alexis-opolka/gnome-shell-extension-caffeine

Disable screensaver and auto suspend

gnome-shell-extension-caffeine

Enable / disable auto suspend with quick setting toggle.

Version

This extension supports GNOME Shell 3.4 -> 45

Branch	Version	Compatible GNOME version
master	50	GNOME 45
gnome-shell-43-44	49	GNOME 43 -> 44
gnome-shell-40-42	42	GNOME 40 -> 42
gnome-shell-3.36-3.38	37	GNOME 3.36 -> 3.38
gnome-shell-3.32-3.34	33	GNOME 3.32 -> 3.34
gnome-shell-3.10-3.30	-	GNOME 3.10 -> 3.30
gnome-shell-before-3.10	-	GNOME 3.4 -> 3.8

Installation From source

make build
make install

• Restart the shell
• Enable the extension

Screenshots & features

Scroll Indicator Icon

You can scroll on the indicator icon to enable / disable auto suspend:

• Scroll up -> Filled cup: Caffeine enabled
• Scroll down -> Empty cup: Caffeine disabled

Note: the option "Show status indicator" must be set on "always" (see below).

Notifications

Timer option

This option enable Caffeine for a given amount of time (similar to Caffeine in LineageOS).

Preferences

CLI

• Get current state:

  gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ get org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state

• Enable Caffeine:

  gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ set org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state true

• Disable Caffeine:

  gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/ set org.gnome.shell.extensions.caffeine toggle-state false

--schemadir — path to the extension schemas directory. It may be different on your system.