Notification icon when application wants attention

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Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Jeffrey » 24.11.2009 10:47:19

I love Dexpot, but it one thing I don't like. When an application wants attention you can automaticaly let Dexpot swith to it. But I like an extra icon that sais another desktop wants your attention and clicking on it, it wil bring up that desktop.

For example: I work on desktop 1 and on desktop 2 I have Live Messenger.
When someone opens a converstation with me I want to see an message from dexpot that an application on another dekstop wants your attention and when I click it goes to desktop 2.
(I have a rule that Live Messenger and all windows only shows in desktop 2)

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Re: REQUEST: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Sebastian » 25.11.2009 11:30:28

:dex:,

something near it (we don't know how it will look like yet) is scheduled for the next major release.
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Re: REQUEST: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Guest » 25.11.2009 16:59:09

Sebastian wrote:for the next major release.


so, there are 5 other years to wait L O L !!
:lol:

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Re: REQUEST: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Sebastian » 25.11.2009 17:59:40

:-|
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Re: REQUEST: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Jeffrey » 30.11.2009 12:36:51

Sebastian wrote::dex:,

something near it (we don't know how it will look like yet) is scheduled for the next major release.



Thanx,

Will wait for it.

Jeffrey

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Re: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby dunkem » 10.01.2014 14:15:09

Did this get implemented? It would be great if my IM app could let me know someone has spoken on another desktop (and save me from my girlfriends ire when she thinks I am ignoring her!).

Before coming across this thread I was thinking that perhaps Dexport could slide the Desktop Preview into view (assuming it is hidden) and highlight the desktop wanting attention in some way. If necessary, just having Dexpot do something - change the icon colour, pop up a balloon help, anything - would be useful.

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Re: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby Patrick » 10.01.2014 15:05:51

The Taskbar Pager plugin has this feature. Look for "Highlight flashing windows" in the plugin's settings.

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Re: Notification icon when application wants attention

Postby dunkem » 10.01.2014 15:53:46

Thanks for the pointer! At first glance that seemed to be not ideal since it took up all the free space in my tasktray, but then I found I coudl reduce the size of each desktop to 7 pixels so the whole thing is only slightly wider than a normal icon.

I would still like to ask for a less obtrusive (when nothing is happening) scheme, but this will do very nicely in the meantime :)


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