Is it possible to set the order in which extensions/indicators appear in the top panel in gnome 3 as they seem to change position every time I login and I want to set a specific order.
Gnome Panel – Set Order of Extensions and Indicators in Gnome 3
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Best Answer
TL;DR The way is a little bit tricky:
You can reload and so influence the order the extensions.
Use this command and replace
<Extension_UUID>
with theUUID
of the extension, don't use theID
:But I have found that sometimes the extension must be reloaded twice to achieve an effect.
Example:
My system wide extensions:
My per user extensions:
The extension ID should be the folder name, eg.
drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
.To be sure, I would pick up the
UUID
from the metadata file:Therefore this is the command to reload the extension
The UUID can be determined reliably with the following commands:
Install a JSON parser:
Determine the UUID with:
Example:
Or all in one:
An other great solution is this answer.