Can I use Gtk.ShortcutsShortcut in my extension

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Hi, for my shortcuts popup extension I would like to use ShortcutsShortcut and ShortcutsGroup and set them up programmatically. I this possible? I read somewhere I cannot use any GTK widgets in extension.js

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I suppose, a gnome-shell extension, do you mean?

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I read somewhere I cannot use any GTK widgets in extension.js

That is correct.

In order to be shown, a GTK widget must be inside a toplevel like GtkWindow, and you cannot show a GtkWindow from within the window manager / compositor.

You can either provide the GTK UI in the extension preferences, or you can write a small GTK program that your extension can launch.

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Thanks. I’ll go for the small GTK program that my extension can launch.

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