Quick Close in Overview

GNOME shell extension for quickly closing apps in the overview.

Features

• Middle click to close: Just hover over the app you want to close in the overview, and middle click. The mouse button that will trigger closing can be adjusted in the settings.
• Alt+F4 in the overview: When triggering the close action (typically Alt+F4), the keyboard-focused window will be closed. This can be turned off in the settings. The keybind can be changed in Gnome Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Close Window shortcut
• Adjustable rearrange delay: After closing an application, GNOME will wait a bit before rearranging the remaining windows. This extension allows configuring that delay.

Building

Make sure the gnome-extensions executable is available on your PATH (It is typically bundled with gnome-shell).

make pack will build a zip suitable for submission to EGO.

make install will install the extension for the current user.

make install-system will install the extension system-wide (By default, in /usr/local).

Packaging

# Explicitly build extension package (optional)
make pack

# Install system-wide (by default, PREFIX=/usr/local)
make install-system PREFIX="$pkgdir/usr"

For a successful build, ensure these binaries are present:

• gnome-extensions
• glib-compile-schemas
• unzip

Translations

If you're interested in contributing a translation, import the translation template under src/po/template.pot to your favourite po-editing software and create a *.po file under src/po.

To update existing translations after changing the code, run make po.

Debugging

• journalctl -f --user is your friend.
• For quick prototyping on wayland, use:
  • On Gnome >=49: make install && dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --devkit.
  • On Gnome <49: make install && dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --nested --wayland.
• Running dbus-run-session -- $SHELL and then make install && gnome-shell [..] inside the spawned shell can make for a much faster debugging cycle.
• make install, then Alt+F2, r and Enter allow for quick prototyping under X11.