{"slug": "dash-to-panel", "name": "Dash to Panel", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.454, "rising": -1.31, "first": "2025-11-25", "latest": "2026-07-13", "why": "It's a very configurable extension for gnome that can do all you described except double stacking", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It's a very configurable extension for gnome that can do all you described except double stacking", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "gnome.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Dash to Panel", "Dash-to-Panel"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 782416401, "item_id": 48901025, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901025", "by": "ray023", "date": "2026-07-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use dash to panel and a bunch of other Gnome extensions, no need for anything else either.", "excerpt": "He is not weirdly political, he has just more normal views, I know that is something hard to grasp for some tech bro. He is popular, because tech is overrun by woke weirdos, of course it finds an audience when someone has a bit of common sense that resonates with normal people. The wording may be me be best. Instead, he should just say \"no woke bullshit\". But obviously he gets only hate from the HN crowd. I like syst", "context": "", "use_case": "GNOME panel", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Lunduke Computer Operating System"}, {"id": 763922768, "item_id": 47745173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745173", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-04-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It takes me longer to login to PayPal than it takes to install Dash-to-Panel", "excerpt": "It takes me longer to login to PayPal than it takes to install Dash-to-Panel: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/ Maybe that's just what $10 worth of labor looks like in today's economy, though. Times are tough.", "context": "", "use_case": "GNOME taskbar", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: boringBar \u2013 a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS"}, {"id": 746803120, "item_id": 46675195, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46675195", "by": "amlib", "date": "2026-01-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's a very configurable extension for gnome that can do all you described except double stacking", "excerpt": "Take a look at dash to panel gnome extension: https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel It's a very configurable extension for gnome that can do all you described except double stacking.. I've uploaded a video demo and a config file that makes it kinda like what you want, again no double stacking: https://github.com/amlib/dash-to-panel-config/tree/main You can also configure it to keep open window buttons sep", "context": "", "use_case": "configurable GNOME taskbar", "switched_from": "", "story": "Prediction: Microsoft Is Going to Do the Funniest Thing Imaginable"}, {"id": 736765905, "item_id": 46047869, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46047869", "by": "luckys", "date": "2025-11-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I pretty much just add the extension 'dash to panel' and call it a day.", "excerpt": "I use Fedora Workstation. It's boring and less customizable than other distros out of the box, but I like it like that. I pretty much just add the extension 'dash to panel' and call it a day. Microsoft has their own plans for where they want to go with Windows and it certainly is not catering to their users. 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He is popular, because tech is overrun by woke weirdos, of course it finds an audience when someone has a bit of common sense that resonates with normal people. The wording may be me be best. Instead, he should just say \"no woke bullshit\". But obviously he gets only hate from the HN crowd. I like syst", "context": "", "use_case": "GNOME panel", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Lunduke Computer Operating System"}, {"id": 763922768, "item_id": 47745173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745173", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-04-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It takes me longer to login to PayPal than it takes to install Dash-to-Panel", "excerpt": "It takes me longer to login to PayPal than it takes to install Dash-to-Panel: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/ Maybe that's just what $10 worth of labor looks like in today's economy, though. 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I've uploaded a video demo and a config file that makes it kinda like what you want, again no double stacking: https://github.com/amlib/dash-to-panel-config/tree/main You can also configure it to keep open window buttons sep", "context": "", "use_case": "configurable GNOME taskbar", "switched_from": "", "story": "Prediction: Microsoft Is Going to Do the Funniest Thing Imaginable"}, {"id": 736765905, "item_id": 46047869, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46047869", "by": "luckys", "date": "2025-11-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I pretty much just add the extension 'dash to panel' and call it a day.", "excerpt": "I use Fedora Workstation. It's boring and less customizable than other distros out of the box, but I like it like that. I pretty much just add the extension 'dash to panel' and call it a day. Microsoft has their own plans for where they want to go with Windows and it certainly is not catering to their users. The same could be said from most big companies I guess -- all about lock-in, value extraction, planned obsoles", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows GUI \u2013 Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023)"}]}