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I use notify-send for desktop notifications and I get notifications with expected summary and body. However, notify-send has limitations and so I would like a few recommendations on alternatives for notify-send.

I would like these extra features :

1. Expiration time.


2. Size customizations(size of the bubble).


3. Location modifications(location of the bubble).


4. Bubble look(color,transparency,shading)(if possible).

I know python-notify and hesitate to use that as I am not familiar Python. I would like a complete stand-alone program. Any suggestions?

application-development notification development alternative

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10

2

I use notify-send for desktop notifications and I get notifications with expected summary and body. However, notify-send has limitations and so I would like a few recommendations on alternatives for notify-send.

I would like these extra features :

1. Expiration time.


2. Size customizations(size of the bubble).


3. Location modifications(location of the bubble).


4. Bubble look(color,transparency,shading)(if possible).

I know python-notify and hesitate to use that as I am not familiar Python. I would like a complete stand-alone program. Any suggestions?

application-development notification development alternative

share|improve this question

edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

34.9k27112165

asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

VedValsVedVals

1,60162543

add a comment | 

I use notify-send for desktop notifications and I get notifications with expected summary and body. However, notify-send has limitations and so I would like a few recommendations on alternatives for notify-send.

I would like these extra features :

1. Expiration time.


2. Size customizations(size of the bubble).


3. Location modifications(location of the bubble).


4. Bubble look(color,transparency,shading)(if possible).

I know python-notify and hesitate to use that as I am not familiar Python. I would like a complete stand-alone program. Any suggestions?

application-development notification development alternative

share|improve this question

edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

34.9k27112165

asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

VedValsVedVals

1,60162543

share|improve this question

edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

34.9k27112165

asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

VedValsVedVals

1,60162543

share|improve this question

edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

34.9k27112165

asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

VedValsVedVals

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edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

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edited Jan 27 '13 at 17:00

Seth♦

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asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

VedValsVedVals

1,60162543

asked Jan 27 '13 at 16:57

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On Unity, or any other desktop that uses Ubuntu's notify-osd, you don't have the option to change the notification bubble's size, position, look or how long it is displayed.

share|improve this answer

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can notify-osd be replaced by any other daemon, if available, which can be customised?
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 4:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably, as long as they use the same XDG API
  
  – mhall119
  Jan 29 '13 at 14:26
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I was asking for the replacement, not just the possibility.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @mhall119, I see, but is it possible to send notifications like how sound/brightness notifications do? I could’t find anything on the web.
  
  – AliNâ
  Jul 16 '13 at 1:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @VedVals Yes, you can replace it, although it doesn't always look pretty. iirc, gnome-notification-daemon is one option.
  
  – Seth♦
  Aug 8 '14 at 17:10
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

My suggestion is to use yad, which is a fork of Zenity.

Installation:

sudo apt install yad

If not available on your version run before:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update

Learn about yad:

man yad

It is not an ideal solution, but yad is powerful and flexible, and it has a time-out option.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  yad doesn't work the way I want. It gives windowed notifications. It is great but I want something like notify-send, not windowed. Also, the system crashed on trying to get a notification bubble.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 27 '13 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

I took a look at yad as suggested by Paddy Landau. It allowed me to display a notification without a window border, that did not steal focus, and that automatically closed after 1 second. I could not find a way to change the window background color, but I could change the text color and size using Pango Text Attribute Markup Language. The following script increases volume by 3% then displays the current volume level using yad:

#!/bin/bash

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+
VOLUME=`awk -F"[][]" '/Front Left.*Playback/ print $2 ' <(amixer -D pulse sget Master)`
yad --timeout 1 --skip-taskbar --center --no-buttons --text="Volume:" --width=200 --text-align=center --undecorated --text="<span color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000" font_size="large" font_weight="heavy"> Volume: $VOLUME </span>"

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

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On Unity, or any other desktop that uses Ubuntu's notify-osd, you don't have the option to change the notification bubble's size, position, look or how long it is displayed.

share|improve this answer

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can notify-osd be replaced by any other daemon, if available, which can be customised?
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 4:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably, as long as they use the same XDG API
  
  – mhall119
  Jan 29 '13 at 14:26
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I was asking for the replacement, not just the possibility.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @mhall119, I see, but is it possible to send notifications like how sound/brightness notifications do? I could’t find anything on the web.
  
  – AliNâ
  Jul 16 '13 at 1:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @VedVals Yes, you can replace it, although it doesn't always look pretty. iirc, gnome-notification-daemon is one option.
  
  – Seth♦
  Aug 8 '14 at 17:10
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

On Unity, or any other desktop that uses Ubuntu's notify-osd, you don't have the option to change the notification bubble's size, position, look or how long it is displayed.

share|improve this answer

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can notify-osd be replaced by any other daemon, if available, which can be customised?
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 4:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably, as long as they use the same XDG API
  
  – mhall119
  Jan 29 '13 at 14:26
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I was asking for the replacement, not just the possibility.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 29 '13 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @mhall119, I see, but is it possible to send notifications like how sound/brightness notifications do? I could’t find anything on the web.
  
  – AliNâ
  Jul 16 '13 at 1:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @VedVals Yes, you can replace it, although it doesn't always look pretty. iirc, gnome-notification-daemon is one option.
  
  – Seth♦
  Aug 8 '14 at 17:10
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

On Unity, or any other desktop that uses Ubuntu's notify-osd, you don't have the option to change the notification bubble's size, position, look or how long it is displayed.

share|improve this answer

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

share|improve this answer

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:54

mhall119mhall119

4,7791124

1

My suggestion is to use yad, which is a fork of Zenity.

Installation:

sudo apt install yad

If not available on your version run before:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update

Learn about yad:

man yad

It is not an ideal solution, but yad is powerful and flexible, and it has a time-out option.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  yad doesn't work the way I want. It gives windowed notifications. It is great but I want something like notify-send, not windowed. Also, the system crashed on trying to get a notification bubble.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 27 '13 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

My suggestion is to use yad, which is a fork of Zenity.

Installation:

sudo apt install yad

If not available on your version run before:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update

Learn about yad:

man yad

It is not an ideal solution, but yad is powerful and flexible, and it has a time-out option.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  yad doesn't work the way I want. It gives windowed notifications. It is great but I want something like notify-send, not windowed. Also, the system crashed on trying to get a notification bubble.
  
  – VedVals
  Jan 27 '13 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

My suggestion is to use yad, which is a fork of Zenity.

Installation:

sudo apt install yad

If not available on your version run before:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update

Learn about yad:

man yad

It is not an ideal solution, but yad is powerful and flexible, and it has a time-out option.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

sudo apt install yad

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update

man yad

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:06

Paddy LandauPaddy Landau

3,14922445

1

I took a look at yad as suggested by Paddy Landau. It allowed me to display a notification without a window border, that did not steal focus, and that automatically closed after 1 second. I could not find a way to change the window background color, but I could change the text color and size using Pango Text Attribute Markup Language. The following script increases volume by 3% then displays the current volume level using yad:

#!/bin/bash

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+
VOLUME=`awk -F"[][]" '/Front Left.*Playback/ print $2 ' <(amixer -D pulse sget Master)`
yad --timeout 1 --skip-taskbar --center --no-buttons --text="Volume:" --width=200 --text-align=center --undecorated --text="<span color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000" font_size="large" font_weight="heavy"> Volume: $VOLUME </span>"

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112

add a comment | 

1

I took a look at yad as suggested by Paddy Landau. It allowed me to display a notification without a window border, that did not steal focus, and that automatically closed after 1 second. I could not find a way to change the window background color, but I could change the text color and size using Pango Text Attribute Markup Language. The following script increases volume by 3% then displays the current volume level using yad:

#!/bin/bash

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+
VOLUME=`awk -F"[][]" '/Front Left.*Playback/ print $2 ' <(amixer -D pulse sget Master)`
yad --timeout 1 --skip-taskbar --center --no-buttons --text="Volume:" --width=200 --text-align=center --undecorated --text="<span color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000" font_size="large" font_weight="heavy"> Volume: $VOLUME </span>"

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112

add a comment | 

I took a look at yad as suggested by Paddy Landau. It allowed me to display a notification without a window border, that did not steal focus, and that automatically closed after 1 second. I could not find a way to change the window background color, but I could change the text color and size using Pango Text Attribute Markup Language. The following script increases volume by 3% then displays the current volume level using yad:

#!/bin/bash

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+
VOLUME=`awk -F"[][]" '/Front Left.*Playback/ print $2 ' <(amixer -D pulse sget Master)`
yad --timeout 1 --skip-taskbar --center --no-buttons --text="Volume:" --width=200 --text-align=center --undecorated --text="<span color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000" font_size="large" font_weight="heavy"> Volume: $VOLUME </span>"

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112

#!/bin/bash

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+
VOLUME=`awk -F"[][]" '/Front Left.*Playback/ print $2 ' <(amixer -D pulse sget Master)`
yad --timeout 1 --skip-taskbar --center --no-buttons --text="Volume:" --width=200 --text-align=center --undecorated --text="<span color="#ffffff" bgcolor="#000000" font_size="large" font_weight="heavy"> Volume: $VOLUME </span>"

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

edited 1 hour ago

Pablo Bianchi

2,92521535

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112

answered Jun 15 '14 at 0:40

calamaricalamari

112