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Search Light

A GNOME Shell 42+ Extension

"Buy Me A Coffee"

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First Release

This is a Gnome Shell extension that takes the apps search widget out of Overview. Like the macOS spotlight, or Alfred.

Notice

  • Gnome 46 port is ready for testing
  • Gnome 45 port is ready for testing
  • Gnome 44 and prior will be under g44 branch

Features

  • Popup search box
  • Colors, background, borders customization
  • Blurred background
  • Multi-monitor support

Installation

Manual Installation:

  • Clone this repo
$ git clone https://github.com/icedman/search-light
  • Use the Makefile to build and install
$ cd search-light
$ make

From Gnome Extensions Repository

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Keybinding

ctrl+cmd+space (change at the preference page)

Credits

Blur-My-Shell for background blurring code.