Busylight Toggle gnome-shell-extension

This is a small extension to allow control of busylight-enabled lights from Gnome Shell.

Much of the code was gleaned from the Tailscale Status extension

Dependencies

This requires the busylight module to be installed. You can find the installation instructions here

Installation

Download the [email protected] directory and move it to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. Enable the extension in Extensions or Extension Manager. You might have to log in and out for the extension to be loaded.

Enhancements

• Add custom colors
• Configuration panel
• Integrate more busylight commands
• Commands/instructions to install busylight
• Test on other versions of Gnome Shell (only tested on Gnome 43)

Nested Wayland Session for development

env GNOME_SHELL_SLOWDOWN_FACTOR=2 \ 
    MUTTER_DEBUG_DUMMY_MODE_SPECS=1024x768 \
    dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --nested \
                                    --wayland

References