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GNOME Shell Testing

Logs

To begin watching logs, open a terminal with the following command:

journalctl -o cat -n 0 -f "$(which gnome-shell)" | grep -v warning

Checklists

Top Bar

  • Pop Shell extension icon is showing
  • Clicking on the clock shows the calendar
  • Notification pop-ups display under the clock
  • Notifications show in the notifications list
  • Notifications can be cleared
  • Do Not Disturb silences notifications
  • Super + V shows notifications list
  • Open Weather app; weather should now display under the calendar

Global/Main Menu (all the following should be showing)

  • Sound can be adjusted
  • Display Brightness can be adjusted
  • Wi-Fi (the following are working):
    • Select Network
    • Turn On/Off (icon changes with state)
    • Wi-Fi Settings
  • Connect to a wired connection
    • Wired Connected/Off is showing
    • Turn On/Off (icon changes with state)
  • Bluetooth
    • Turning off Bluetooth removes it from the menu
  • Power Menu
  • Machines with switchable graphics
    • Integrated Graphics
    • NVIDIA Graphics
    • Hybrid Graphics
    • Compute Graphics
  • All machines
    • Battery Life
    • Balanced
    • High Performance
  • Switchable graphics modes can be changed from the menu
  • Power modes can be changed from the menu
  • Settings
    • Launches GNOME Settings
  • Lock
    • Locks the desktop
  • Power Off / Log Out
  • All the following are working
    • Suspend
    • Restart
    • Power Off
    • Log Out

GNOME Shell Settings

  • Settings can be launched and settings can be changed
  • Settings > Desktop > Desktop Options
    • Super Key Action can be changed
    • Hot Corner for Workspaces works
    • Workspaces and Applications can be toggled on and off
    • Date & Time position can be moved to Center, Left, and Right
    • Window Controls - Minimize and Maximize can be toggled on and off

GNOME Shell Extensions

Dock settings (Settings > Desktop > Dock)

  • General Options
    • Enable/Disable Dock
    • Extend dock to the edges of the screen
    • Show Launcher, Workspaces, Applications Icons in Dock
  • Dock visibility can be changed
    • Dock shows and hides when set to Always Hide
    • Dock hides when a window is maximized when set to Intelligently Hide
  • Dock size can be changed
  • Dock position can be changed
  • Dock and Icon Alignment on the Screen can be changed

Workspaces settings (Settings > Desktop > Workspaces)

  • Switch between Dynamic and Fixed Workspaces
  • Change number of Fixed Workspaces
  • Change Multi-monitor Behavior (requires testing with external display)
  • Change placement of the Workspace Picker

Gestures

  • Four finger swipe up and down switches between workspaces
  • Four finger swipe left toggles workspace menu
  • Four finger swipe right toggles applications menu
  • Pinch-Zoom works for the following apps
    • Firefox
    • GNOME Terminal
    • GIMP and Glimpse
    • Nautilus
    • Image Viewer
    • Inkscape
  • Three finger swipe in any direction works to switch focus

Desktop Icons NG (DING)

  • Right-click -> Desktop Icons Settings opens settings
  • Show/hide the personal folder (home folder)
  • Show/hide the trash icon
  • Show/hide external drives
  • Change desktop icon size

AppIndicators

  • Launch an app that uses the notification tray (Mattermost, Slack, Psensor, Steam)
  • Open Extensions, toggle Ubuntu AppIndicators off and on (icons hide and show in Top Bar)

Reset GNOME Shell

  • Gnome Shell restarts with Alt + F2 type r and Enter

Change GNOME Shell settings from the terminal

  • Classic button layout
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'
  • Default button layout
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':appmenu,minimize,close'
  • Set time to 24-hour
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-format 24h
  • Set time to default 12-hour
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-format 12h
  • Show battery percentage
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true
  • Hide battery percentage
    • gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true

Pop Shell