Fildem

Global menu for Gnome

This project is a fork of gnomehud with the adition of a global menu bar. To install it you have to download this repo and install the extension copying/moving the [email protected] folder into ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. Then, you have to run the app with ./run.sh.

You can also bring a HUD menu with Alt + Space.

This is a prototype, as I don’t know if people will like or how much it will last until devs nuke it, so fell free to let me know your opinion.

installation

Ubuntu 20

You can install the modules with

sudo apt install libbamf3-dev bamfdaemon libkeybinder-3.0-dev appmenu-gtk2-module appmenu-gtk3-module unity-gtk-module-common

And install the python dependency:

pip3 install fuzzysearch

And then configure the following files:

• Create the file ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and append gtk-modules="appmenu-gtk-module"
• The file ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini should have the line gtk-modules="appmenu-gtk-module" under [Settings]. If it doesn’t exist create it and paste the following

[Settings]
gtk-modules="appmenu-gtk-module"

I got it to run on a vm, since Arch is so customizable I can’t guaranted it will work on all system, but the modules installed were

pacman -S bamf appmenu-gtk-module libkeybinder3 libdbusmenu-gtk2 libdbusmenu-gtk3 libdbusmenu-qt5

You also have to install fuzzysearch with pip (pip3 install fuzzysearch) and edit the files explained on the Ubuntu section.

Customization

Menu always visible

By default, the menu is visible when you hover the mouse on the panel. If you want the menu to be always visible, unselect “Show menu only when the mouse is over the panel” in the preferences of the extension.

AppMenu Button always visible

The AppMenu button shows the application name or window title (if you have some extension) in the panel. By default, the fildem extension hides that label when the menu is being shown. If you want it to be always visible, you can unselect “Hide App Menu label” in the preferences of the extension.

Reduce space between buttons

If the menu shown on the panel is shifted with relation to the one that appears, you can tweak the padding in the preferences window of the extension.

Remove space in between buttons

In some gnome themes, the buttons have a small spacing between them. This can make the buttons easy to miss and unfocusing our window if it’s not maximized. To fix this, add this somewhere on your gnome-shell.css theme:

#panel #panelLeft {
  spacing: 0px; }
#panel #panelLeft .panel-button {
  spacing: 0px; }

Running the program at startup

If you manage to make the program work and want to have it running automatically at startup you can add an entry to gnome-session-properties with the name of the program and the path to execute it.

Create a shortcut for the HUD on Wayland

Since it’s not possible to creat a shortcut from the app on Wayland, you have to create it yourself. Go to Settings → Keyboard Shorcuts and create a shortcut that executes inithud.sh.

State of the Apps

To see a list of apps that work check the wiki

Installation troubleshooting

If you have any question on to get it to work, please don’t create an issue, use this discussion.