{"id":5868,"date":"2016-05-08T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2016-05-08T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T15:42:15","slug":"customizing-notification-bubbles-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/customizing-notification-bubbles-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing Your Notification Bubbles in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-icon.png\" alt=\"notification bubbles\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5869\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A patched version of Notify OSD with some extra features to Ubuntu&#8217;s on-screen-display notifications is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~leolik\/+archive\/ubuntu\/leolik\" target=\"_blank\">Leolik&#8217;s PPA<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>With the patch and a graphical Notify OSD configuration tool, you can easily tweak the notification bubbles by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Close notification bubble on click<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Stop fading out when mouse cursor hovers on it.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Change notification display timeout.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Change notification bubble location<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Edit the bubble size, background, transparency, etc.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Edit the text size, color, etc.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notify-bubble-example.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notify-bubble-example.jpg\" alt=\"Customized Notification bubble\" width=\"514\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notify-bubble-example.jpg 514w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notify-bubble-example-450x252.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Install the patched version of Notify OSD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below one by one to get it from PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:leolik\/leolik\n\nsudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install notify-osd<\/pre>\n<p>Or grab the <b>.deb<\/b> installer from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/leolik\/leolik\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/n\/notify-osd\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Notify OSD with Extra Features(.deb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select download and install the latest version of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>notify-osd_x.x.x+16.04.x.x.x-0ubuntu1-leolik~ppa0_i386.deb<\/code> for 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04<\/li>\n<li><code>notify-osd_x.x.x+16.04.x.x.x-0ubuntu1-leolik~ppa0_amd64.deb<\/code> for 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Restart notify-osd daemon by running the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">pkill notify-osd<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/restart-notifyosd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/restart-notifyosd.jpg\" alt=\"restart-notifyosd\" width=\"593\" height=\"110\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/restart-notifyosd.jpg 593w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/restart-notifyosd-450x83.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just close the terminal after running the command since there&#8217;s no terminal output.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Install a graphical configuration tool for NotifyOSD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below one by one to get it from Webupd8 PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard\/webupd8\n\nsudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install notifyosdconfig<\/pre>\n<p>Or grab the <b>.deb<\/b> installer from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/nilarimogard\/webupd8\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/n\/notifyosdconfig\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Notify OSD Graphical Configuration Tool (.deb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select download and install the latest version of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>notifyosdconfig_x.x+xxx~ubuntu16.04.1_i386.deb<\/code> for 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04<\/li>\n<li><code>notifyosdconfig_x.x+xxx~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb<\/code> for 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally launch the configuration tool and enjoy customizing your on-screen notifications:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-configuration-tool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-configuration-tool-600x321.jpg\" alt=\"Notify OSD configuration \" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-configuration-tool-600x321.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-configuration-tool-450x241.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/notifyosd-configuration-tool.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A patched version of Notify OSD with some extra features to Ubuntu&#8217;s on-screen-display notifications is available in Leolik&#8217;s PPA. With the patch and a graphical Notify OSD configuration tool, you can easily tweak the notification bubbles by: Close notification bubble on click Stop fading out when mouse cursor hovers on it. Change notification display timeout. 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