Fade out setting in preferences does not match actual setting

[Sean Davis]

Xubuntu 18.04 is configured out of the box with the "Fade out" option enabled. However, if you open the notification preferences dialog, the option appears to be disabled. You can still click "Show Preview" to see a notification and it will fade out, so this appears to be a UI-only issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xfce4-notifyd 0.4.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.393
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Apr 13 10:46:18 2018
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180413)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-notifyd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Attached is a video demo of the bug.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1763674

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

Fixed in git master: https://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-notifyd/commit/?id=335dec51333d2103756c5fcbc5c7aa4a9410076b

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

Workaround for 18.04 proposed for merging here: https://code.launchpad.net/~ochosi/xubuntu-default-settings/LP-1763674/+merge/343247

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xfce4-notifyd - 0.4.2-0ubuntu2

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xfce4-notifyd (0.4.2-0ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/patches/lp1763674.patch
    - Fix preferences display of fade out setting (LP: #1763674)

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Sat, 14 Apr 2018 06:27:07 -0400