OpenSourceNotes / media-controls

A media indicator for the GNOME Shell.

What does this extension do?

Show controls and information of the currently playing media in the panel.

Features

• Customize how the extension looks
• Disable elements you don't want
• Invoke different actions in many ways through mouse actions
• Basic media controls (play/pause/next/prev)
• Other media controls (loop/shuffle)
• And more...

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Notes

• This is an unofficial fork to make the extension work on GNOME 42. Pull requests are welcome!

• Supports GNOME 3.36 (beta), 3.38, 40, 41 and 42.

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How to install

Since this is an unofficial fork, you'll have to install it from source.

• Download and extract the zip file in the releases tab.
• Move the extracted folder to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/.
• Restart GNOME Shell: On Xorg, press Alt+F2 and then type a single r and hit enter. On Wayland, log off and re-log in.
• Enable the extension in the Extensions app or type gnome-extensions enable [e-mail] in the terminal.