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Made a place for official Places extension (picked from Simple Task Bar & modified to be able to change label to icon if Places is activated after BaBar). https://extensions.gnome.org/review/download/22147.shell-extension.zip @wooque

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Hi @wooque ,

Extension is now reviewed & published here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4000/babar/

I did not notice any bug nor log error/warning. Tell me if you find something, especially in GS 3.38. I feel that your patch for modal/ddown windows solved too some rare crashes I did experience.

What is missing IMHO:

• apps tooltips (name of the window, not only the app, in case of many terminals e.g.)
• drag'n'drop (that is not easy to do, at least I don't know how to do that)

The guidelines are:

• this extension should have a clear and reliable code
• this extension should keep it easy, no millions of settings or no settings at all
• this extension should still not impact GS power usage

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• removed left margin deleting for first workspace button to fit spacing when there are some all-workspaces windows buttons
• change workspace button clicking logical to better match what we can expect from a click (show overview)
• tooltips !

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v10 : tooltips at the right position

@wooque : would you find useful to get app's menu through right-click? I don't know if it's useful nowadays. The extension https://extensions.gnome.org/review/download/22177.shell-extension.zip (v. 10) seems to be quite ok. Do you have any comments or suggestions? Thanks again, I don't want to bother you, of course.

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Hi @fthx, I removed GNOME and switched to KDE Plasma for time being :)

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• v11 : compatibility with down arrows removal by other extension

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v13 : display a fallback window icon for apps windows that do not have one. Issue experienced running GeoGebra app, e.g. (as well in GS dash!).

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v14 : Not hiding modal dialogs allows to display the focused window in task bar.

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v16: Preferences UI.

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v17:

• add a desaturated tasks icons option
• remove tooltip after 2 seconds max, if not removed when leaving hover

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v18:

• solve issue with desaturation option

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v20:

• reduce padding option

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v21:

• avoid error when removing some (not all) options and turning off/on/off the extension

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v22:

• do not display a window icon for desktop-typed windows (desktop icons extension, e.g.)

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v23:

• change the size of the fallback app icon (gear by default) following the icon size setting

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v24:

• buttons to move the focused window to another workspace (+ option to hide them)
• options to hide dash & workspaces thumbnails from overview

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v25:

• I finally found this builtin function to get the focused windows, that I used in the past... So code cleanup.

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v26:

• refine tooltip hiding

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v27:

• new right and middle clicks actions on app icons: move window to workspace, close task

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v28:

• be sure that the tooltip is removed in some cases when moving/deleting windows

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v29:

• 1px padding in reduced mode, in any case (avoids one visual glitch)

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v30, 31, 32:

• set reduce padding setting value to true by default
• do not propose arrows for windows in all workspaces
• deal better with windows in all workspaces

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v34:

• display only NORMAL typed windows icons

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v35:

• new option to sort favorites first
• GS 40 compatibility :-))

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v36:

• destroy tooltip when disabling extension (@kenoh), avoiding to get a persistent tooltip on screen...

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v41:

• drag and drop

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v42:

• drag and drop favorites to workspaces

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v43:

• refactor Favorites menu code

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v44:

• drag and drop dash or app grid elements

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v45:

• windows previews with right-click