{"id":43497,"date":"2022-12-25T06:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T06:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43497"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:37:18","slug":"mouse-keyboard-battery-ubuntu-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/mouse-keyboard-battery-ubuntu-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Display Wireless Mouse\/Keyboard Battery Percentage on Ubuntu 22.04 Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-38273\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battery-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got wireless mouse, keyboard, or controller connect to your PC? You can have a glance at the battery level of them in top-bar of Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 36\/37, Arch\/Manjaro with GNOME desktop!<\/p>\n<p>This can be done via a Gnome Shell extension based on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UPower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upower power management<\/a> daemon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wireless-battery-percentage.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43498\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wireless-battery-percentage-600x312.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wireless-battery-percentage-600x312.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wireless-battery-percentage-300x156.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wireless-battery-percentage.webp 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 user can get the extension simply by following the steps below one by one.<\/p>\n<p>1. First open <i>Ubuntu Software (or App Center)<\/i>, then search for and install the <i>Extension Manager<\/i> tool.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44419\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44419\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter-600x425.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter-600x425.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter-768x544.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/extension-manager-inappcenter.webp 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu Software\/App Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>2. Then, press <i>Super<\/i> (Windows Logo) key on keyboard to open <i>Activities<\/i> overview, search for and open the Extension Manager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/launch-extensionmanager.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39607\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/launch-extensionmanager.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/launch-extensionmanager.webp 548w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/launch-extensionmanager-300x154.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. When the tool opens, navigate to &#8216;Browse&#8217; tab. Finally, search for and <u>install either extension<\/u> below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>UPower Battery.<\/b> &#8211; it just works but no configuration (also support Ubuntu 24.04).<\/li>\n<li><b>Battery Indicator (upower)<\/b> &#8211; with option to toggle which device to display on panel and manually refresh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43499\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery-600x470.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery-600x470.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery-300x235.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery-768x601.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/install-upower-battery.webp 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The applet should be there in system tray area immediately after installation, though it can be empty if no wireless device detected.<\/p>\n<p>For <b>Fedora<\/b>, <strong>Arch\/Manjaro Linux with GNOME 42\/43<\/strong>, just open the link <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UPower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battery indicator<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/5165\/upower-battery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPower Battery<\/a> and use ON\/OFF switch to install it. And install <b>Gnome Extensions<\/b> app from Gnome Software for configuring extensions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got wireless mouse, keyboard, or controller connect to your PC? You can have a glance at the battery level of them in top-bar of Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 36\/37, Arch\/Manjaro with GNOME desktop! This can be done via a Gnome Shell extension based on upower power management daemon. 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