- Restore the alphabetical ordering of the app grid, removed in GNOME 3.38
- Supports GNOME 3.38+, earlier versions are untested, and unnecessary
- Get the extension from here
- This project is licensed under GPL 3.0
- Any donations are greatly appreciated :)
- Extract the zip to
~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/AlphabeticalAppGrid@stuarthayhurst/- Alternatively:
gnome-extensions install "[email protected]" --force
- Alternatively:
- Reload GNOME: ALT+F2, r, ENTER
- Enable the extension:
gnome-extensions enable AlphabeticalAppGrid@stuarthayhurst
- Make sure the install dependencies are installed
make buildmake install- Reload GNOME: ALT+F2, r, ENTER
- Enable the extension:
gnome-extensions enable AlphabeticalAppGrid@stuarthayhurst
-
make build: Compiles GSettings schemas and creates extension zipmake check: Runs checks on built extension zipmake install: Installs the extensionmake uninstall: Uninstalls the extension
-
make clean: Deletes extension zip,localeand automatic backupsmake gtk4: Simplifies and converts UI files (Should be run after any changes to files inui/)make translations: Updates translationsmake compress: Losslessly compresses any .pngs indocs/- Allows passing
COMPRESSLEVEL="-o[X]", where[X]is an integer between 0-7
- Allows passing
make release: Updates the GTK 4 UI, translations, then creates and checks an extension zip- Calls
make gtk4 translations compress build check - Supports any variables / arguments supported by these targets
- Also allows passing
VERSION="[XX]", where[XX]is the version to updatemetadata.jsonto
- Calls
make package: Creates the extension zip from the project's current state (Only useful for debugging)
- gettext
- gnome-shell (
gnome-extensionscommand) - libglib2.0-bin
All install dependencies- sed (
make translations) - libgtk-3-bin (
make gtk4) - libgtk-4-bin (
make gtk4) - optipng (
make compress)
- Maintaining this feature was going to end up complicated and messy
- It was also out of scope, and this extension did the job better
- With this in mind, the feature was removed in release
v16
- Help with the project is always appreciated, refer to
docs/CONTRIBUTING.mdto get started - Documentation, code, translations and UI improvements are all welcome!
- If you were simply told "Error" while installing, reboot and if there's still an issue
- When installing an extension from GNOME's extension site, this is normal
- A log of what the extension is doing is very helpful for fixing issues
- The extension logs to the system logs when enabled, which can be accessed with
journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell - A live feed of GNOME's logs can be accessed with
journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-shell -f -o cat - To enable logging, the setting can be found under the
Developer settingssection of the extension's settings:
scripts/update-po.shandscripts/update-pot.shwere derived from Fly-Pie, originally licensed under the MIT license
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