evert I'm using Solus Gnome 3.32 edition (this won't apply to Budgie fyi), and I have Gnome Tweaks app installed so I can use Gnome Extensions to alter my Gnome Shell experience. The extension to change the top left from the default which was "Activities" into an icon instead was with the help of this extension located here: Activities Configurator Extension

The extension website comes in handy if you ever need to tweak the desktop. If you change the icon and it doesn't show up, you might have to restart the shell for it to show. Just hit Alt+F2 and then type the letter "r" and hit enter. It's a command to simply reload the desktop, you won't lose any work or anything like that, it's just a quick workaround instead of restarting or logging out and back in to get it to load. Good luck and hope that helps some!

      Monsieur_Caillou Would you mind sharing your configs or how to set this up. I've been tempted by i3 many times and this is just another one of those.

      Also what apps are they and how do you move the floating windows? With mouse or keyboard shortcut?

          Justin Sure, but i don't have dot files on git or anything...is it ok to paste it here? It isn't too long.

              Justin Would you mind sharing your configs or how to set this up

              Sure, it depends on what you want to setup by the way... i3 itself is as easy as a eopkg it i3, but it needs more tools to have common desktop goodies. Of course I'll share my i3 config if you need...

              Here are the programs I use with i3 WM:

              • Rofi as launcher (see first screenshot)
              • Compton for decorations
              • Dunst for notifications (see first screenshot in this post)
              • Nitrogen for wallpaper
              • i3-status for the discrete status bar (bottom right on desktop)
              • Glava for audio visualisation
              • A bunch of terminal tools (ranger...) and home made scripts 🙂

              Justin Also what apps are they

              Common gtk apps like gedit and nautilus with csd buttons disabled to suit i3 visualy (see screenshots in this post), striped firefox as webbrowser since I do all searches and launch website from the terminal (see second screenshot in this post). The bookmarking website in my previous post is home made webapp, the google window is also firefox.

              Justin How do you move the floating windows? With mouse or keyboard shortcut?

              Both by the way, it's your choice in i3, pure keyboard or keybord+mouse, in my case I move window by pressing Super key and dragging it. Gtk+3 apps with headerbar like nautilus can be moved regulary in floating mode.

              i3 is not in tiling mode on the screenshots because I use floating mode by default and individualy tile apps when I need, for writing or coding...

              Here is a screen to demonstrate simple tiling session with firefox and gedit:

              Also the gtk theme is my own (a work in progress...), made to suit my minimalistic-psycho-mind 😮

              Feel free to ask for any config, script or advice... (I wrote useful script for managing brghtness, volume, touchpad... for i3)
              And have fun 😃