// My annotated and cut down js/ui/panel.js from gnome-shell/47.rc. // All annotations are what I guessed, interpreted and copied while reading the // code and comparing to other panel.js versions and might be wrong. They are // prefixed with "Annotation:" to indicate that they're my comments, not // comments that orginally existed. // Taken from: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/blob/47.rc/js/ui/panel.js // On: 2024-09-12 // License: This code is licensed under GPLv2. // Taken from: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/blob/47.rc/js/ui/sessionMode.js // On: 2023-09-12 // License: This code is licensed under GPLv2. // I'm using the word "item" to refer to the thing, which gets added to the top // (menu)bar / panel, where an item has a role/name and an indicator. // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import Clutter from 'gi://Clutter'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import GObject from 'gi://GObject'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import St from 'gi://St'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import * as CtrlAltTab from './ctrlAltTab.js'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import * as PopupMenu from './popupMenu.js'; import * as PanelMenu from './panelMenu.js'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import * as Main from './main.js'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. import {DateMenuButton} from './dateMenu.js'; import {ATIndicator} from './status/accessibility.js'; import {InputSourceIndicator} from './status/keyboard.js'; import {DwellClickIndicator} from './status/dwellClick.js'; import {ScreenRecordingIndicator, ScreenSharingIndicator} from './status/remoteAccess.js'; // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for this // Extension. // Of note (for PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS): // const AppMenuButton = [...] // const ActivitiesButton = [...] // const QuickSettings = [...] const PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS = { 'activities': ActivitiesButton, 'appMenu': AppMenuButton, 'quickSettings': QuickSettings, 'dateMenu': DateMenuButton, 'a11y': ATIndicator, 'keyboard': InputSourceIndicator, 'dwellClick': DwellClickIndicator, 'screenRecording': ScreenRecordingIndicator, 'screenSharing': ScreenSharingIndicator, }; export const Panel = GObject.registerClass( class Panel extends St.Widget { // Annotation: Initializes the top (menu)bar / panel. // Does relevant stuff like: // - Defining this._leftBox, this._centerBox and this._rightBox. // - Finally calling this._updatePanel(). // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _init() { super._init({ name: 'panel', reactive: true, }); this.set_offscreen_redirect(Clutter.OffscreenRedirect.ALWAYS); this._sessionStyle = null; this.statusArea = {}; this.menuManager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager(this); this._leftBox = new St.BoxLayout({name: 'panelLeft'}); this.add_child(this._leftBox); this._centerBox = new St.BoxLayout({name: 'panelCenter'}); this.add_child(this._centerBox); this._rightBox = new St.BoxLayout({name: 'panelRight'}); this.add_child(this._rightBox); this.connect('button-press-event', this._onButtonPress.bind(this)); this.connect('touch-event', this._onTouchEvent.bind(this)); Main.overview.connectObject('showing', () => this.add_style_pseudo_class('overview'), this); Main.overview.connectObject('hiding', () => this.remove_style_pseudo_class('overview'), this); Main.layoutManager.panelBox.add_child(this); Main.ctrlAltTabManager.addGroup(this, _('Top Bar'), 'shell-focus-top-bar-symbolic', {sortGroup: CtrlAltTab.SortGroup.TOP}); Main.sessionMode.connect('updated', this._updatePanel.bind(this)); global.display.connect('workareas-changed', () => this.queue_relayout()); this._updatePanel(); } // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for // this Extension. // Annotation: Gets called by this._init() to populate the top (menu)bar / // panel initially. // // It does the following relevant stuff: // - Calls this._hideIndicators() // - Calls this._updateBox() for this._leftBox, this._centerBox and // this._rightBox with panel.left, panel.center and panel.right to // populate the boxes with items defined in panel.left, panel.center and // panel.right. // // panel.left, panel.center and panel.right get set via the line let panel // = Main.sessionMode.panel, which uses the panel of Mains (js/ui/main.js) // instance of SessionMode (js/ui/sessionMode.js). // // And in js/ui/sessionMode.js (47.rc, 2024-09-12) you have different modes // with different panel configuration. For example the "user" mode with: // panel: { // left: ['activities'], // center: ['dateMenu'], // right: ['screenRecording', 'screenSharing', 'dwellClick', 'a11y', 'keyboard', 'quickSettings'], // } // // This way this function populates the top (menu)bar / panel with the // default stuff you see on a fresh Gnome. // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _updatePanel() { let panel = Main.sessionMode.panel; this._hideIndicators(); this._updateBox(panel.left, this._leftBox); this._updateBox(panel.center, this._centerBox); this._updateBox(panel.right, this._rightBox); if (panel.left.includes('dateMenu')) Main.messageTray.bannerAlignment = Clutter.ActorAlign.START; else if (panel.right.includes('dateMenu')) Main.messageTray.bannerAlignment = Clutter.ActorAlign.END; // Default to center if there is no dateMenu else Main.messageTray.bannerAlignment = Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER; if (this._sessionStyle) this.remove_style_class_name(this._sessionStyle); this._sessionStyle = Main.sessionMode.panelStyle; if (this._sessionStyle) this.add_style_class_name(this._sessionStyle); } // Annotation: This function hides all items, which are in the top (menu)bar // panel and in PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS. // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _hideIndicators() { for (let role in PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS) { let indicator = this.statusArea[role]; if (!indicator) continue; indicator.container.hide(); } } // Annotation: This function takes a role (of an item) and returns a // corresponding indicator, if either of two things are true: // - The indicator is already in this.statusArea. // Then it just returns the indicator by using this.statusArea. // - The role is in PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS. // Then it creates a new indicator, adds it to this.statusArea and returns // it. // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _ensureIndicator(role) { let indicator = this.statusArea[role]; if (!indicator) { let constructor = PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS[role]; if (!constructor) { // This icon is not implemented (this is a bug) return null; } indicator = new constructor(this); this.statusArea[role] = indicator; } return indicator; } // Annotation: This function takes a list of items (or rather their roles) // and adds the indicators of those items to a box (like this._leftBox) // using this._ensureIndicator() to get the indicator corresponding to the // given role. // So only items with roles this._ensureIndicator() knows, get added. // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _updateBox(elements, box) { let nChildren = box.get_n_children(); for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { let role = elements[i]; let indicator = this._ensureIndicator(role); if (indicator == null) continue; this._addToPanelBox(role, indicator, i + nChildren, box); } } // Annotation: This function adds the given item to the specified top // (menu)bar / panel box and connects to "destroy" and "menu-set" events. // // It takes the following arguments: // - role: The name of the item to add. // - indicator: The indicator of the item to add. // - position: Where in the box to add the item. // - box: The box to add the item to. // Can be one of the following: // - this._leftBox // - this._centerBox // - this._rightBox // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. _addToPanelBox(role, indicator, position, box) { let container = indicator.container; container.show(); let parent = container.get_parent(); if (parent) parent.remove_child(container); box.insert_child_at_index(container, position); this.statusArea[role] = indicator; let destroyId = indicator.connect('destroy', emitter => { delete this.statusArea[role]; emitter.disconnect(destroyId); }); indicator.connect('menu-set', this._onMenuSet.bind(this)); this._onMenuSet(indicator); } // Annotation: This function allows you to add an item to the top (menu)bar // / panel. // While per default it adds the item to the status area (the right box of // the top bar), you can specify the box and add the item to any of the // three boxes of the top bar. // To add an item to the top bar, you need to give its role and indicator. // // This function takes the following arguments: // - role: A name for the item to add. // - indicator: The indicator for the item to add (must be an instance of // PanelMenu.Button). // - position: Where in the box to add the item. // - box: The box to add the item to. // Can be one of the following: // - "left": referring to this._leftBox // - "center": referring to this._centerBox // - "right": referring to this._rightBox // These boxes are what you see in the top bar as the left, right and // center sections. // // Finally this function just calls this._addToPanelBox() for the actual // work, so it basically just makes sure the input to this._addToPanelBox() // is correct. // // Compared to panel_46.4_2024-09-11.js: Nothing changed. addToStatusArea(role, indicator, position, box) { if (this.statusArea[role]) throw new Error(`Extension point conflict: there is already a status indicator for role ${role}`); if (!(indicator instanceof PanelMenu.Button)) throw new TypeError('Status indicator must be an instance of PanelMenu.Button'); position ??= 0; let boxes = { left: this._leftBox, center: this._centerBox, right: this._rightBox, }; let boxContainer = boxes[box] || this._rightBox; this.statusArea[role] = indicator; this._addToPanelBox(role, indicator, position, boxContainer); return indicator; } // Of note: // _onMenuSet(indicator) { [...] } // Annotation: [...] Cut out bunch of stuff here, which isn't relevant for // this Extension. });