[SOLVED] Change notification placement

[SidharthaXx]

Hi All,

Not sure if this specifically relates to Cinnamon... but I want to manage my notifications a little more closely.
Move their location for example. How do I do this?

Thanks

[bimsebasse]

Yes, this is how the relevant cinnamon.css section looks in the default theme:

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#notification {
   font-size: 8.5pt;
   border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px;
   border: 2px solid #a5a5a5;
   background-gradient-direction: vertical;
   background-gradient-start: rgba(85,85,85,0.8);
   background-gradient-end: rgba(85,85,85,0.8);
   padding: 8px 8px 8px 8px;
   spacing-rows: 10px;
   spacing-columns: 10px;
   margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 20px;
   margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 30px;
   width: 34em;
   color: white;
}

Just change the margin from edge of screen values to suit your needs. In my themes with floating notifications the equation is thus:
margin-from-right-edge-of-screen = 10px (or 15 or 20)
margin-from-top-edge-of-screen = panel height + margin-from-right-edge-of-screen

This means that in top panel mode the notification dialog is aligned with the bottom of the panel and the right edge of the screen, which in the default theme (panel height 25px) would be:

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   margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 15px;
   margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 40px;


If you only use bottom panel setup you just give 2 identical edge-of-screen values to get the same alignment.

[SidharthaXx]

Thanks.

What about other elements of notification control... e.g. how long they appear for? What they appear for?

Is everything controllable...?

Thanks again

[bimsebasse]

Not on theme level, for that you have to edit core Cinnamon .js files.

[SidharthaXx]

Thanks bimsebasse.

[Richard85]

Where would this file be located in linux mint 11 gnome or openbox??? I too want to move my notifications deal thingy.

[krsoulsby]

I've tried to modify the default theme (/usr/share/cinnamon/theme/cinnamon.css) to move the notification to the bottom right hand corner of the screen with

margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 20px;
margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 980px;

but the notifications remain in the top right corner, am I doing anything wrong?

Kevin

Linux Mint 13 - Cinnamon (64 bit)

[gary.zw]

I had mine set to the following which worked fine-- but after updating to Cinnamon 1.6 I can not get it to move back to the bottom.

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margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 20px;
margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 670px;

I've tried to modify the default theme (/usr/share/cinnamon/theme/cinnamon.css) to move the notification to the bottom right hand corner of the screen with

margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 20px;
margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 980px;

but the notifications remain in the top right corner, am I doing anything wrong?

Kevin

Linux Mint 13 - Cinnamon (64 bit)

[bimsebasse]

Not possible anymore, the notifications are fixed to 5px from top panel - nothing you can do on theme level, you can only move them horizontally.

[gary.zw]

That is sort of disappointing-- wonder why that was done?

Not possible anymore, the notifications are fixed to 5px from top panel - nothing you can do on theme level, you can only move them horizontally.