As outlined earlier, in order to turn the Extensions app into a properly
sandboxed application, we need to split out the extension prefs dialog
and move it elsewhere.
With "elsewhere" being the new Extensions D-Bus service, effectively
turning it into a shell extensions portal.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1106
We are jumping through quite some hoops to support showing only the
preference dialog when given a UUID on the command line.
As gnome-shell is about to stop calling out to us for the prefs dialog,
the reason for supporting this is going away, so remove all the special
handling.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1106
The dialog that contains the extension's preference widget has become
fairly complex over time, mostly due to the error handling.
It therefore makes sense to move it to a template, just like we did
for the main application window and extension rows.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1106
We only show the list of system- and user extensions if corresponding
extensions are installed, however we only update the visibility
after loading the initial list of extensions.
As it's possible for the first user extension to be installed while the
app is open or the last one to be removed, we should also update the
list visibility after extension state changes.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1088
I misremembered that imports.package.start() would set up the correct
gettext domain, but the module only provides a convenience method
for doing that.
Use it to bring back translations in the Extensions app, whoops.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1108
Now that the org.gnome.Shell.Extensions interface exposes the
disable-user-extensions setting on D-Bus, we can use that instead
of the shell's GSettings.
In a future where we distribute the app separately as flatpak, this
will require one less hole in the sandbox.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1081
Using the "regular" loadInterfaceXML() helper means less code duplication,
but it also ties us to the resource used by gnome-shell.
In order to untangle the extension app from core gnome-shell, change that
to load the interface from the existing data resource instead. While that
does involve reimplementing loadInterfaceXML(), it's not too bad actually
with the resource-loading code stripped (as the data resource is already
loaded by the package module).
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1081
We want to make the extensions app code more self-contained to make it
easier to build separately, and ultimately make it available on flathub.
One complication we are facing is that it is currently all over the source
tree:
- js/extensionPrefs for the main code
- src for the launcher process
- data for .desktop file and icons
Switching from a C launcher to the imports.package module allows us to
consolidate the first two, and will also take care of the annoying
setup bits (defining JS search path, extending GI lookup, loading
resources).
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1081
xgettext gained some support for template strings, and no longer
fails when encountering '/' somewhere between backticks.
Unfortunately its support is still buggy as hell, and it is now
silently dropping translatable strings, yay. I hate making the
code worse, but until xgettext really gets its shit together,
the only viable way forward seems to be to not use template
strings in any files listed in POTFILES.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1014
While gnome-shell will now check for extension updates, the checks
are performed infrequently. Opening the Extensions app implies that
the user's current focus is on extensions, so it is an appropriate
time to schedule another updates check.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
Now that we have support for extension updates in the shell, we
need some place to display the updates to the user.
As we are establishing the Extensions app as the primary way for
managing extensions, it's a natural place for that functionality.
Show which extensions have updates available, and offer a log out
button (so gnome-shell can apply the updates when logging back in).
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
Until now, it didn't matter whether an extension was installed in the
user's home or system-wide. However with support for uninstallation,
there is now a significant different, as that action is only available
for user extensions.
Account for that by separating extensions by type, so that users don't
have to second-guess which extensions can be fully-managed and which
appear as part of the system.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
The newly added expander gives us a place where we can display
more details without cluttering the interface.
Take advantage of that by including the extension website, version
and author.
(Author is in the mockups, but will not actually be shown until
the extensions website is changed to include it in its metadata;
however best to have UI and string in place for the freezes)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
The description can be useful information, but also increases the
visual complexity of the extensions list. Move it into a hidden
details area that can be expanded, which unclutters the interface
while keeping the information readily available.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
The current fixed two-line label requires a custom widget, which
make moving to a widget template harder.
As the description will soon move elsewhere anyway, just go back
to a single line with a standard label for now.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
Extensions can have a major impact on stability and performance. Now that
the tool will become the main way for users to manage their extensions, it
is an appropriate place to warn the user of that risk.
Add a small info popover to the headerbar to display that warning, together
with the previously removed hint of where to go for finding new extensions.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
Currently when the extensions list is scrolled, it is possible to
keynav out of view, as the scrolling doesn't follow the key focus.
Hook up the adjustment to fix that.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
Currently the main window is a plain Gtk.ApplicationWindow that is
built and managed from within the application.
As the application becomes more complex, it makes sense to decouple
the two and handle the window from a separate ExtensionsWindow class.
Not least this is a prerequisite of using a widget template for the
window.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
GNOME Software will remove its extension support, so we should stop
referencing it in addition to extensions.gnome.org.
In fact, the placeholder is not the best place to hint at where new
extensions can be found, as the user will never see it in case the
distribution includes pre-installed extensions.
So remove the hint altogether, we will add it back in a more prominent
place later.
With the whole placeholder now being much lighter, we can stop dimming
the remaining elements.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1968
We have three interactions with an extension's prefs module:
- we import the module
- we call its init() hook
- we call its buildPrefsWidget() hook
The first two are one-time actions where we expect most getCurrentExtension()
calls (local imports, initTranslations() etc.).
However it's still possible that the extension will use the utility function
in buildPrefsWidget() as well, either directly or via other functions like
getSettings(): Make sure getCurrentExtension() returns the correct extension
in that case, not the last one whose preferences were initialized.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/873
Since ES5, trailing commas in arrays and object literals are valid.
We generally haven't used them so far, but they are actually a good
idea, as they make additions and removals in diffs much cleaner.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/805
ES6 allows to omit property names where they match the name of the
assigned variable, which makes code less redunant and thus cleaner.
We will soon enforce that in our eslint rules, so make sure we use
the shorthand wherever possible.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/805
Xgettext learned about template strings now, which is good. However
it's still buggy, so instead of the "classic" xgettext issue with
backticks, we now have exciting new issues to find work-arounds for.
One issue is that it doesn't detect backticks inside string constants
as regular characters, so having an odd number of backticks throws off
its regex.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/792
