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Add Media Control & Remove Buttons from Ubuntu 22.10 System Menu

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For Ubuntu 22.10 and other Linux with GNOME 43, it’s now easy to add Media Control, Notifications, or Volume Mixer to the top-right corner system status menu (aka Quick Settings), or remove useless buttons.

It’s ‘Quick Settings Tweaker‘, an extension for the new GNOME desktop. With it, your system menu can be configured to look like:

New items can be enabled or disabled separately and moved to top or bottom. And, it removes the corresponding items from date & time menu, so it will look like:

No media control & notifications in date time menu

As well, it allows to remove any button from the system menu that you don’t use via ON/OFF toggles. Differently, turn on a toggle will remove the corresponding button, while turn it off to leave it unchanged.

Remove useless buttons from top-right sy
stem menu

Step 1: Install ‘Quick Settings Tweaker’

For Ubuntu 22.10, firstly search for and install ‘Extension Manager’ tool from Ubuntu Software.

Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu 22.04+

Then, search for and open the tool from ‘Activities’ overview screen.

Finally, use Extension Manager to search and install the extension under ‘Browse’ tab.

For other Linux with GNOME 43, go to extension website and install via on/off toggle.

Step 2: Configure Your Gnome System Menu

After installation, either switch back ‘Installed’ tab in Extension Manager, or install and use ‘Gnome Extensions’ app to open the configuration dialog.

And here are the screenshots of the ‘Quick Settings Tweaker’ configuration pages:




This Extension Enables More Useful Top Bar Buttons in Ubuntu 22.04

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For Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36/37 & other Linux with GNOME 42/43, there’s a new extension to enable more useful gadgets into top panel.

It’s “Aylur’s Widgets” extension that adds Dash, Workspace dots, Media playback control, Battery bar, Power menu in top-bar. All of them have ON/OFF switches, position option (left, center, right) as well as other settings.

Dash is a trigger to quickly access frequently used system settings, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Settings, Shutdown Menu, Favorite Apps, Playback Control, Social Media websites, and have a glance at time & date, battery status, CPU usage, core temperature.

The button has configurable text and icon, and allows to replace the “Activities” button. With it enabled, user may also press Super + D on keyboard to trigger the menu. In case you use the shortcut key to show/hide desktop, you may assign another shortcut via Dconf Editor.

It also displays round dots on panel indicates all available desktop workspaces, and allows to quickly switch between them by clicking a single click. As well, there are music playback control, customizable date time format, battery bar and power button for choice.

How to Install Aylur’s Widget Extension

NOTE: the extension so far supports GNOME 42/43, which means you need Ubuntu 22.04|22.10, Fedora 36/37, Manjaro or Arch Linux with GNOME.

For Ubuntu, first search for and install “Extension Manager” from Ubuntu Software.

Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu 22.04

Then, search for and open the tool from ‘Activities’ Overview:

When it opens, navigate to ‘Browse’ tab, search for and install the ‘Aylur’s Widget’ extension:

After installation, go back ‘Installed’ tab, and click on gear button to configure the extension:

For other Linux, go to the extension page below and use the ON/OFF switch to install it:

Aylur’s Widgets

And configure it using “Gnome Extensions” app which is available to install via GNOME Software or your system software manager.