A big update to the popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out today with new features, bug fixes, and support for the soon-to-be-released GNOME 49 desktop environment series.
Dash to Panel is probably the most used GNOME Shell extension, offering a unified, single desktop panel that’s fully customizable. The latest release, version 69, introduces support for the GNOME 49 desktop environment, and this alone is big news for those of you who plan on upgrading your GNOME desktops this September.
Apart from GNOME 49 support, the new Dash to Panel release also introduces a bunch of new features, including reveal delay, hide from window on monitor, and disable cursor reveal options to intellihide, system-wide installation support, as well as panel border styling.
In addition, it introduces an ungrouped icon context action to quit all windows on the taskbar, support for dynamically displaying window preview workspace numbers, and the ability to sync the alt-tab menu with the workspace isolation setting.
The new Dash to Panel also fixes some issues affecting previous releases, including an issue with the Super+V and Super+S shortcuts not working with a hidden panel and an issue with the intellihide dynamic size panel blocking inputs.
Also fixed are issues with single-panel monitor isolation, window preview scrolling, vertical time separator, window minimize animation on unlock, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 activities button, and changing of the primary monitor when it’s unplugged.
Last but not least, the new Dash to Panel release drops support for the deprecated GTK4 FileChooser and adds sponsorship and a provenance note for Zorin OS. Check out the release notes on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the changes included in Dash to Panel v69.
