Issue
Problem
I have one Ubuntu20 Desktop(Gnome
) and I want it to be fully black and ideal. As reference, I have taken one Ubuntu20 Server and Installed openbox
on it.
I hided the title bar of all the applications in OpenBox
by editing the configurations in /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
and added
<application class="*">
<decor>no</decor>
<maximized>false</maximized>
</application>
</applications>
So that it will hide the title-bar of all the applications. Also, I am able to achieve my demand. Image shown below as example.
I want to perform the same on Gnome Desktop as well, but I don't know which config file to be edited for the same.
Currently, my Gnome
Looks like this
Any help for the following is appreciated Thank you.
NOTE: I don't want to use only terminal, but will be using other applications like Firefox, chrome, VLC, etc. without title-bar
Solution
Well, after a few days of searching... I found the solution for my own question.
This might be not the correct way to solve it, but can be used to make things work.
- We need to make sure that Gnome works with Extention.
- We need to Install Unite Extention for that.
- Disable all the setting shown below in Unite Extention to get the desired output.
How to enable extensions
Install gnome-tweaks tool
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Then you can see your application on Show Application > Tweaks
Method 1 Use gnome-shell-extensions package [easiest and safest way]
Step 1 Install Gnome Shell Extention
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
You’ll have to reboot your system (or maybe just restart GNOME Shell by pressing <ALT>+F2
and type r
and Press Enter
, I don’t remember it at this point). After that, start GNOME Tweaks, and you’ll find a few extensions installed. You can just toggle the button to start using an installed extension.
Step 2 Install Unite Extention
wget https://github.com/hardpixel/unite-shell/releases/download/v64/unite-shell-v64.zip
For the latest release go to https://github.com/hardpixel/unite-shell/releases
And then Extract to extension folder of your home directory
uzip unite-shell-v64.zip -d ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
Then reboot or reload your Gnome shell by <ALT>+F2
then r
and Enter
Method 2: Install GNOME Shell extensions from a web browser
GNOME project has an entire website dedicated to extensions. That’s not it. You can find, install, and manage your extensions on this website itself. No need even for GNOME Tweaks tool.
Website : https://extensions.gnome.org/
Step 1: Install browser add-on
You can simply click on the suggested add-on link by your web browser. You can install them from the link below as well:
For Google Chrome, Chromium, and Vivaldi: Chrome web store.
For Firefox: Mozilla Addons.
For Opera: Opera Addons
Step 2: Install native connector
Just installing browser add-on won’t help you. You’ll still see an error like:
“Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected. Refer documentation for instructions about installing connector”
This is because you haven’t installed the host connector yet. To do that, use this command:
sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell
Don’t worry about the ‘chrome’ prefix in the package name. It has nothing to do with Chrome. You don’t have to install a separate package for Firefox or Opera here.
Now head over to https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1287/unite/ and Turn On the Extention.
Done It's Installed
Now go to extensions and open settings for Unite
and disable all settings like this
Now Close the settings and you are done!
Now Your decorators are hidden.
Answered By - Amogh Saxena - REXTER Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)