Peek Top Bar On Fullscreen (Gnome Extension)

This is a Gnome Shell Extension that enables the Gnome top bar (panel) to show up while you're playing full-screen content (like a YouTube video). Just hover the mouse cursor to the top of the screen, and the top bar will show up. This way, you can quickly check the time, or switch some toggles.

This is similar to what macOS offers for full-screen apps.

Preview

peek-topbar-on-fullscreen-preview.webm

Contributing

In case of problems, it's a good idea to open an Issue. If you know how to fix it, open a Pull Request!

Local Development

To run the extension locally "from sources":

git clone [email protected]:marcinjahn/gnome-peek-top-bar-on-fullscreen-extension.git
cd gnome-peek-top-bar-on-fullscreen-extension
npm i
npm run build
npm run linkdist

The last command will create a soft link at ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected], which allows you to enable the extension on your system (e.g., via Extensions Manager).

Anytime you change anything, rebuild the extension with npm run build, and restart the session:

• on Wayland, log out and log in (I know, it's painful),
• on X11, open "Run a Command" dialog (Alt + F2), type "r" and press Enter

Remarks

• this extension is incompatible with Blur My Shell extension.

Mentions

• OMG! Linux