Material Shell

A material tiling shell replacement for GNOME Shell to simplify your workflow and accelerate your productivity.

The project is based on my earlier work on Material Awesome. This GNOME Shell extension provides a performant, opinionated mouse/keyboard workflow and follows the Material Design guidelines.

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STATUS: BETA (expect bugs!)

REQUIRES: gnome-shell >=3.32.0

Installation

Clone the project to the gnome-shell extensions folder:

git clone https://github.com/PapyElGringo/material-shell.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/material-shell@papyelgringo

Reload GNOME Shell:

On X.org: Hit Alt+F2 and type the command r
On Wayland: Log out and back in

Open gnome-tweaks and activate the Material-shell extension OR enable it using

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e material-shell@papyelgringo

Arch Linux

You can choose to install using the Arch Linux User-Community Repository (AUR) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnome-shell-extension-material-shell-git/
Assuming you're using yay:

yay -S gnome-shell-extension-material-shell-git

Reload GNOME Shell:

On X.org: Hit Alt+F2 and type the command r
On Wayland: Log out and back in

Open gnome-tweaks and activate the Material-shell extension OR enable it using

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e material-shell@papyelgringo

Workflow Hotkeys

Some hotkeys might already be used by GNOME Shell - please check your keybindings first.

Desktop navigation

Super+W Navigate to the upper workspace/category.
Super+S Navigate to the lower workspace/category.
Super+A Focus the window at the left of the current window.
Super+D Focus the window at the right of the current window.

Window manipulation

Super+Q Kill the current window focused.
Super+[MouseDrag] Move window around.

Optional Configuration

Get Plata Theme as the GTK and shell theme
Get Tela Icon Theme as the icon theme

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