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Patched NotifyOSD With Close On Click And Other Customizations Available For Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/notifyosd-min.png"><img alt="Configurable notifyosd notifications Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/notifyosd-min_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The patched NotifyOSD maintained by Leolik has been updated recently to support Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Update: the PPA now supports Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) too.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using this package, Ubuntu users can <b>customize the NotifyOSD notifications bubbles color and size, position on the screen, close the notifications on click and tweak many other options</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's an old video in which you can see the patched NotifyOSD and the tool to configure it - NotifyOSDConfig -, in action:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1CAWU18JkjE" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CAWU18JkjE">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install the patched NotifyOSD and NotifyOSDConfig in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/notifyosd-configurable.png"><img alt="Configurable notifyosd notifications Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/notifyosd-configurable_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The instructions below aren't just for Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 - they work for Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10 as well.</b></div><br /><b>1.</b> Install the patched NotifyOSD for Ubuntu:<br /><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:leolik/leolik <br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade<br />sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin<br />pkill notify-osd</code></pre><br /><br /><b>2.</b> Install NotifyOSDConfig (a GUI to configure the patched NotifyOSD):<br /><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install notifyosdconfig</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now start NotifyOSDConfig and start tweaking the NotifyOSD notification bubbles.<br /><br />The close-on-click feature is not enabled by default, so if you want to use this, enable it from NotifyOSDConfig!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">NotifyOSDConfig doesn't come with settings for moving the notification bubbles, so you must do this manually, by using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.notify-osd gravity [number]</code></pre>where is [number] can be:<br /><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>1 - top-right corner<br />2 - middle-right<br />3 - bottom-right corner<br />4 - bottom-left corner<br />5 - middle-left<br />6 - top-left corner</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://launchpad.net/~leolik">Sukochev Roman (Leolik)</a> for maintaining the patched NotifyOSD.</i></div>

Patched NotifyOSD With Close On Click And Other Customizations Available For Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04

The patched NotifyOSD maintained by Leolik has been updated recently to support Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Update: the PPA now supports U...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91vL4LxbC7aDv6PcAcQdK5EcW33ORV-kZIQWrSDztTOd_BUnlOTAFzt-WlK41Ue2A0-9s_lpXJp7a3FjebGXO0XHuBhQYqrpMXgw1oICUaNNrFrX2o584vnVe0WflmKqBDwH7djmBcxQG/s1600/notification.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="notifyosd notification" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91vL4LxbC7aDv6PcAcQdK5EcW33ORV-kZIQWrSDztTOd_BUnlOTAFzt-WlK41Ue2A0-9s_lpXJp7a3FjebGXO0XHuBhQYqrpMXgw1oICUaNNrFrX2o584vnVe0WflmKqBDwH7djmBcxQG/s320/notification.png" title="notifyosd notification" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>By default, the Ubuntu NotifyOSD notification bubbles are displayed on only one monitor in multi-monitor setups, which might be useful in some situations, but it doesn't make sense in most cases.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, if you're working on something on one monitor and get a notification on the other one, you're almost never going to see it and... maybe it's an important notification and you don't want to miss it. So here's a quick tip on <b>how to set the NotifyOSD notifications to follow the mouse in multi-screen environments</b> so they show up on the display which contains the active window.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, if you don't have dconf-tools already, install it using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgsnV6VneVcgGBLTg0h2Wlh4Kc4pxYfHzvtml2snfYprnkwi1lcUU3yBZzDAQ_MSOdzlTdRV94aF6Bcj5bmr6K6T9f0LCuWov8XZUFpaFRa8ePKdXlDqRzQEUmZpaQ26dvcw8NJYIoYNy/s1600/dconf-notifyosd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dconf notifyosd" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgsnV6VneVcgGBLTg0h2Wlh4Kc4pxYfHzvtml2snfYprnkwi1lcUU3yBZzDAQ_MSOdzlTdRV94aF6Bcj5bmr6K6T9f0LCuWov8XZUFpaFRa8ePKdXlDqRzQEUmZpaQ26dvcw8NJYIoYNy/s320/dconf-notifyosd.png" title="dconf notifyosd" width="320" /></a></div><br />Then run dconf-editor, navigate to <b><i>apps > notifyosd</i></b> and change the "<b>multihead-mode</b>" value from "dont-focus-follow" to "<b>focus-follow</b>".<br /><br />That's it, the notification bubbles should now show up on the monitor you're currently working on (has the active window).</div><br /><br />

Get Ubuntu NotifyOSD Notifications To Show Up On Active Monitor In Multi-Screen Environments [Quick Tip]

By default, the Ubuntu NotifyOSD notification bubbles are displayed on only one monitor in multi-monitor setups, which might be useful in so...

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