Notifications should become transparent after a little mouse movement even when they appear over the mouse pointer

[Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek]

Binary package hint: notify-osd

Steps to reproduce:
1) Move a mouse pointer to the place where notifications appear
2) Increase volume so that a notification appears - it is opaque (and it's OK)
3) Move a mouse so that it doesn't leave the notification rectangle

What happens:
Notification doesn't become transparent

What should happen:
User shouldn't be forced to move mouse out of the notification and back in to see what's under it.

(Whereas I fully understand why a notification which appears above a mouse pointer is opaque but I think it should become transparent again after even a little movement.)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: b35340b6290029563207fd4b2aa461a1
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Thu Oct 15 06:19:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
GtkTheme: Human
IconTheme: Humanity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091008)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500
Package: notify-osd 0.9.23-0ubuntu1
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 Socket 0:
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 Socket 0:
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SourcePackage: notify-osd
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
WindowManager: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 05/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
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dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
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[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

The current behavior is by design: "If the pointer is over the area where a bubble is about to appear, it should appear as normal, ignoring the pointer unless it leaves and then re-enters the area."

You suggest that *any* mouse movement should cause the bubble to decloak, but I doubt this is a good idea. For example, what if you're in the middle of selecting some text in that area, or using a menu, or drawing a picture? That the pointer is moving doesn't necessarily mean you're not studying that area.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is the other way around, the bubble doesn't change until the cursor is moved out of the bubble...

[Wolfgang Ettlinger (wolfgang.ettlinger)]

same problem here:

It is extremely annoying if i enter something in the Firefox search box. I use empathy with my facebook account (many people friends going on and off):

1. some notification appears
2. move mouse to search box, enter text
3. notification disappears, another notification appears -> its not transparent any more and i don't see what i'm writing.

I realize that a new notification should always be seen but this is one of the biggest annoyances (for me) when using ubuntu. I would also prefer the behavior where minor mouse movement makes a notification transparent again.