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Replace the Rhythmbox large toolbar with a Client-Side Decorated or Compact toolbar which can be hidden. v0.12.2 Flattr This! PayPal Donate
Email foss.freedom@gmail.com
Website https://github.com/fossfreedom

Replace the current standard toolbar:

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with either a compact toolbar:

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or with the new Gnome-style client-side decoration:

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Features

  • Toggle compact or standard toolbar on or off
  • Volume Control can be switched on or off for all toolbars
  • Source Toolbars can be toggled (CTRL + T)
  • Seek forward (fast-forward) through a track (ALT + Right Arrow)
  • Seek backward through a track (ALT + Left Arrow)
  • Redesigned sidebar
  • Redesigned plugin window, about box and plugin preferences window
  • Repeat button can now switch between repeat tracks and repeat-one-song mode
  • Plugin translated completely into 14 languages and locales (12 more on the way)

The plugin preferences allows you to define which toolbars are used:

Plugin

Keyboard shortcuts

Key Action
CTRL + T Toggled source toolbar.
CTRL + F Toggle search bar.
CTRL + P Start/Stop current track.
CTRL + R Open repeat menu.
CTRL + K Toggle play queue.
CTRL + A/? Select all songs in playlist.
ALT + Right Arrow Seek forward (fast-forward) through a track.
ALT + Left Arrrow Seek backward through a track.

Install

Git

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/alternative-toolbar.git
cd alternative-toolbar
./install.sh

Then enable the plugin in the plugins window:

Enable plugin

If you need to enable the player controls & source menu, this can be done from the menu:

  • Menu ->
    • View ->
      • Show Play-Controls Toolbar
      • Show Source and Media Toolbars

Ubuntu PPA

If you are using Ubuntu you can install alternative-toolbar via a PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugins-alternative-toolbar

Arch AUR

If you are using Arch you can install alternative-toolbar via the rhythmbox-plugin-alternative-toolbar-git package

Uninstall

If installed via Git you need the original code to uninstall the plugin.

cd ~/Downloads/alternative-toolbar
./install.sh --uninstall

Contribute

Please help out with translating

We need you to help us translate the english text to your native language.

Don't worry - it is easier that you think. Just visit:

Remember to set your preferred language and then just submit your translation.

Credits

Thank you to:

  • me4oslav - design inspiration for the header-bar vision
  • our Translators: Launchpad Translation team
  • Julian Richen - revamped README

As well as:

  • sergioad - for the initial translation (spanish) used for testing translations
  • Thanks to the rhythmbox-seek project for the track-seeking code.
  • Thanks to the repeat-one-song project for the repeat-one-song code

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