App Name Indicator

A GNOME Shell extension that shows the active app's name and icon on the left side of the top panel, like it used to.

Note

1. This extension does NOT restore the old, App Menu behavior. This extension simply adds the app's name and/or label, nothing else.
2. I am not a JavaScript, or GNOME Shell Extensions developer. I made this with chatGPT, since GNOME removed it on later versions. I will try my best to keep it up to date and fix issues, but don't expect much.

Installation

• Get it from the GNOME Extensions website: extensions.gnome.org
• Or install it manually:
  1. Change current working directory to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/: cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/devlocalhost/appnameindicator
  3. Activate the extension using Extensions app, or gnome-extensions command: gnome-extensions enable appnameindicator@dev64.xyz. A log-out might be required.