tty2/horizontal-workspace-indicator

Gnome shell extension. Simple workspace indicator for horizontal layout.

With gnome 45 the gnome community get a new awesome builtin workspace switcher. This extension does not have any reason to exist.

Workspace indicator

Horizontal workspace indicator shows the amount of opened workspaces and highlights the current one using unicode characters. You can use it as an indicator only but widget is clickable. Left button click: move to left, right click: move right. Middle click calls overview.

Compatibility

This extension is written for Wayland.

How it looks like

Example with for opened workspaces where the second one is current:

Circle symbols:

○●○○

Line symbols:

ǀ┃ǀǀ

Screenshot with the same situation:

Three dots on the left side of the top bar.

Known issues

1. If your indicator looks different from one on screen shot, install DejaVu Sans or Ubuntu font.

2. There could be an error with the extension after update. The solution is to logout and login again.

horizontal-workspace-indicator's Issues

feature: click on icon to switch workspace?

Hi,
this looks like a promising extension. Thanks for developing it.
I might use it if I could use to also switch workspaces :) Just an idea...

[enhancement] Middle click action to open workspaces overview perspective

Goal: then we could get rid of the "Workspaces" button, using only this indicator as a replacement

P.S. I'm not allowed to put an actual Label so I've put it in the title

Center the widget

Hi,

Is it possible to center the widget. I think it would be nice to have it where the clock is now.
I know I can move the clock, but how do I place the workspace indicator to the center?

Really nice extension!

Off-centered circles

Hey!

I've installed this extension on gnome-shell 42.3 running Wayland.
"Inactive" circles seem to be pushed upwards while the "active" center stays at correct height.
Photo for showcase purposes:

I've double checked that the necessary fonts are indeed installed.

Any help would be appreciated as I really like the look of this on my desktop!
Thanks!

Different symbols?

Hi,

have you considered using different symbols?

const bullet = "⬤";
const circle = " ⦁ ";

yields:

Feature request : change workspace by scrolling mouse-wheel.

Add support to change workspace by scrolling mouse-wheel over the icons.

Scroll to change workspace

Thanks for the great extension :)
It would be great if the feature to just scroll on the widget to move through work-spaces can be added.

Incompatible with GNOME 43

Extension needs an update for GNOME 43 compatibility.

Show workspace number as an alternative to circles/lines icons

Request

• Show workspace number as an alternative to circles/lines icons
• New entries for the style options in the settings:
  • Circle and Numbers
  • Numbers

Examples

○ ○ ○ ❹ ○

❍ ❍ ❍ ❹ ❍

① ② ③ ❹ ⑤

⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ④ ⚫

⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ④ ⬤

❶ ❷ ❸ ④ ❺

Sample Code

function getWorkspaceChar(active, index) {
  ISACTIVE = [ '⓿', '❶', '❷', '❸', '❹', '❺', '❻', '❼', '❽', '❾', '❿', '⓫', '⓬', '⓭', '⓮', '⓯', '⓰', '⓱', '⓲', '⓲', '⓴'];
  INACTIVE = [ '⓪', '①', '②', '③', '④', '⑤', '⑥', '⑦', '⑧', '⑨', '⑩', '⑪', '⑫', '⑬', '⑭', '⑮', '⑯', '⑰', '⑱', '⑲', '⑳' ];
  windex = index < 1 || index > 20 ? NUMS[0] : NUMS[index];
  return active ? ISACTIVE[index] : INACTIVE[index];
}

Add GNOME 40 support

Metadata has 40.0 but I think it's just 40.

show workspace's name

so that this sole extension could easily replace https://github.com/ahmafi/gnome-activities-workspace-name

Does it possible that i can put indicator to the left position?

Hi, thanks for your wonderful extension.

It's really beautiful.

The two features that can make it more perfect for me are these:

• Changing the direction of the indicator.(for example i want to see indicator on the left side)
• Using middle scroll for browsing between workspace.