Material Shell

A simple, productivity oriented GNOME Shell replacement that provides an innovative and automated mouse and keyboard workflow which aims to be faster and easier to use and creates a great user experience.

Made by following the Material Design guidelines - a solid baseline that allows us to provide an aesthetically pleasing and highly accessible interface.

Read more about the workflow and Material Shell

Demo

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STATUS: BETA (expect bugs!)

REQUIRES: gnome-shell >=3.32.0

Installation

From source

1. Clone the project to the gnome-shell extensions folder:

git clone https://github.com/PapyElGringo/material-shell.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/material-shell@papyelgringo

2. Reload GNOME Shell:

• On X.org: Hit Alt+F2 and type the command r
• On Wayland: Log out and back in

3. Open gnome-tweaks and activate the Material Shell extension OR enable it using

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e material-shell@papyelgringo

Arch Linux

1. You can install Material Shell from the AUR.
   Assuming you're using yay:

yay -S gnome-shell-extension-material-shell-git

2. Reload GNOME Shell:

• On X.org: Hit Alt+F2 and type the command r
• On Wayland: Log out and back in

3. Open gnome-tweaks and activate the Material Shell extension OR enable it using

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e material-shell@papyelgringo

Other Distributions

• Fedora: sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-material-shell And more to come...

Workflow Hotkeys

Some hotkeys might already be used by GNOME Shell - please check your keybindings first.

Desktop navigation

• Super+W Navigate to the upper workspace/category.
• Super+S Navigate to the lower workspace/category.
• Super+A Focus the window at the left of the current window.
• Super+D Focus the window at the right of the current window.

Window manipulation

• Super+Q Kill the current window focused.
• Super+[MouseDrag] Move window around.
• Super+Shift+A Move the current window to the left.
• Super+Shift+D Move the current window to the right.
• Super+Shift+W Move the current window to the upper workspace.
• Super+Shift+S Move the current window to the lower workspace.

Extra Hotkeys

• Super+Space Cycle the tiling layout of the current workspace.
• Super+Escape Toggle the UI of Material-shell, like a Zen mode.

Recommended Additional Configuration

• GTK and GNOME Shell theme: Plata Theme
• Icon theme: Tela Icon Theme

The project is based on my earlier work on Material Awesome.