Shell Search compatibility for installed extension settings #313

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1. mjakeman commented on Nov 13, 2022

   

   mjakeman

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   I looked into this before and it was fairly easy to implement. The reason I never added it is unlike GNOME Software, which stores all app metadata locally, GNOME Extensions are stored on EGO and need to be queried.

   Practically this means every key stroke you ever enter in Shell Search would be sent to extensions.gnome.org, and (privacy concerns aside) would put unfair load on the GNOME Extensions server.

   I think the only way this could work is if the extensions repo were stored locally, which at this point seems unlikely I'm afraid.

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3. timo-mart commented on Apr 5, 2023

   

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   Could the search provider functionality be implemented for quickly opening settings of already installed extensions? This wouldn't put any load on external servers and would still be a useful feature, at least for me personally.
4. mjakeman commented on Apr 5, 2023

   

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   Could the search provider functionality be implemented for quickly opening settings of already installed extensions? This wouldn't put any load on external servers and would still be a useful feature, at least for me personally.

   Oh, that's a great idea. I like it.
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   added this to the 1.0 milestone on Apr 5, 2023
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   changed the title [-]Feature: Shell Search Compatibility[/-] [+]Shell Search compatibility for installed extension settings[/+] on Apr 5, 2023
8. KiKaraage commented on Jan 20, 2026

   

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   Hi, I wonder if this can still be pursued and added to Extension Manager?
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   closed this as completedin #961on Jul 3, 2026
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