Port Extensions to GNOME Shell 50

Metadata

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There were no relevant changes to metadata.json in GNOME 50.

Extension

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There were no relevant changes to extension.js in GNOME 50.

Preferences

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There were no relevant changes to prefs.js in GNOME 50.

GNOME Shell

easeAsync()

GNOME Shell 50 adds a new easeAsync() function which is the async variant of ease(). When the transition is completed, the promise is resolved:

await actor.easeAsync({
    translation_y: 0,
    duration: 300,
    mode: Clutter.AnimationMode.EASE_OUT_QUAD,
});

For transition interruption, the promise is rejected, and you can catch the CANCELLED error.

If you want to ignore CANCELLED errors but otherwise log them via logError(), there is a new logErrorUnlessCancelled() helper function in misc/errorUtils.js.

Time Limits Manager and Parental Control

When the parental controls session limits are reached, GNOME Shell 50 shows a new widget instead of the unlock prompt.

gdm/authPrompt.js has a new ParentalControlsShield class for this widget. AuthPrompt._parentalControlsShield holds the instance after calling AuthPrompt.setAuthBlocked().

misc/timeLimitsManager.js holds the parentalControlsManager and calls the TimeLimitsManager._onSessionLimitsChanged() on session-limits-changed signal.

Also, you can use these properties from TimeLimitsManager to check whether the feature is enabled:

• parentalControlsSessionLimitsEnabled
• wellbeingDailyLimitEnabled

You can access the instance with Main.timeLimitsManager.

In parentalControlsManager.js, you can get the ParentalControlsManager instance by getDefault() function.

The ParentalControlsManager adds appFilterEnabled() and sessionLimitsEnabled() to check the status. Additionally, there is anyParentalControlsEnabled property to check whether any parental controls are supported and enabled for the current user.

Keyboard Manager

misc/keyboardManager.js removed releaseKeyboard() and holdKeyboard() since they don't have any input-method caller.

Input Indicator

OutputIndicator in ui/status/volume.js adds a new _updatePrivacyIndicator() method since the indicator no longer uses privacy-indicator style classname when the microphone is muted.

Calendar

There is a new org.gnome.desktop.calendar.week-start-day settings and ui/calendar.js adds a new _getWeekStartDay() function for that.

Restart

show-restart-message and restart signals aren't emitted in global.display anymore.

Also, RunDialog._restart() method has been removed form ui/runDialog.js since restart is only available on X11 and GNOME Shell 50 removed X11 support.

Slider

Slider in ui/slider.js added addMark() and clearMarks() helper methods.

gnome-extensions

The install command for gnome-extensions has added a print-uuid flag. With this flag, the extension UUID is printed on success.

gnome-shell-test-tool

gnome-shell-test-tool added the --extension option to install and enable an extension zip package before starting GNOME Shell:

gnome-shell-test-tool --extension extension-package.zip tests/testMyExtension.js

GJS

One-shot timeout and idle functions

To make the idle and timeouts introspectable, and make them clear that they are only called once, GLib added three new one-shot functions:

• GLib.idle_add_once()
• GLib.timeout_add_once()
• GLib.timeout_add_seconds_once()