How to decrease space between indicators in GNOME Shell?
As with some Gnome extensions, installing doesn't work if the extension says it does not support that version of Gnome - even if it does work. So to install it:
Download the extension from the extension homepage:
https://bitbucket.org/mathematicalcoffee/status-area-horizontal-spacing-gnome-shell-extension/downloads/gnome3.8_status-area-horizontal-spacing@mathematical.coffee.gmail.com.zip
Extract the
[email protected]
folder to~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/
Run
gedit ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
, and edit theshell-version
to include3.10
:"shell-version": [ "3.4", "3.6", "3.8", "3.10" ],
Enable the extension from Gnome Tweak Tool. This method works with quite alot of extensions, but does not always work. You may need to restart the shell with Alt+F2+
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You can also modify the theme to have a different spacing - this can be done by finding the theme's directory (e.g. /usr/share/themes/ZukitwoGreen/gnome-shell
, ~/.local/share/themes/ZukitwoGreen/gnome-shell
), and editing the gnome-shell.css
file to have a different hpadding
(you can use find and replace) - e.g. mine is:
-natural-hpadding: 4px;
-minimum-hpadding: 4px;
I think this is also available as a option under the 'Elegance colours' customizable theme.