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A tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options.

A tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options.

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Install and switch gnome-shell themes
Switch gtk/icon/cursor themes
Switch window manager themes
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    The user-interface and titlebar fonts
    Icons in menus and buttons
    Behavior on laptop lid close
    Shell font size
    File manager desktop icons
    Titlebar click action
    Shell clock to show date
    Font hinting and antialiasing
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How to hide top bar in Ubuntu 18.04?

How can I hide top bar in Gnome 3.28 Ubuntu 18.04? How can the hide-top-bar extension be installed?
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Can I have 2x2 workspaces in GNOME 3?

I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 and found out there is no option to have 2 by 2 workspaces. I was able to configure 4 "static" workspaces using GNOME Tweak Tool, but I would like to have them in 2 rows by 2. Any ideas?
Juraj.Lorinc
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How do I set focus follows mouse in Ubuntu 17.10 and later with GNOME 3?

I found multiple answers on askUbuntu about this topic. But none of them suites to Ubuntu 17.10. So I need to ask again: How do I set focus follows mouse in Ubuntu 17.10?
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How to change "Global Dark Theme" on and off through Terminal?

I know how to set and display most themes, however I can find anything about how to turn the Global Dark Theme on and off through Terminal, I can only find the option in the gnome-tweak-tool. So is there not a way to turn it on and off through…
user364819
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How can I script the settings made by gnome-tweak-tool?

I like to be able to configure things from the command line, so that when I reinstall the OS I can just run a script and get my preferred configuration back. Since "upgrading" to Ubuntu 17.10, I found I had to use gnome-tweak-tool to get some…
st01
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How to install themes with GNOME tweak tool?

I have been using the default Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity for some time now and decided to start customizing it. I have already been able to make some changes with the gnome-tweak-tool. However, there are many themes that I get from gnome-look.org that…
nunos
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How do I open GNOME Tweak Tool from the terminal?

I'm trying the live CD as I am a new user. From the terminal, I have installed gnome tweak tool. After I had installed it, I wasn't able to find any icon to open the program. When I opened Ubuntu software center and searched for advanced settings, I…
ahmed
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Mouse is stuck in drag mode (hand icon). Cannot click anything other than the top bar. Restarting doesnt fix it!

My main account has an issue that it is constantly stuck in the drag mode (hand icon). Whenever I click anything other than the top menu it produces a hand icon and starts to drag it. I can even now click Conky widgets and drag them around the…
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How to make active window visually stand out more in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome 3

I would like to tweak my system so that the window under focus stands out more. The contrast in the title bar between active and inactive windows is quite hard to see. I hit this issue the most when I have a lot of terminals open across many 30"…
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Does Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa support the Compose-Key?

I tried everything I could find in the following links: How can I enable Compose key? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ComposeKey However, I still could not get the compose key working on my freshly installed…
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How do I backup all Gnome Tweaks configuration?

I am about to upgrate from 17.10 to 18.04 but I'm afraid to lose all my Gnome desktop preferences in the process (always been using Unity until 17.10). I made many changes through "Gnome Tweak tool" and I would like to backup all the current config…
R Pennese
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What are Mouse Acceleration profiles in the gnome-tweak-tool?

I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and I could have sworn that in previous GNOME versions that the Mouse Acceleration profiles option wasn't there. So I am now rather intrigued into what they are and if they are only for the mouse or if they are also for the…
user364819
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Ubuntu 18.04 no tweak tool

I am trying to install myself the gnome tweak tool but it is never found! Thanks for any help :) Console: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package gnome-tweak-tool is not available, but…
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Ubuntu 18.04 missing 'Global Dark Theme' Option in GNOME Tweak Tool

My GNOME Ubuntu 16.04 had this option under the tweaks tool: Tweaks > Appearance > Global Dark Theme > On/Off My same setup on 18.04 is simply missing this option entirely. How do I get the on/off button back? There's not even this Global Dark Theme…
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GNOME Tweak Tool does not open anymore

I have used ubuntu 20.04 since the day it was published and everything worked nice, but recently (I did not notice exactly when) GNOME Tweak Tool cannot be launched. I tried to remove --purge and reinstalling it but it did not help. When I try…
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