Version: 0.6.90cvs >= 20030620 (using KDE 3.1.2) Installed from: Gentoo Compiler: gcc version 3.2.2 OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 Im still running kopete 0.5 on my old laptop, and i really miss the feature (on my workstation running CVS) where if i had an active chat going on one virtual desktop, but i was working in another, i would get the 'incoming message' bubble on all desktops untill the chat got focus again/i switched back to the desktop with the chat or hit 'view'.. I've asked about this on #kopete, but the behaviour im describing is not like the notification settings i see in the behaviour tab of the preferences... I've tried playing around with the settings quite a bit, and I cant quite get this behaviour out of it...
I too would like this feature... but instead of a bubble, the chat window (that's open on another desktop) is highlighted in kicker...
CVS commit by ogoffart: Show the baloon to all desktop CCMAIL 60889-done@bugs.kde.org should i backport this to kopete 0.7 branch? M +3 -1 systemtray.cpp 1.24 --- kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/systemtray.cpp #1.23:1.24 @@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ #include <qregexp.h> +#include <kwin.h> #include <kaboutdata.h> #include <kapplication.h> @@ -265,4 +266,5 @@ void KopeteSystemTray::addBalloon() m_balloon->setAnchor( KopeteSystemTray::systemTray()->mapToGlobal(pos()) ); m_balloon->show(); + KWin::setOnAllDesktops(m_balloon->winId() , true); } }
I'm runnign the latest CVS now, and the described behaviour from the bug still hasnt been fixed (perhaps you misunderstood?).. what I'm describing is that: say im on Desktop 1: i have a kopete chatwindow open with a few chats going... If i go to say Desktop 4 and read some email for a while, if the people in those chats are sending me messages, I dont get notified, they just show up in the message window which I'm not looking at because its not my current active desktop I return 30 minutes later to Desktop 1 after having finished reading my mail and see that they have been trying to talk to me all that time (hey i forget sometimes that Im talking to people when catching up on mailling lists).. So what the bug suggests is that if i have the active chat on another virtual desktop than the active one, show a Kopete message balloon as if I had no active chat open at all.. this was the behaviour back in 0.5 of kopete and i REALLY miss it:(
I get notified regardless of which desktop using the passive popup window option...I haven't gotten enough balloon popups to have realized whether they were confined to a single desktop...but I see balloon popups even if the screensaver's up! :(. I'd really rather not have message notifications (i.e. "SexyGirl2526: No credit card needed! Click here for naked lesbian porn! <View> <Ignore>") appearing on top of the screensaver.
Yes i missendrestood you, sorry. Anyway, you could use some other notification system to get notified... the a sound, or the passivepopup, or even raise the windows when new messages.
"a sound" Not everyone has sound. "the passivepopup" This seems to work well, though "passive popup that doesn't interfere with other work" is a horrendous description for what it actually is. If it weren't for curiosity, I would have never discovered what it is. "raise the windows when new messages" Ugh, and continue typing whatever you were typing before into a new window without expecting it, probably sending a line of garble to your friend. This won't do anything across multiple desktops, either. But, moreover...there's no choice of when the balloon popup will appear. For some reason, certain people who message me get a window auto-created, and others give me a balloon confirmation before I get a window. I have no idea what drives this.
i REALLY dislike the passive popups, and I prefer not to have 'uh-oh' sounds clogging up my mp3 playing:)... the way it was in kopete 0.5 was perfect... of course make it an option in the preferences so if someone doesnt like it they can turn it off.. the way it worked was if you hit 'view' it would take you back to the virtual desktop where your chats are and focus the active chat.
Subject: Re: [Kopete-devel] msg notification bubble should show up if on another virtual desktop than active chat I would rather prefer that the window in the taskbar would flash for some time and then stay highlighted till it is activated. This would mean that a new message/event was reported on that particular chat window. For people who do not enable 'show windows from all virtual desktops' in the taskbar, something else could be done...
> I would rather prefer that the window in the taskbar would flash for some > time and then stay highlighted till it is activated. That's already the case in KDE CVS HEAD
Just a heads up to say that I'd also really like to see this feature implemented. I'd rather not have to constantly switch between desktops when working to check if I've got a new message, and I'd also rather not have to close the chat window every time I return to the other desktop, then reopen a chat window, bring the past messages back into the window, etc. etc. A baloon popping up saying I have a new message, or better still the system tray icon flashing, would be ideal.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 65019 ***