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Comments on how to manipulate Gnome's "Top Bar"/"Activities Bar"/"Top Panel" using GDK

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how to manipulate Gnome's "Top Bar"/"Activities Bar"/"Top Panel" using GDK

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I am using Linux and Gnome. Using GDK, I would like to programmatically manipulate the Top Bar (i.e., the bar at the top of the screen with "Activities", the time, etc.). Here is a picture of it:

top bar

I have been unable to find any information online. I have also tried using wnck, but I don't think the Top Bar is accessible through wnck.

If it isn't possible with GDK, then is it possible with another library such as GTK or X11?

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"Manipulate" in what sense? (2 comments)
"Manipulate" in what sense?
Quasímodo‭ wrote almost 2 years ago

You say "programmatically manipulate". Does that mean that you would be willing to modify its source code directly, or do you mean writing some external program that would affect the state of the bar?, such as one with Appindicator, as r~~ mentions.

Trevor‭ wrote almost 2 years ago

Either way, I suppose. I was hoping there'd be an easy way to do it with an external program. But if that's not possible, then it would be interesting to learn how to do it by digging into the source code.