Space Bar

GNOME Shell extension that replaces the 'Activities' button with an i3-like workspaces bar.

On GNOME Extension: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5090/space-bar/

Originally a fork of the extension Workspaces Bar by fthx, this extension grew into a more comprehensive set of features to support a workspace-based workflow.

Features

First class support for static and dynamic workspaces as well as multi-monitor setups
Add, remove, and rename workspaces
Rearrange workspaces via drag and drop
Automatically updates workspace names to reflect changes of workspaces
Automatically assign workspace names based on started applications
Keyboard shortcuts extend and refine system shortcuts
Scroll through workspaces by mouse wheel over the panel

Limitations

Adding workspaces by dragging a window in overview between existing workspaces is not recognized and will confuse workspace names

Build

The source code of this extension is written in TypeScript. The following command will build the extension and package it to a zip file.

./scripts/build.sh

Install

The following command will build the extension and install it locally.

./scripts/build.sh -i

Generate types

For development with TypeScript, you can get type support in IDEs like VSCode by building and installing type information for used libraries. Generating types is optional and not required for building the extension. (For that, we use a different configuration that stubs type information with dummy types.)

To generate types, run

npm install
npm run build:types