This extension allows paired Bluetooth devices to be connected and disconnected via the GNOME system menu, without need to enter the Settings app every time.
- bluez (on ubuntu:
sudo apt install bluez)
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1401/bluetooth-quick-connect/
git clone https://github.com/bjarosze/gnome-bluetooth-quick-connect
cd gnome-bluetooth-quick-connect
make
rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/bluetooth-quick-connect@bjarosze.gmail.com
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/bluetooth-quick-connect@bjarosze.gmail.com
cp -r * ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/bluetooth-quick-connect@bjarosze.gmail.com
This extensions calls bluetoothctl under the hood. If something does not work
you can try to execute bluetoothctl command in terminal and see what is wrong.
bluetoothctl -- paired-devicesbluetoothctl -- connect <mac address>bluetoothctl -- disconnect <mac address>bluetoothctl -- disconnect <mac> && bluetoothctl -- connect <mac>Not sure why, but sometimes bluetoothctl does not want to connect device after it was disconnected. Reinstalling bluez and rebooting system helped on my ubuntu.
$ sudo apt purge bluez gnome-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
$ sudo apt install bluez gnome-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-bluetooth