icon.svg",
"user-trash": "icons/my-own-trash.svg",
"user-trash-full": "icons/my-own-trash-full.svg"
}
}
You may also use icon names from your favorite icon theme. And use the following format:
{
"icons": {
"view-app-grid-symbolic": "show-apps-icon",
"user-trash": "trash",
"user-trash-full": "trash-full"
}
}
The icons show-apps-icon, trash, trash-full
must be available on your icons theme folder.
Alternatively, you may override icons via app id:
{
"apps": {
"spotify_spotify": "icons/spotify.svg"
}
}
Check the log to see the icon names currently being used by Dash2Dock Animated. Search for log text such assets
Icon created "user-trash"
Blurred background feature requires imagemagick to be install in the system. This generates the blurred image based of the desktop wallpaper.
Build and install Dash2Dock Animated for prior versions (before Gnome 45)
make g44
When reporting bugs. Please indicate the following:
Check for any exceptions in the logs by running the following at the terminal:
journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell -f -o cat
To check incompatibilities with other extensions, try running Dash2Dock Animated with other extensions disabled.
To check for lag or inefficiency. Run the following in the terminal and observer gnome-shell CPU usage.
top -d 0.5
On my old Dell XPS13 i5-6200U. CPU usage is about 50% with icons quality high, frame rate high, shadows on.
Please be specific on the errors encountered. Add screenshots whenever possible.
Distributed under the GPL 3.0 License. See LICENSE for more information.