[Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

Bazon · 2014-08-18 07:25:30

The FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd is set to 800ms (see here), I would like to have it shorter.
Is it possible to set it? Or simply to switch it off? Without recompiling xfce4-notifyd? ;-)

Thanks!

ToZ · 2014-08-18 12:02:32

This setting is found at Settings Manager >> Notifications >> "Disappear after" or in the xfce4-notifyd xfconf channel as the property "expire-timeout".

To set it off, I guess you just kill the xfce4-notifyd process.

Bazon · 2014-08-18 12:09:58

As far as I understand, that is a different thing: The fade begins AFTER the disappear/timeout time. See this bug report for comparison of both times:
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8580

So I don't want to set the disappear/timout-time, but the fade time.

ToZ · 2014-08-18 12:38:12

Sorry, swung right through that one.

There doesn't appear to be anything that allows you to change that setting - I even had a look at some gtkrc hacks, but none worked. Looks like you'll need to recompile it.

Bazon · 2014-08-18 12:39:30

OK, thanks for your effort!

ToZ · 2014-08-18 12:51:02

Not sure if this is useful, but the fade effect is dependent on the compositor being enabled. With the compositor disabled, there is no fade effect.

Bazon · 2014-08-18 13:16:03

Ah! You're two times right:
1. Yes, disabling compositor disables fade,
2. No, this isn't useful for me: The reason I want to disable is, that I use kwin as window-manager, which has it's own window-close-animation. And it's own compositor. So I see a noticication close-animation twice (first XFCEs fade and than kwins animation). Disabling the compositor in XFCE is no use when I replace the window-manager with kwin, most likely because kwin uses a compositor.

Thanks anyway!

Bazon · 2014-08-19 12:10:52

For the record or if it is useful for anyone else:
I solved my problem by disabling the KWin fade effect for xfce4-notifyd by editing /usr/share/apps/kwin/effects/kwin4_effect_fade/contents/code/main.js :
I added

if (w.windowClass == "xfce4-notifyd xfce4-notifyd") {
        return false;
    }

to the isFadeWindow(w) function, so the whole file looks now like this:

    /********************************************************************
     KWin - the KDE window manager
     This file is part of the KDE project.

     Copyright (C) 2007 Philip Falkner <philip.falkner@gmail.com>
     Copyright (C) 2012 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    *********************************************************************/
    function isFadeWindow(w) {
        if (w.deleted && effect.isGrabbed(w, Effect.WindowClosedGrabRole)) {
            return false;
        } else if (!w.deleted && effect.isGrabbed(w, Effect.WindowAddedGrabRole)) {
            return false;
        }
        if (w.windowClass == "xfce4-notifyd xfce4-notifyd") {
            return false;
        }
        return w.onCurrentDesktop && !isLoginWindow(w) && !w.desktopWindow && !w.utility && !w.minimized;
    }

    function isLoginWindow(w) {
        return w.windowClass == "ksplashx ksplashx" || w.windowClass == "ksplashsimple ksplashsimple" || w.windowClass == "qt-subapplication ksplashqml";
    }

    var fadeInTime, fadeOutTime, fadeWindows;
    function loadConfig() {
        fadeInTime = animationTime(effect.readConfig("FadeInTime", 150));
        fadeOutTime = animationTime(effect.readConfig("FadeOutTime", 150)) * 4;
        fadeWindows = effect.readConfig("FadeWindows", true);
    }
    loadConfig();
    effect.configChanged.connect(function() {
        loadConfig();
    });
    effects.windowAdded.connect(function(w) {
        if (fadeWindows && isFadeWindow(w)) {
            effect.animate(w, Effect.Opacity, fadeInTime, 1.0, 0.0);
        }
    });
    effects.windowClosed.connect(function(w) {
        if (fadeWindows && isFadeWindow(w)) {
            animate({
                window: w,
                duration: fadeOutTime,
                animations: [{
                    type: Effect.Opacity,
                    curve: QEasingCurve.OutQuart,
                    to: 0.0
                }]
            });
        }
    });

see https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=122489

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#1 2014-08-18 07:25:30

[Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

#2 2014-08-18 12:02:32

Re: [Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

#3 2014-08-18 12:09:58

Re: [Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

#4 2014-08-18 12:38:12

Re: [Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

#5 2014-08-18 12:39:30

Re: [Solved] Is there a way to set FADE_TIME for xfce4-notifyd?

#6 2014-08-18 12:51:02

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#7 2014-08-18 13:16:03

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#8 2014-08-19 12:10:52

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