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The notification area is really usefull, but sometimes notification take a good part of the screen.
E.G: if i am reading an hardware review on firefox, the popup hide firefox window and i can't read text so, i have to wait or close the notification. Why not add an option to hide notification?
If you choose to hide notification, the i ( the icon from which "appear" all notification ) blink each time there is one new notification, so it won't disturb your work..

I seem to remember this a while back - where there would be a "work mode" where all notifications would not pop up on your screen depending on which activity you were in. Not yet implemented yet, of course and I don't see it in the 4.4 roadmap either, but then again that roadmap is incomplete and unreliable.

Moult wrote:I seem to remember this a while back - where there would be a "work mode" where all notifications would not pop up on your screen depending on which activity you were in. Not yet implemented yet, of course and I don't see it in the 4.4 roadmap either, but then again that roadmap is incomplete and unreliable.

So what approve it, or wait? I'd approve it, as I don't know that anything like that was proposed, and you said it's not in roadmap either. I'll wait a bit. Then I'll approve it.

We can make a patch..
I looked at the code, and i could find something about notification tray..
We can solve our problem like this:
1) Find the ui settings of the systray to add the option "work mode"
2) make this settings available to be saved or read
3) Find the function which get the dbus signal and call the function to open the popup
4) Block the calling of this function, so we won't see any notification!

I'll try to build trunk today, i hope to find something..however the main problem is finding the code which handle dbus signals =(. If anyone has knowledge of kde sources is welcome

Mar91 wrote:We can make a patch..I looked at the code, and i could find something about notification tray..We can solve our problem like this:1) Find the ui settings of the systray to add the option "work mode"2) make this settings available to be saved or read3) Find the function which get the dbus signal and call the function to open the popup4) Block the calling of this function, so we won't see any notification!I'll try to build trunk today, i hope to find something..however the main problem is finding the code which handle dbus signals =(. If anyone has knowledge of kde sources is welcome

hi!

is there any new information about that?
maybe this could help. this class catches the dbus signal:

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<br />kdebase-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/protocols/notifications/dbusnotificationprotocol.cpp<br />

i think this function gets called to create a new notification:

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<br />void DBusNotificationProtocol::dataUpdated(const QString &source, const Plasma::DataEngine::Data &data)<br />

does anybody know how can i get the "i" to blink?

Good news, i've done some changes and the busy status is working
http://rapidshare.com/files/344027746/s ... ar.gz.html

How to use it:
Download and extract
enter in the extracted dir.
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="my kde path" ..
sudo make install
kbuildsycoca4
kquitapp plasma-desktop
plasma-desktop
Now add the applet called:
System Tray

Right click on the " i " and select busy!, notification won't appear until you'll re-click on it

The code was taken from here:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.ph ... b1bf38d72e

Tested on 4.4, dunno if it's working on 4.3, i think no.

TODO:
Make the " i " blinking when you are in busy status.
Bettere looking:)
The changes are in Applet.cpp (from line 672 ):
SetBusyStatus();
CreateMenu();
contextualAction();

I need an help with the blinking " i ".
Thanks
If you want to help me please write me at : bebebe2 at virgilio dot it

1. There is a new notification system in development (for 4.5) where notifications don't tend to cover the whole screen and IMO looks much nicer. (Marco is making it)

2. The second thing that is under development are the activities (not plasmoid groups as they are now, but real KDE-wide) which will allow applications to adapt to the current activity.

For example, if you are in "Surfing" activity, you'll can all notifications to be shown, but when in "Work" activity, they will be switched off.

I think that kde 4.4 user will be glad to use the busy status, so we can continue our "development" and post it on kde-look

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against this patch or anything, I just wanted to let you know what is in the works

I am sorry , i was a bit angry before for homework :S Sorry
However, i've done some changes to the patch, now it has a better behavior in the context menu.
I am waiting to someone which can help me to make the " i " blinking.. I can't understand where is the " i " svg located =(

http://rapidshare.com/files/344423863/b ... ar.gz.html

Making the " i " blinking it's not an easy task, just because the code which load the " i " icon is in extendertask.cpp and it's one of the first thing that it's called when the applet start. It would complicate too much the code for my knowledge, but if someone is interested in more detail, please ask
How ever, the final one is here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/344976657/b ... ar.gz.html

Hi, I got an error while compiling this plasmoid:

lu@lu-laptop:~/bettere_systray/build$ make
Scanning dependencies of target plasma_applet_systemtrayAlt_automoc
Generating dbussystemtrayprotocol.moc
Generating dbusnotificationprotocol.moc
Generating fdotask.moc
Generating fdoprotocol.moc
Generating notification.moc
Generating notificationwidget.moc
Generating plasmoidtaskprotocol.moc
Generating dbusjobprotocol.moc
Generating manager.moc
Generating x11embeddelegate.moc
Generating jobwidget.moc
Generating job.moc
Generating dbussystemtraytask.moc
Generating plasmoidtask.moc
Generating x11embedpainter.moc
Generating extendertask.moc
Generating jobtotalswidget.moc
Generating taskarea.moc
Generating task.moc
Generating applet.moc
Generating x11embedcontainer.moc
Generating protocol.moc
Generating fdographicswidget.moc
Generating moc_fdonotification.cpp
Generating moc_dbusnotification.cpp
Generating moc_dbusjob.cpp
Generating moc_dbussystemtraywidget.cpp
Generating moc_fdoselectionmanager.cpp
[ 0%] Built target plasma_applet_systemtrayAlt_automoc
make[2]: *** Nessuna regola per creare l'obiettivo ??/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.StatusNotifierItem.xml??, necessario a ??statusnotifieritem_interface.cpp??. Arresto.
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/plasma_applet_systemtrayAlt.dir/all] Errore 2
make: *** [all] Errore 2

Are you running on kde 4.4 ? if not you must use it, i don't think it will run on 4.3

I'm ok kde 4.4 kubuntu karmic

I dunno, maybe you are missing some devel libs..look if you have workspace devel..etc
ask on #kde maybe:)