Description

Hide applications from the "Gnome Shell" Overview. This works by changing the state of the NoDisplay option within the applications ".desktop" file, which will tell "Gnome Shell" not to show that application.

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Dependencies

• PyXDG => Python library to access freedesktop.org standards => https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg/
• PyGObject => Development files for the pygobject bindings => https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Using PIP

sudo pip install pyxdg PyGObject

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python3-xdg python3-gi

ArchLinux

sudo pacman -Sy python-xdg pygobject-devel

Install

First clone this repo and change into AppHide directory

git clone https://github.com/willforde/AppHide.git
cd AppHide

Install required Dependencies if not already installed

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Build the install scripts and install

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
sudo make install

Running "make install", installs the application in /usr/local/bin and installs the "apphide.desktop" file in /usr/local/share/applications

You can now run this application by typing Apphide in the Overview. Or by typing apphide on the command line.

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To uninstall, type:

sudo make uninstall

Command-line arguments

Usage

apphide [-h] [-s id | -i id | -t id] [-l] [-y | -n] [-o]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help          show this help message and exit
  -s id, --show id    UnHide the specified application
  -i id, --hide id    Hide the specified application
  -t id, --toggle id  Toggle the Hide/Show state for specified application

  -l, --list          List available applications
  -y, --hidden        Apply filter to only show hidden applications
  -n, --not-hidden    Apply filter to only show applications that are not hidden
  -o, --no-headers    Cleaner output for easier parsing

List applications

$apphide -l
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hidden | Name                     | Description                                 | AppID
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No     | AppHide                  | Hide applications from the gnome shell      | apphide
No     | Archive Manager          | Create and modify an archive                | org.gnome.fileroller
No     | Atom                     | A hackable text editor for the 21st Century | atom
Yes    | Avahi SSH Server Browser | Browse for Zeroconf-enabled SSH Servers     | bssh
Yes    | Avahi VNC Server Browser | Browse for Zeroconf-enabled VNC Servers     | bvnc
No     | Boxes                    | View and use virtual machines               | org.gnome.boxes
...

Hide application

$apphide -i org.gnome.boxes
Hiding application: Boxes

$apphide -l | grep Boxes
Yes    | Boxes                    | View and use virtual machines                | org.gnome.boxes