A new GNOME Shell extension rethinks the app grid (aka the app picker, app drawer, launcher screen – what do you call it?) by making it scroll vertically

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A new GNOME Shell extension called Vertical App Grid restores vertical scrolling to the app grid, reversing the horizontal scrolling behavior introduced in GNOME 40. The extension allows users to navigate app pages up and down instead of left and right, with customizable icon sizes and spacing. While drag-and-drop reordering and app folders aren't currently supported, it's particularly useful for portrait monitors or vertically-stacked multi-monitor setups. The extension requires GNOME 49 and works on Ubuntu 25.10 or similar distributions.

Make GNOME App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to)

<p>gotta try this since i am a gnome user… ;-;</p>
