Gnome Extension: Big Avatar

This simple extension adds your username and icon to your menu panel. It also allows you to launch an application or run a custom shell command.

• horizontal/vertical layout

• Launch an application/Run a shell command

• Compatible with Gnome 40 and later

Click here to install Big Avatar now!

Installation from Source

1. Download the zip and extract it, or clone the repository

2. Navigate to the folder

3. Get the UUID from metadata.json

   UUID=$(grep -E '^[ ]*"uuid":' ./metadata.json | \
   sed 's@^[ ]*"uuid":[ ]*"\(.\+\)",[ ]*@\1@')
   
   echo $UUID

4. Remove any previous version and install the extension

   rm -rfv $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/$UUID
   mkdir -v $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/$UUID
   cp -rv ./* $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/$UUID

5. Reload gnome-shell

   • Press ALT+F2, then enter r (not possible on Wayland)
   • or run killall gnome-shell (not possible on Wayland)
   • or log out, and re-login

6. Enable the extension

TODO List

• ✨ Implement custom sizes for user icon and name

• ✨ Add Gtk3 compatibility

• ✨ Implement custom command

Notes

• This project is a fork of db0x's extension.

• Huge thanks to @djinnalexio for his amazing contribution! He single handedly revived this extension!