Gnome3 configuration

**anelay1961** · 26-Apr-2011, 06:33

Just installed Gnome3 and wondered if anyone knows how to make the sidebar smaller. It's huge at the moment

**mdinon** · 26-Apr-2011, 06:39

When I last tried Gnome3 there was no way to manually change the side bar which I think is called the dash. If you add more apps to it though it scales and will shrink it's width. So the only way I know how to change the size is to add more apps to it.

**dragonbite** · 26-Apr-2011, 06:57

I've heard there is something called gnome-tweaks which is supposed to provide some customization like making the Dash auto-hide. I don't know if it changes this, nor whether it is available for openSUSE at this point.

**anelay1961** · 26-Apr-2011, 07:53

Originally Posted by mdinon

When I last tried Gnome3 there was no way to manually change the side bar which I think is called the dash. If you add more apps to it though it scales and will shrink it's width. So the only way I know how to change the size is to add more apps to it.

Ok that's worth knowing but seems there's a fair way to go before this is really useable

**anelay1961** · 26-Apr-2011, 07:54

Originally Posted by dragonbite

I've heard there is something called gnome-tweaks which is supposed to provide some customization like making the Dash auto-hide. I don't know if it changes this, nor whether it is available for openSUSE at this point.

Yep installed that but it's pretty basic at the moment

**malcolmlewis** · 26-Apr-2011, 08:26

Hi
You can go and manually configure the gnome-shell.css (make a backup copy first!!) file to customize, there is gnome-tweak-tool and gnome-shell-extensions. I'm currently working on this to get it acceptable for Factory and general release.

**dragonbite** · 26-Apr-2011, 08:53

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Hi
You can go and manually configure the gnome-shell.css (make a backup copy first!!) file to customize, there is gnome-tweak-tool and gnome-shell-extensions. I'm currently working on this to get it acceptable for Factory and general release.

Where is the gnome-shell.css file? And is there documentation on what it uses/looks for?

**malcolmlewis** · 26-Apr-2011, 09:06

Hi
If you've added a theme it would be in ~/.themes/<theme_name>/gnome-shell for the system it's down in /usr/share/gnome-shell

Using gsettings can configure some items as well.

Customizing the GNOME 3 Shell
GnomeShell/CheatSheet - GNOME Live!

**anelay1961** · 26-Apr-2011, 10:40

Talk about trial and error. well I edited the gnome-shell.css file and managed to reduce the size of the icons, but haven't found a way to reduce the side bar size yet

**anelay1961** · 26-Apr-2011, 14:16

OK some hours on, I still haven't found a way to configure screensavers. However, if you open alacarte from the terminal and then drag and drop some menu items into system settings - yast2 for example, they appear in the applications menu. Still haven't found a way to configure themes though.