show top bar on deck

hosts/nixos/deck/home.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     ../../../modules/gnome.nix
   ];
 
+  # Always show GNOME top bar on Steam Deck
+  gnome-custom.alwaysShowTopBar = true;
+
   # Enable Ghostty terminal with OSC-52 clipboard support
   programs.ghostty-custom = {
     enable = true;

modules/gnome.nix

@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
+  cfg = config.gnome-custom;
   # Import gvariant helpers for dconf types
   mkTuple = lib.hm.gvariant.mkTuple;
   mkUint32 = lib.hm.gvariant.mkUint32;
 in
 
 {
+  options.gnome-custom = {
+    alwaysShowTopBar = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Always show the GNOME top bar (status bar). When false, uses Hide Top Bar extension to auto-hide it.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
   # GNOME configuration via dconf
   dconf.settings = {
     # Interface settings
@@ -42,8 +52,9 @@ in
     # GNOME Shell configuration
     "org/gnome/shell" = {
       disable-user-extensions = false;
-      enabled-extensions = [
-        "hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca"
+      enabled-extensions =
+        (lib.optionals (!cfg.alwaysShowTopBar) [ "hidetopbar@mathieu.bidon.ca" ])
+        ++ [
           "pano@elhan.io"
           "tiling-assistant@leleat-on-github"
           "rounded-window-corners@fxgn"
@@ -61,7 +72,7 @@ in
 
     # Hide Top Bar extension configuration
     # Always hide the top bar except in Activities Overview (Super key)
-    "org/gnome/shell/extensions/hidetopbar" = {
+    "org/gnome/shell/extensions/hidetopbar" = lib.mkIf (!cfg.alwaysShowTopBar) {
       enable-intellihide = false;
       enable-active-window = false;
       mouse-sensitive = false;
@@ -178,8 +189,9 @@ in
   };
 
   # GNOME Shell extensions and Qt theming packages
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    gnomeExtensions.hide-top-bar
+  home.packages = with pkgs;
+    (lib.optionals (!cfg.alwaysShowTopBar) [ gnomeExtensions.hide-top-bar ])
+    ++ [
       gnomeExtensions.pano
       gnomeExtensions.tiling-assistant
       gnomeExtensions.rounded-window-corners-reborn
@@ -331,4 +343,5 @@ in
       fi
     }
   '';
+  };
 }