Workspace indicator by open apps

GNOME shell estension to display a simple workspace indicator showing icons of apps open in it instead of classic numbers or dots.

Features

• Show a simple indicator to display workspaces and apps open in it
• Support for drag and drop: change an application workspace just dragging its icon
• Right/Left click to focus/minimize application, Middle click to close
• Workspaces scrolling: change active workspace scrolling hover the indicator
• Support for multiple monitor (for both static and dynamic workspaces)
• Rename workspaces directly from the extension (activate in settings)
• Hide/show GNOME default workspace indicator (former activities button)

Customization

• Indicator position
• Mouse scroll direction (normal or inverse)
• Activate/deactivate "middle click to close app"
• Activate/deactivate "click on active workspace to overview"
• Activate/deactivate "click on focused application to minimize"
• Activate/deactivate "workspace indicator"
• Activate/deactivate "app indicator"
• Customize indicator color
• Activate/deactivate "round borders"
• Show/Hide workspaces names
• Show/Hide empty workspaces
• Customize apps on all workspaces text indicator
• Desaturate all icons
• No effect/Reduce opacity/Desaturate for both minimized and inactive apps
• Limit icons per workspace
• Group icons of same application
• Ignore applications (with regex)
• Spacing and Size of applications icons and labels

Tip

Customize CSS editing stylesheet.css file. Add more classes simply searching css_* variables in extension.js.

Warning

Centering vertically the labels independently from the font used is problematic. Tweak .wboa-label classes in stylesheet.css to adjust it.

Installation

Available for GNOME 45 and 46: gnome shell extensions store.

Tip

Legacy versions (GNOME shell 40-44) available on gnome extensions store. These versions will not receive new updates.

Manual installation

• Download the extension folder (this repository)
• Execute ./install.sh (requires sudo priviledges)

Useful commands

• Compile settings schema: glib-compile-schemas ./schemas/
• Show (all) extension(s) logs: journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell -f -o cat
• Show settings logs: journalctl /usr/bin/gjs -f -o cat
• List settings: dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/workspaces-indicator-by-open-apps/
• Edit manually setting: dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/workspaces-indicator-by-open-apps/<setting> <value>

To Do

See issues page.

Contributions

See CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Credits

See CREDITS.md file.