Notification - If the cursor is placed over a NotifyOSD notification, the notification does not time out

Bug #796596 reported by John Lea
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Committed
High
John Lea
notify-osd (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Bug: If a user places their cursor over a notify osd notification, it does not time out until they move their cursor off the notification. During this period it remains in it's blurred state.

To reproduce:
1. Generate a notification with the following command: notify-send "this is a test"
2. Move the cursor over the notification

Current incorrect behaviour: The notification persists until the cursor is moved off the notification

Correct desired behaviour: The position of the cursor should have no effect on the notification time out. The notification should disappear as normal when it times out irrespective of the cursor position

John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: udo
Changed in ayatana-design:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

John: this is not how it was spec'ed initially. The cursor was meant to pause the notification. However, I agree that it that the blur defies the purpose. Can you double check with other designers: Mark & mpt in particular, that this aligns with how they want to evolve the design.

Revision history for this message
Neil J. Patel (njpatel) wrote :

+1'd by Mark (original spec author) too.

Changed in notify-osd:
assignee: nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
John Lea (johnlea)
tags: added: udp
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in ayatana-design:
importance: Medium → High
Changed in notify-osd:
assignee: Mirco Müller (macslow) → Christopher Townsend (townsend)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Christopher Townsend (townsend)
status: Triaged → In Progress
no longer affects: notify-osd
tags: added: rls-w-incoming
tags: added: rls-x-incoming
removed: rls-w-incoming
Will Cooke (willcooke)
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → ubuntu-16.04
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu):
assignee: Christopher Townsend (townsend) → nobody
status: In Progress → Triaged
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