gnome-shell-dark-theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_panel.scss

/* Top Bar */
// a.k.a. the panel

$privacy_indicator_color: if($variant == 'light', $orange_4, $red_3);
$recording_indicator_color: $red_3;

$transparent_panel_fg_color: $light_1;    // always white for transparent lock screens
$system_panel_fg_color: $system_fg_color; // always light for lockscreen, overview

$panel_height: 2.2em;
$panel_transition_duration: 250ms; // same as the overview transition duration

#panel {
  background-color: $panel_bg_color;
  font-weight: bold;
  height: $panel_height;
  @extend %numeric;
  transition-duration: $panel_transition_duration;

  // panel menus
  .panel-button {
    @include panel_button();
    -natural-hpadding: 6px;
    -minimum-hpadding: 4px;

    // status area icons
    .system-status-icon {
      icon-size: $scalable_icon_size;
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0 $base_margin;
    }

    // app menu icon
    .app-menu-icon {
      -st-icon-style: symbolic;
      // dimensions of the icon are hardcoded
    }

    // reduce margin between icons in combined menu
    .panel-status-menu-box,
    .panel-status-indicators-box {
      spacing: 0px;

      > .system-status-icon {
        padding: 0;
      }
    }

    &#panelActivities {
      -natural-hpadding: 10px;
      -minimum-hpadding: 8px;

      & StBoxLayout {
        padding: 0 $scaled_padding * 0.5; // use em padding to keep proportion
        spacing: 5px;
      }

      & .workspace-dot {
        border-radius: $forced_circular_radius;
        min-width: $scalable_icon_size * 0.5;
        min-height: $scalable_icon_size * 0.5;
        background-color: $panel_fg_color;
      }
    }

    // screen activity indicators
    &.screen-recording-indicator,
    &.screen-sharing-indicator {
      StBoxLayout {
        spacing: $scaled_padding;
      }

      StIcon {
        icon-size: $scalable_icon_size;

        &:first-child {
          margin-left: 3px;
        }
      }
    }

    &.screen-recording-indicator {
      @include panel_button($bg:$recording_indicator_color, $fg:$_base_color_light, $style: filled);
    }

    &.screen-sharing-indicator {
      @include panel_button($bg:$privacy_indicator_color, $fg:$_base_color_light, $style: filled);
    }

    // clock
    &.clock-display {
      // The clock display needs to have the background on .clock because
      // we want to exclude the do-not-disturb indicator from the background
      // see _drawing.scss for override details
      @include panel_button($highlighted_child: true, $child_class: '.clock');
      -natural-hpadding: 0px;
      -minimum-hpadding: 0px;
      padding-left: 0px;
      padding-right: 0px;

      .clock {
        // the highlighted child
      }

      .messages-indicator {
        icon-size: $scalable_icon_size;
      }
    }
  }

  // transparent panel on overview, lock & login screens
  &:overview,
  &.unlock-screen,
  &.login-screen {
    background-color: transparent;

    // unfortunate duplication to keep indicator style in these states
    .panel-button {
      &.screen-recording-indicator {
        @include panel_button($bg:$recording_indicator_color, $fg:$_base_color_light, $style: filled);
      }

      &.screen-sharing-indicator {
        @include panel_button($bg:$privacy_indicator_color, $fg:$_base_color_light, $style: filled);
      }
    }
  }

  // use transparent text styles for lock & login screen panels
  &.unlock-screen,
  &.login-screen {
    .panel-button {
      @include panel_button($fg:$transparent_panel_fg_color);

      // clock
      &.clock-display {
        @include panel_button($fg:$transparent_panel_fg_color, $highlighted_child: true, $child_class: '.clock');
      }
    }
  }

  // use system text styles for overview panel
  &:overview {
    .panel-button {
      @include panel_button($fg:$system_panel_fg_color);

      &#panelActivities .workspace-dot {
        background-color: $system_panel_fg_color;
      }

      // clock
      &.clock-display {
        @include panel_button($fg:$system_panel_fg_color, $highlighted_child: true, $child_class: '.clock');
      }
    }
  }

  .panel-status-indicators-box,
  .panel-status-menu-box {
    spacing: 2px;
  }

  // spacing between power icon and (optional) percentage label
  .power-status.panel-status-indicators-box {
    padding-left: 0px;
    spacing: 0;

    @if $laptop {
      margin-bottom: 2px;
    } @else {
      margin-left: 0px;
    }
  }

  // important privacy related indicators
  .privacy-indicator { color: $privacy_indicator_color; }
}

// App Menu
#appMenu {
  spacing: $scaled_padding;
  .label-shadow { color: transparent; }
}

#appMenu .panel-status-menu-box {
  padding: 0 $scaled_padding;
  spacing: $scaled_padding;
}


// Clock
.clock-display-box {
  spacing: 2px;
  .clock {
    padding-left: 8px;
    padding-right: 8px;
  }

  StIcon:last-child {
    margin-right: 3px;
  }
}