vertical-workspaces VS blur-my-shell

You can try the V-Shell extension which offers a more flexible algorithm that can use all available space and also offers custom grid dimensions and icon sizes. Currently, I recommend installing the latest version from GitHub.

I happily used vanilla GNOME in the past for many years. Unfortunately they've been making some questionable changes recently, and now I need to use extensions to undo those changes... Essential extensions for me are Panel Corners, and either Vertical Overview or V-Shell.

Thanks for the feedback, could you (anyone) test the latest development version from the GitHub repository and let me know what you think? I've made some style changes to the search and app folder views, hopefully for the better...

While searching for a solution discovered the amazing V-Shell extension by GdH: https://github.com/G-dH/vertical-workspaces

My solution are "active folders" with up to 3x3 directly accessible icons without having to open the folder. Available in the V-Shell extension.

V-Shell extension has the option, ignoring all folders. But It also offers active folder previews with up to 9 icons and up to 256px size, that allows better app grouping with direct access to the first 4 or 9 apps from each folder (with adaptive dialog size). You can even open all apps from a folder at once by dragging the folder on the workspace thumbnail. Now the folders finally make sense even to me :)

If you want better control over the Shell UI, try my V-Shell extension, moving the title inside preview was the first thing I changed after switching to GNOME 40+.

Available on GitHub , the final version 24 will be available on e.g.o site soon.

V-Shell. The latest version in the repository allows you to customize the Shell whether you like horizontally or vertically stacked workspaces.

GNOME Extensions : quick-settings-tweaker, appindicator and KStatusNotifier, arcmenu, blur-my-shell, dash-to-panel, forge, gsconnect, just-perfection, show-desktop-button, space-bar, user-themes and vitals

You can install blur my shell extension to modify the look.

if you want blurred backgrounds, the extension blur my shell will work.

Why don't you just look at the source code? https://github.com/aunetx/blur-my-shell

Blur my Shell - Blurs the background in the overview.

dnf install gnome-browser-connector Firefox extension: {addons.mozilla.org} - Resource Monitor • Show system resources in the top bar - User Themes • Custom themes (may break some things) - Dash To Dock • turns the application launcher into a macos style dock - Blur My Shell • make the UI glassy

In my case, I'm using the Blur My Shell extension, so it basically takes whatever background image I have and places it in the overview with a blur effect (though you can also remove the blur completely and just use the extension to set your background as your overview background). By default it will blur a lot of things around your desktop, like the top bar, for instance— just disable anything you don't want; I personally only leave the Overview blur active.