GNOME panel Aggregate (System) Menu arrow visibility

GNOME Aggregate Menu arrow commandline.md

With the help of gdbus, the dropdown arrow visibility can also be toggle from terminal:

• To hide:
  • gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.visible = false;'
    or
  • gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.hide();'
• To show:
  • gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.visible = true;'
    or
  • gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.show();'

Tested with Ubuntu 18.04.6. LTS and GNOME 3.28.2.

GNOME Aggregate Menu arrow.md

To toggle the dropdown arrow visibility, set the visible property to a respective value:

1. Open up Looking Glass with lg command: Alt + F2 → lg → Enter
2. Set the value:
   • To hide:
     Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.visible = false; → Enter
     or
     Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.hide(); → Enter
   • To show:
     Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.visible = true; → Enter
     or
     Main.panel.statusArea.aggregateMenu._arrow.show(); → Enter
3. Quit Looking Glass with Esc button.

Tested with GNOME 3.28.2.