Extension for gnome-shell to lock the desktop via the gnome-shell panel

The lock function is using the xscreensaver-command and/or the gnome-screensaver-command command with the --lock parameter.

The extension was tested on the following gnome-shell versions.

• 3.18
• 3.22
• 3.24

The file CHANGELOG.md provides an overview of the major changes of this project; for a more detailed look at changes to the code, view individual commits.

• Copy [email protected] to $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
• Restart Gnome-Shell (ALT+F2 -> r)

• Navigate to extracted archive
• Run make install
• Restart Gnome-Shell (ALT+F2 -> r)

• Delete [email protected] from $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
• Restart Gnome-Shell (ALT+F2 -> r)

• Navigate to extracted archive
• Run make uninstall
• Restart Gnome-Shell (ALT+F2 -> r)

If your system has no configured screensaver the extension will most likely not work.

Try running either xscreensaver-command --lock and/or gnome-screensaver-command --lock from your terminal. If one of the above commands locks your desktop you should be fine.