Does anyone know how I can disable the flashing of a program in the taskbar, whenever there's a change?

That's really annoying, especially when using Skype in the background and every time I get a new message it flashes in the taskbar and distracts me from getting work done.

Thanks

You can configure this in System Settings -> Desktop section -> Launch feedback.
It's a somewhat strange location to put the taskbar notification settings...

JontheEchinda wrote:You can configure this in System Settings -> Desktop section -> Launch feedback.
It's a somewhat strange location to put the taskbar notification settings...

Thanks, but I think that is something different and was disabled for my setup anyway.
I think this setting is only for startup of a program. What I'm looking for is that annoying flashing when the program is already running, but something gets triggered (e.g. a new message received), which leads the taskbar item to flash.

Stefan wrote:What I'm looking for is that annoying flashing when the program is already running, but something gets triggered (e.g. a new message received), which leads the taskbar item to flash.

Wow, this is totally strange. I fall into this topic while I was searching for the complete opposite behaviour. With my KDE4 setup, I have a VERY subtle flashing (something like pale grey over slightly darker grey) for only 1 or 2 seconds. Result : I miss the notification 100% of the time.

Where is this configuration setting??!

gogh wrote:With my KDE4 setup, I have a VERY subtle flashing (something like pale grey over slightly darker grey) for only 1 or 2 seconds. Result : I miss the notification 100% of the time.

That sounds like the default theme of KDE 4.1. Upgrade to 4.2 or change your theme to get nicer notifications.

Zarin wrote:That sounds like the default theme of KDE 4.1. Upgrade to 4.2 or change your theme to get nicer notifications.

Thanks for your answer. I did both, upgraded to 4.2 and downloaded a custom theme. Now colours are ok and notification is clear, but it solves half of my problem. Notification is still flashing for 1 or 2 seconds only. Is there a configuration somewhere for this? In KDE3 the notification was continuous until the user clicks on the window, I would like something like that.

Stefan wrote:Does anyone know how I can disable the flashing of a program in the taskbar, whenever there's a change?

That's really annoying, especially when using Skype in the background and every time I get a new message it flashes in the taskbar and distracts me from getting work done.

Thanks

Anyone?

Sorry, but it appears that the window items can no longer flash continously even on Trunk. Please file a feature request for Plasma.

I would like to raise this topic again, as no solution was proposed. I like flashing for Skype, but often other programs (usually Java) start flashing the taskbar out of the blue sky. I would like to disable flashing for those programs only. Is it possible?

You may be able to do this through KWin window rules.

How exactly? I looked through all sections there, but I don't see any appropriate option for that.

Hm, it seems that I misinterpreted the naming of some options in there... KWin scripting might be able to help here though.

KWin scripting might be able to help here though.

I don't see any events for that in KWin API. Am I missing something?

I suggest asking the KWin developers directly, as I don't know if scripting can do it.