{"id":43122,"date":"2022-09-17T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43122"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:10:34","slug":"top-bar-buttons-ubuntu2204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/top-bar-buttons-ubuntu2204\/","title":{"rendered":"This Extension Enables More Useful Top Bar Buttons in Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36\/37 & other Linux with GNOME 42\/43, there’s a new extension to enable more useful gadgets into top panel.<\/p>\n

It’s “Aylur’s Widgets” extension that adds Dash<\/b>, Workspace dots<\/b>, Media playback control<\/b>, Battery bar<\/b>, Power menu<\/b> in top-bar. All of them have ON\/OFF switches, position option (left, center, right) as well as other settings.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Dash<\/b> is a trigger to quickly access frequently used system settings, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Settings, Shutdown Menu, Favorite Apps, Playback Control, Social Media websites, and have a glance at time & date, battery status, CPU usage, core temperature.<\/p>\n

The button has configurable text and icon, and allows to replace the “Activities” button. With it enabled, user may also press Super + D<\/b> on keyboard to trigger the menu. In case you use the shortcut key to show\/hide desktop, you may assign another shortcut via Dconf Editor.<\/p>\n

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It also displays round dots<\/b> on panel indicates all available desktop workspaces, and allows to quickly switch between them by clicking a single click. As well, there are music playback control, customizable date time format, battery bar and power button for choice.<\/p>\n

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How to Install Aylur’s Widget Extension<\/h3>\n

NOTE: the extension so far supports GNOME 42\/43, which means you need Ubuntu 22.04|22.10, Fedora 36\/37, Manjaro or Arch Linux with GNOME.<\/p>\n

For Ubuntu, first search for and install “Extension Manager” from Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n

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Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu 22.04<\/p><\/div>\n

Then, search for and open the tool from ‘Activities’ Overview:<\/p>\n

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When it opens, navigate to ‘Browse’ tab, search for and install the ‘Aylur’s Widget’ extension:<\/p>\n

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After installation, go back ‘Installed’ tab, and click on gear button to configure the extension:<\/p>\n

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For other Linux, go to the extension page below and use the ON\/OFF switch to install it:<\/p>\n

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Aylur’s Widgets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And configure it using “Gnome Extensions” app which is available to install via GNOME Software or your system software manager.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36\/37 & other Linux with GNOME 42\/43, there’s a new extension to enable more useful gadgets into top panel. It’s “Aylur’s Widgets” extension that adds Dash, Workspace dots, Media playback control, Battery bar, Power menu in top-bar. All of them have ON\/OFF switches, position option (left, center, right) as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[689],"class_list":["post-43122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-gnome"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}