Fails to Load - Ubuntu 20.10 (gnome 3.38)

[cytech]

🗣️ Foreword

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👻 Brief Description

Extension Fails to Load - Ubuntu 20.10 (gnome 3.38)
error when installing - LG shows "meta is null"
journal shows:
JS ERROR: Extension lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com: TypeError: meta is null
_createMenuItem@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:184:15
_createMenu/<@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:118:45
_createMenu@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:117:19
_refresh@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:293:10
_init@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:34:10
enable@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:326:12
_buildUi@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:83:5
_init@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:33:10
enable@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com/extension.js:326:12

🥞 Action version

Latest installed thru gnome extensions

🎩 workflow configuration

Ubuntu 20.10 - Gnome 3.38

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. install extension
2. fails with error

lwsm is installed and works fine through the command line.

🚓 Expected behavior

load extension

➕ Additional context

possible issue: quick look showed that ST.boxlayout was deprecated in gnome 3.36, removed in 3.38
EDITED: st.boxlayout child meta deprecated/removed

[johannesjo]

Thank you very much for reporting and digging into this! Currently I am pretty busy with other stuff, but I will try to look into it at some point. Meanwhile PRs are welcome.

[cytech]

edit extension.js and change line 80:

let topBox = new St.BoxLayout();
to
let topBox = new St.BoxLayout({ x_expand: true, y_expand: true, });

allows the extension to load.

i don't know what else this might effect (no clue about gnome extension programming...)
it runs and works, although the dialog looks a little strange.

[johannesjo]

Thank you! Ill try this out next week.

[johannesjo]

I uploaded a new version with the fix you provided. Might take some time until they review it. Thank you very much! Please let me know if the issue persists for some reason.

[cytech]

👍