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Notification popups should have borders
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Priority:
Very Low
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfce4-notifyd
Component:
general

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Description Brian Mock 2009-10-29 14:05:25 CET
Created attachment 2644 
This file shows the two cases and describes what is desired.

It's a bit odd that the border only shows up when
you hover it. Perhaps there could be another setting for some type
of border that appears at all times. It would be very strange if your
Firefox window suddenly opened with no windeco, and this is equally
jarring.
Comment 1 Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail) 2009-10-29 21:44:05 CET
I don't really agree, but ultimately this is a matter of aesthetics.

I don't find undecorated windows "jarring" at all -- for transient notifications they make quite a lot of sense, and there's plenty of precedent for this.

I'd consider adding a style property for this, but it's not high on my prio list right now.
Comment 2 Brian Mock 2009-10-30 00:46:47 CET
Perhaps I should have been a little more clear why a lack of borders can be jarring. Take for example the following script:

    notify-send "This is" "A very, very, very, very, very long message"
    notify-send "Very" "Short"

These two notifications will stack, but because there is no border on them and they are different sizes they overlap without a border and it's hard to tell at a glance what text belongs to which -- and they disappear in a few seconds so you don't have much time to decipher this.

Thanks for considering the option.
Comment 3 Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail) 2009-10-30 02:09:04 CET
Well, the fact that they overlap isn't relevant -- they aren't supposed to overlap, but proper placement hasn't been implemented yet (but it's *almost* there).
Comment 4 John Doe 2012-06-02 17:56:52 CEST
Created attachment 4484 
patch to add borders to unhovered notifications.

Please add this option. Notifications without borders cannot be distinguished from windows with certain color themes. Also it wouldn't hurt to have this as an option since one could set any desired color. 

Here is an example patch that does the trick. The color of border is set to fg[NORMAL] for unhovered notifications.
Comment 5 John Doe 2012-06-02 18:43:30 CEST
Created attachment 4485 
patch to add borders to unhovered notifications.

More accurate patch with separate option named `default-border-color` and fallback to it if `border-color` is not presented. Won't brake existing configurations.
Comment 6 Jérôme Guelfucci editbugs 2013-04-06 18:06:27 CEST
This is now fixed in git master with commit 	41847681d21e0cfa9534bfda13646fa9838b9e7a.

You width and the colour of the border of the notification bubble can now be set for the standard bubble. You can also set it to a different value in "hover" mode to produce a visual effect.

Bug #5926

Reported by:
Brian Mock
Reported on: 2009-10-29
Last modified on: 2013-04-06

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Assignee:
Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail)
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