GNOME Shell extension · 45–48

Your lid moves.
Your desktop follows.

Close the lid a little. The live wallpaper and windows fold and blur with it. Open up, and everything comes back. Clicks still land on the real layout underneath.

Download extension Source on GitHub

Free · MIT · Ubuntu 24.04 · github.com/agayushh/lidfx

A GNOME desktop wallpaper folding as the lid closes
72°

Hardware first. Webcam only on laptops with no IMU. Never on a desktop tower.

Install

You do not need to clone the repository. Grab the GNOME extension zip, or a Debian package on Ubuntu. Source lives at github.com/agayushh/lidfx.

GNOME extension Download zip lidfx.shell-extension.zip · GNOME 45–48 · no sudo Ubuntu / Debian Download .deb gnome-shell-extension-lidfx_5_all.deb · includes the udev rule

  1. Install the file

    Extension zip — from the folder you saved it to, or with Extensions → Install from File…

    gnome-extensions install --force lidfx.shell-extension.zip

    Debian package — install from a terminal. Ubuntu App Center will warn that this is a third-party package; that is expected for any .deb that is not in the Ubuntu archive.

    sudo apt install ./gnome-shell-extension-lidfx_5_all.deb

  2. Turn it on

    On Wayland, log out once, then enable the extension:

    gnome-extensions enable lidfx@agayushh.github.io

    Open LidFx in the top bar, turn it on, then Set open position. Toggle with Ctrl Alt H.

From source: git clone https://github.com/agayushh/lidfx.git then make install. If a HID lid sensor exists but is not readable, copy 99-lidfx-lid.rules into /etc/udev/rules.d/ and replug — the .deb already does this. The panel and Ubuntu Dock stay put.