Gnome notes

Gnome 49 dropped X11 support in 2025-09 so sxhkd and xev will not work

Settings

Multitasking
Disable Hot Corner
Fixed Number of Workspaces: 3
Workspaces on all displays
Include apps from the current workspace only

Appearance
Style: Dark

Apps
Default Apps

Keyboard
Compose Key: Scroll Lock
Keyboard Shortcuts

Accessibility
On/Off Shapes
Large Text

System
Time Format: 24-hour
Clock and Calendar: Week Day, Date, Week Numbers
Secure Shell

Tweaks

Fonts
Antialiasing: Subpixel
Scaling Factor: 1.25

Keyboard
Meta map to Win
Capslock to Esc, Shift+Capslock to Capslock

Windows
Titlebar Buttons
Window Action Key: Alt

dconf backup

linux-desktop#dconf

dconf dump /org/gnome/ > org.gnome.dconf
dconf dump /org/gtk/ > org.gtk.dconf
dconf dump /org/cinnamon/ > org.cinnamon.dconf
dconf dump /org/nemo/ > org.nemo.dconf
dconf dump /org/guake/ > org.guake.dconf
dconf dump /org/gnome/Ptyxis/ > Ptyxis.conf

dconf load /org/gnome/ < org.gnome.dconf
dconf load /org/gtk/ < org.gtk.dconf
dconf load /org/cinnamon/ < org.cinnamon.dconf
dconf load /org/nemo/ < org.nemo.dconf
dconf load /org/guake/ < org.guake.dconf
dconf load /org/gnome/Ptyxis/ < Ptyxis.conf

/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/
/org/gnome/desktop/background/
/org/gnome/desktop/calendar/
/org/gnome/desktop/datetime/
# compose key, capslock remap
/org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/
# locate pointer, font
/org/gnome/desktop/interface/
# keybindings, window title bar, workspace
/org/gnome/desktop/wm/
# workspace, keybindings
/org/gnome/mutter/
/org/gnome/shell/app-switcher/
/org/gnome/shell/keybindings/
/org/gnome/shell/window-switcher/
/org/gtk/gtk4/settings/file-chooser/
/org/gtk/settings/file-chooser/

Solid Background Color

Ubuntu 20.04 change background to solid colour - Ask Ubuntu

gsettings list-keys org.gnome.desktop.background

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri none
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark none
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#000000'

# to restore
# or set un Tweaks' Appearance
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///usr/share/endeavouros/backgrounds/endeavouros-wallpaper.png'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark 'file:///usr/share/endeavouros/backgrounds/endeavouros-wallpaper.png'

Locate pointer

gnome - How to change keyboard shortcut of "Show location of pointer"? - Ask Ubuntu

Locate pointer is quite useful, but the default binding of Ctrl_L breaks focus of rename edit box
Change the key binding like so:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter locate-pointer-key Shift_R
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface locate-pointer true

Debugging

Projects/GnomeShell/Debugging – GNOME Wiki Archive

GNOME/Debugging - Funtoo /etc/gdm/custom.conf

gdm restart

Shell Extensions

GNOME Shell Extensions
GNOME Shell Extensions - Documentation

Install browser extension GNOME Shell integration and yay -Sy gnome-browser-connector

Installed Extensions

AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support - GNOME Shell Extensions
Clipboard Indicator - GNOME Shell Extensions
Dash to Panel - GNOME Shell Extensions panel that allow ungrouping of multi-windows
Removable Drive Menu - GNOME Shell Extensions
Tiling Shell - GNOME Shell Extensions alt-right click on window title, or alt+space
Grand Theft Focus - GNOME Shell Extensions focus ready windows