A GNOME Shell extension that adds a power button to the top panel. Clicking it opens a full-screen menu — with a blurred background — for quickly powering off, restarting, suspending, locking, or logging out.
- One click, no sub-menu. A single power icon in the top panel opens a full-screen overlay directly — no nested menu to dig through.
- Five actions: Power Off, Restart, Suspend, Lock, and Log Out.
- Skips the extra confirmation dialog - still respecting real inhibitors (e.g. unsaved documents).
- Keyboard-friendly: arrow keys move focus between actions, Enter/Space activates the focused one, Escape closes the menu.
- Click anywhere outside the buttons to dismiss.
- Uses GNOME Shell's own translations so it follows your system language.
- GNOME Shell 48, 49, 50, tested on 51.beta
Install Power Menu via extensions.gnome.org
# Download or clone this repository.
git clone https://github.com/dodog/power-menu.git
# Copy to extensions directory
cp \-r power-menu/src ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/power-menu@dodog.github.io
# Log out and log in, then enable the extension:
gnome-extensions enable power-menu@dodog.github.ioClick the power icon in the top panel to open the menu. From there:
- Click an action, or use the arrow keys to move between actions and Enter/Space to activate the highlighted one.
- Press Escape or click anywhere outside the buttons to close the menu without doing anything.
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
metadata.json |
Extension metadata (UUID, name, supported versions). |
extension.js |
Entry point — enables/disables the panel indicator. |
powerMenuIndicator.js |
The panel button. |
powerMenuOverlay.js |
The full-screen menu: background, buttons, actions. |
stylesheet.css |
Styling for the overlay and buttons. |
Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please test any changes on a GNOME Shell before submitting.
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GPL-3.0 see LICENSE for details.