Gnome-Shell Keyboard Modifiers Status

A Gnome-Shell extension that shows keyboard modifiers status.

It is useful when accessibility feature - sticky keys is active.

Install

• From Gnome extensions site

  https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/975/keyboard-modifiers-status/

• Manually

  1. Extract it into a subfolder keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

      unzip keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher.zip -d ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher
     

  2. Restart gnome-shell, using Alt+F2 then r+Enter with Xorg or logout/login with Wayland.

  3. Enable it

      gnome-extensions enable keyboard_modifiers_status@sneetsher
     

Developer hints

Check HACKING.md file.

Extras

• Enable an extension for all users (machine-wide)

  See https://people.gnome.org/~pmkovar/system-admin-guide/extensions-enable.html