Top Bar All Monitors

Top Bar All Monitors is a GNOME Shell extension that adds a real, functional top bar to every secondary monitor.

Install Top Bar All Monitors from GNOME Extensions

Features

• Native GNOME Shell panel on every non-primary monitor.
• Activities and Overview button.
• Clock and calendar menu.
• Quick Settings menu and current system status indicators.
• Reserved workspace area for maximized windows.
• Fullscreen-aware panel behaviour.
• Automatic monitor hot-plug support.
• Styling synchronized with the main GNOME Shell panel.
• Improved compatibility with themes and panel styling extensions.

Compatibility

• GNOME Shell 50
• Wayland

The extension does not import, detect, modify, or depend directly on any third-party extension.

Limitations

• Per-monitor panel layouts are not currently configurable.
• Panel elements cannot currently be enabled or disabled independently for each monitor.
• Extensions that explicitly add their indicators only to Main.panel may remain limited to the primary monitor.

Installation from git

git clone git@github.com:fa8i/topbar-all-monitors.git
cd topbar-all-monitors
./scripts/install-dev.sh

Then log out and log back in if GNOME Shell does not detect the extension.

Enable it with:

gnome-extensions enable topbar-all-monitors@fa8i.github.io

Package

./scripts/package.sh

The generated ZIP will be available in dist/.

Support

You can support the development of Top Bar All Monitors through Buy Me a Coffee.

License

GPL-3.0-or-later.