neuromorph / glass_grid

A Gnome Shell extension showing an overlay glass panel to manage installed extensions.
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Extensions Glass Grid (GNOME 4X Extension)

A GNOME Shell extension to manage installed extensions. It pops up an overlay panel with glass effect and a grid of installed extensions. It can be quickly launched or dismissed using a panel indicator toggle or a hotkey toggle. Currently supports functions like: enable / disable individual extensions, open their preferences, reload their stylesheets (without having to disable/enable the extensions), shows when there is an update available or when there is an error in an extension. You can also enable / disable all extensions at once (as sometimes needed for debugging). Additionally, provides buttons to open e.g.o (extensions website) and Extensions app. Comes with many themes that can be set from the overlay panel itself.

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Installation

Recommended

It's recommended to install the extension from extensions website, or from the Extension Manager app.

How to manually install the extension (if needed)?

git clone https://github.com/neuromorph/glass_grid.git \
    ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/extgrid@neuromorph

OR download the release zip file (may not be latest) and unzip at location: ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

You may need to restart the gnome shell environnment (for manual install):

User Guide

Header / Top layout:

Grid Layout:

Note: This is since as a Gnome shell extension, the UI overlay is essentially transient like the panel menu. Glass grid is more persistent than the panel menu by design but less than an app window since it is not a desktop app. So think of it like the app grid in overview, to get some idea.

Settings

Use the Settings menu from the extension for :

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