Gnome

Yes, this nifty workflow wonder is finally able to automatically tile newly opened windows based on the currently active tiling layout (and as you may sick of me re-emphasising: you can switch between different layouts ad-hoc, and create and save your own).

Windows auto-tile to the best vacant slot in the layout. But what’s ‘best’? Tiling Shell developer Domenico Ferraro says this will be the ‘vacant tile nearest to the center of the screen’.

With the addition of automatic tiling you no longer need to tile windows manually.

For the past few days, for the first time, I've seriously tried MacOS and I became distinctly aware that anyone who calls Gnome similar to MacOS has never used MacOS.

If you're just looking at screenshots, Gnome and MacOS do bear a resemblance. Gnome's Dash looks similar to the Dock; Gnome's app launcher looks similar to Launchpad; Gnome's top panel looks similar to the menu bar.

But actually using each desktop, the UX, design philosophy, idealogy, and feel is miles apart. I think the four biggest differences are

1. No menu bar
2. Minimizing distractions, so no dock
3. Interacting with windows is closer to Windows and KDE (fullscreening windows keeps them in same workspace, can interact with a window's content without first clicking to focus it)
4. Managing open apps is closer to Windows and KDE (apps actually close when you hit "x", with few exceptions, only open apps and favorited apps are in the dash)

Hi,
with gtk/adw how do I use GtkRevealer inside an AdwPreferencesGroup keeping correct position and style?

What I'm trying to do is showing/hiding with an animation an AdwExpanderRow which should go on top following style of other rows inside preferences group.

This is how it looks:

This is how it should look:

Thanks.

I know Cambalache exists but it mostly does not work.

[on Fedora 40 & 41]

Hi,

I don't theme Gnome and stay with the defaults. However at some point a few months ago I must have done something that broke the theme for Qt programs: KeepassXC, QOwnNotes, Nextcloud desktop client, all rpm. I tried the flatpak version of keepassxc, no issue

symptoms:

• KeepassXC starts in light theme, even when system is using dark. If I reopen it, it switches to dark
• font became very small both in KeepassXC and QOwnnotes
• there's something wrong with the windows shadows
• taskbar icons show 3 dots instead of the apps respective icons. This is fixed with Fedora 41 for Nextcloud only
  
• taskbar icons are unresponsive/won't work. half fixed with Fedora 41.

I tried a few things:

• disabled extensions
• reset all gnome settings
• themed Qt with Kvantum (might have been a bad idea) (reverted)
• installed a custom theme for the system (reverted)
• removed some Qt stuff which seemingly weren't a dependency for anything

I also have a laptop running Fedora Gnome and don't have those issues.

What else could I try?

Thanks for reading!

Just as the title says. Any game I play except minecraft will eventually make gnome crash and send me back to the login manager. This happened on with my 1650 and on my RX 5500. I thought maybe something was wrong with my install so I reinstalled fedora on a new ssd and it's still happening. I'm not sure what to do but if someone is willing to guide me I'd like to make an actual bug report.

Hi,

I needed to change my machine to a new one (tuxedo gen9), and I quickly installed my distro of choice (manjaro-gnome), and configured it as the old machine (I am very conservative on this... I do not like the change as it introduces some friction in my workflow... I even have the same wallpaper from the last 10 years, heh :P).

Turns out, I am unable to "see" some options of the gnome-shell that were present in my older machine:

• keyboard backlight regulation (and it works, as I am able to regulate it with fn+space)
• background apps

I would like to bave them back... any hint on what I can be missing ?

# change the accent color in GDM
# this works in Fedora, not sure about other distros
machinectl shell gdm@ $(type -P gsettings) set org.gnome.desktop.interface accent-color "ENTER_ACCENT_COLOR"

# add a bookmark to a location
echo "file:///ENTER/PATH/TO/DIRECTORY ENTER_NAME_HERE" >> $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

# add a bookmark to / now that Nautilus 47 hides it away
echo "file:/// /" >> $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

# disable automatic suspend after x time
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-type "nothing"

# set power button behavior to power off
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power power-button-action "interactive"

# disable hot corners
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-hot-corners false

# disable automatic workspaces
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter dynamic-workspaces false

# set number of workspaces
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces ENTER_NUMBER_OF_WORKSPACES

# set alt-tab to only show apps on current workspace
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true

# set accent color
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface accent-color "ENTER_ACCENT_COLOR"

# disable notifications on lock screen
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.notifications show-in-lock-screen false

# set mouse acceleration to flat (meaning no acceleration)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse accel-profile "flat"

# always show scrollbars in GTK apps
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface overlay-scrolling false

# turn screen off after x seconds
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay ENTER_SECONDS

# after screen turns off, lock after x seconds
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-delay ENTER_SECONDS

# disable recent files in nautilus
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.privacy remember-recent-files false

# set clock format to 24h, or to 12h
# second command to set value for older file picker
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-format "24h"
gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser clock-format "24h"

# show week day in top panel
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-weekday true

# set font anti-aliasing to greyscale
# some think it makes the text look softer, but removes the rainbowing when you look at text too closely
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-antialiasing "grayscale"

# set GTK theme
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "ENTER_THEME_NAME"

# disable middle click to paste
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-enable-primary-paste false

# show minimize and maximize buttons in titlebar
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ":minimize,maximize,close"

# center new windows
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter center-new-windows true

# make Gnome wait 25 seconds to show "app is not responding" message rather than 5 seconds
# useful for games and users with hard drives
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter check-alive-timeout 25000

# allow setting volume above 100%
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound allow-volume-above-100-percent true

# remove all folders from the app grid
gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.desktop.app-folders

# change nautilus grid view to be smaller by default
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view default-zoom-level "small-plus"

# show hidden files in Files
gsettings set org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.FileChooser show-hidden true

# list directories in Files first
gsettings set org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

# show option for tree view when in list mode in Files
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view use-tree-view true

# in Files, show right click option for creating a link to a file
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-create-link true

# in Files, show a right click option for permanently deleting a file
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-delete-permanently true

# for Ptyxis, follow system light/dark mode
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis interface-style "system"

# for Ptyxis, use | beam instead of block
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis cursor-shape "ibeam"

# for Ptyxis, change default size
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis restore-window-size false
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis default-columns ENTER_NUMBER
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis default-rows ENTER_NUMBER

# for Ptyxis, disable session restore
gsettings set org.gnome.Ptyxis restore-session false