Spotify Controls

Spotify Controls is a GNOME 45+ Shell extension that integrates Spotify playback controls directly into your GNOME top bar. With this extension, you can effortlessly manage your Spotify music without leaving your workflow. It displays the Spotify logo, current artist, track title, and provides intuitive play/pause, next, and previous buttons.

Features

• Real-Time Track Information: Displays the current artist and track title being played on Spotify.
• Playback Controls: Includes play/pause, next, and previous buttons for seamless music management.
• Dynamic Visibility: The indicator appears in the top bar only when Spotify is running.
• Customizable Position: Choose where the Spotify Controls appear in the top bar (e.g., far-left, center, far-right).
• Volume Control via Scroll Wheel: Adjust Spotify's volume by scrolling over the song title in the top bar.

Screenshots

The Spotify Controls indicator displaying current track information and playback buttons in the GNOME top bar.

Installation

Via extensions.gnome.org

1. Install GNOME Shell Integration:

   • For Firefox: Install the GNOME Shell Integration extension.
   • For Chrome/Chromium: Install the GNOME Shell Integration extension.

2. Install Native Connector:

   • Open your terminal and run:

     sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell

     Note: The package name may vary based on your Linux distribution.

3. Visit the Extension Page:

   • Navigate to the Spotify Controls Extension on extensions.gnome.org.

4. Toggle the Switch:

   • Click the toggle switch to install the extension. You may be prompted to confirm the installation.

Manually from GitHub

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Sonath21/spotify-controls.git
   

Patch notes extensions.gnome.org

Version 13, added support for:

• Bug fixed: Spotify opens even when pressing play/pause/next/previous [22] - submitted by r11b22

Version 12, added support for:

• Bug fixed: Handle Podcast metadata to show as Artist [18] - submitted by andrewburgess
• Gnome 49 compatibility

Version 10, added support for:

• Bug fixed: Spotify window bug when 'Close button should minimize the Spotify window' on the spotify client. [14]
• Added: Show/hide spotify icon option.
• Added: Show/hide Artist/Track info option.
• Added: Option to minimize the spotify client on second click (First click brings to foreground, second click minimizes), on the extension (in the top bar)
• Added: Middle-click on the extension, to play/pause current track option.

Version 9, added support for:

• Added "Volume Control via Scroll Wheel" feature - submitted by her0
• Minimise Spotify window if it's not minimized when clicking on the extension - submitted by AFCMS

Version 8, added support for:

• Added option to hide playback controls from the top bar
• Bug fix: the extension caused the distance between the default GNOME top bar icons to be bigger than normal.
• Bug fix: when opening spotify for the first time, sometimes the name of the artist and the song did not load correctly on fedora environments.

Version 5, added support for:

• Open spotify by pressing on the extension on the top bar
• Option to move the playback controls to the left

Contributors

• her0 Added: "Volume Control via Scroll Wheel" feature.
• AFCMS Added: Minimise Spotify window if it's not minimized when clicking on the extension.