An extension that should be a default on every Gnome desktop.

I don’t know about you, but I want as much screen real estate as possible when working, especially on a laptop or a single monitor setup. But the default configuration of Gnome desktop does not seem to agree with this.

Why is that top bar so empty? Why is the dock so thick? also completely unrelated but why the f are there no minimize and maximize buttons on windows by default? Maybe it's an attempt to imitate a popular operating system’s UI. Whatever the reason is this really bothered me, and in my search for a solution I found one in the form of a gnome extension. Introducing,

Dash To Panel

“This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+.”

Sounds like heaven to me. And the difference is day and night. You no longer have two different bars on both sides of your monitor you only have one on whichever side you choose.

You can even make it thinner to save even more space.

Look at all that freedom! Also, the amount of customizability this extension gives you is amazing. This is my current configuration.

Here’s a link to the extension. Enjoy ✌🏽