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Zany_Zachary1
Asked: 2021-03-12 06:52:09 +0800 CST

Add text AFTER Activities button

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I would like to know how to add text after the activities button on the top bar. I already know how to change the Activities button text with a shell extension, but I want to add text after it, that does nothing. With the Unite shell extension, you can add text when the desktop is focused, and that helps a little, but I would like that to be shown all the time, and not just on the desktop. I am running Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME 3.36.2.

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  1. Best Answer

    you may achieve this by creating a gnome-shell extension

    Extension UUID: [email protected] Change this in below command (and further) if you wish to have other name.. Other wise just copy paste the below command and run.

    run

    install -D /dev/null $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]@username.domain/extension.js

    run

    install -D /dev/null $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]@username.domain/metadata.json

    copy paste the below content in extension.js file and change "Your Text Here" at line no. 12, in the below content with whatever text you need.

    'use strict';

const { St, Clutter } = imports.gi;

const Main = imports.ui.main;

let _myText;

class Extension {

    enable() {
    _myText = new St.Label({ text: 'Your Text Here', y_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER, style_class: 'panel-button', track_hover: true, reactive: true });
    Main.panel._leftBox.insert_child_at_index(_myText, 1)
    }

    disable() {
    _myText.destroy();
    }
}

function init() {
    return new Extension();
}

    copy paste the below content in metadata.json file.

    {
  "name": "Add Plain Text Beside Activities Button",
  "description": "Add Plain Beside After Activities Button",
  "uuid": "[email protected]",
  "shell-version": [
    "3.36"
  ]
}

    Save the files & close..

    If you are on Xorg session. you can refresh the gnome-shell with Alt+F2 r Enter method and then turn on the extension.

    If you are on Wayland session. logout and login and then turn on the extension.

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