# GNOME User Switcher

A GNOME Shell extension that adds a user switcher to the top bar.

## Features

- Shows the current username in the top bar.
- Opens a dropdown with all regular local users from `/etc/passwd`.
- Switches directly to the selected user if that user already has an active session (`loginctl activate`).
- Uses `dm-tool switch-to-user` when available.
- Falls back to the GNOME switch-user login screen.

## Install (recommended)

```bash
make install-shell
make enable
```

This path uses GNOME's extension installer and registers the extension in the running shell session.

## Install (manual copy)

```bash
make install
make enable
```

## Build For extensions.gnome.org

Create a release bundle with compiled translations:

```bash
make package-release
```

Validate release bundle contents:

```bash
make check-release
```

Upload file:

`dist/user-switcher@felixfoertsch.de.shell-extension.zip`

## Notes

- Direct switching to a user that is not logged in is display-manager dependent. On GDM, the reliable fallback is opening the login screen.