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The notification area can have status menus for programs, known as application indicators and system status menus for messaging, sound, battery status, etc. The notification area is located on the right side of the Panel in the upper right corner of the desktop.

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How to make chrome notification show as Ubuntu's 18.04 gnome native notification?

Update [Aug 28 2019]: Recently, I noticed that web notifications "as native" are working but disappearing without being consumed. If I'm fast enough to click them while appearing, they send me to the ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 notification icons not working

So I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 and everything seems to be working fine, but there is a little problem. When there is an app, that should have an app indicator, it is nowhere to be found. In previous ...
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How to configure gmail integration to monitor only the inbox

The new web application integration feature on 12.10 is able to link Gmail to the standard notification tray widget. It's a cool feature, but it's usefulness is diminished because it is activated ("...
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23.04 - Stuck Notifications

When I get notifications, mostly from Chrome, they end up stuck at the top of the screen. I cannot dismiss them or acknowledge them. Usually, it'll be a few, i dismiss them, but one stays persistent ...
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Hide a Google calendar's events from the notification area

Under Settings > Online Accounts, I'm signed into my Google account. I have several calendars associated with my Google account, and all their events show in the notification area in Ubuntu. One of ...
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How to copy text of a notification to the clipboard?

I need to copy text of a notification. It is an error message which I cannot find in any other place (log, terminal, stdout), it just shows up in the notification. I open notifications panel, select ...
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How to get notifications on the active monitor in GNOME Shell 3.28.3

How to get notifications appear on the active monitor in GNOME Shell 3.28.3 (Ubuntu 18.04) when two monitors are connected as extended displays (one primary and the other as secondary)? Currently, I ...
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Notification area icons missing after removing indicator panel [Xubuntu 18.10]

I removed the Indicator Panel in order to restore the dropbox icon per this suggestion, which also needed me to then restore pulseaudio to get its own icon. However the only thing in the Notification ...
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Bluetooth Broken

Bluetooth Icon has disappeared from the notification area. From the Settings menu, both "On/Off" and "Visibility" are grayed out and cannot be changed. "Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar" is ...
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Unity Panel, Fcitx English icon issue. Can I fix icon width?

iBus seems to be the default input method system for Ubuntu. But I have some problems with Mozc (Japanese input method) with iBus, so I chose to install Fcitx instead. The input methods are working ...
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Does the Epiphany browser have desktop notifications?

Does the web browser Epiphany have desktop notifications? How I can activate them? Thanks and best regards.
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How To keep web apps running in messaging menu?

Ubuntu 12.10 introduced all sort of web apps, and some of them get added to the messaging menu. My question however is the following. These web apps must remain open in a tab, for the messaging menu ...
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Why does Thunderbird still play a sound when I receive an email even though I've turned off notifications (on 22.04.1)?

I keep hearing a sound at some irregular interval as I'm using my desktop (running Ubuntu 22.04.1). Finally I notice that I had just received an email in Thunderbird However, I've turned off ...
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Disable all notifications in Ubuntu Gnome

Is there a way to disable all notifications in Ubuntu 16/18/20? When I disable them in settings some notifications still pop up like Crash Reports. I tried to use the tool NoNotifications (nonotifs) ...
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How to show progress of a rsync backup script in KDE plasma's notification area?

I have searched around but could not find a tutorial on how to add a progressbar or progress notification within KDE plasma. My aim is pretty simple: make a rsync backup script which is fired up by ...
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Script to watch an application status icon

I am looking for a bash/python script to watch an application status icon in notification area and change it whene active/inactive/idle/busy.. (like dropbox status icons). im running Ubuntu 16.04 Xfce ...
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No Chrome icon in system tray since update to 70

After update chrome-stable to latest version 70 there is no more Chrome icon in system tray on Ubuntu 16.04 and no convenient way to access installed Chrome Apps. Any ideas whether it is permanent ...
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Reduce size of application icons in Ubuntu 18.04 notification tray

Why is the top bar notification area icon size bigger than the system icon size? I tried to install topiconplus extension, but it doesn't help at all.
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Ubuntu Notifications

Suddenly none of my notifications for new messages from Pidgin or completed downloads from qBittorrent show up. Ubuntu version 16.04 Pidgin version Pidgin 2.10.12 qBittorrent version 3.3.1 Any help ...
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Wireless network icon won't display on the panel

I checked the nm-applet on the terminal and this is what it showed. I searched on the web for possible solutions and tried them, but it didn't work.
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Panel networking menu disabled

Roughly every 2 weeks (give or take a few days), my WiFi becomes disconnected and the networking menu becomes disabled. I’ve been experiencing this for a few months now hoping I could track down what ...
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Ubuntu Studio 14.04.01 input method app missing in notification area

I just installed Ubuntu Studio 14.04.1 on a machine but I don't see the input method app in tray like in the normal ubuntu distro. How do I enable it? There is no such option to display it in the ...
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Why does menu transparency mess up my notification area?

I used Unity Tweak Tool to set the menu to be transparent but now my notification area gets all confused after it changes: As you can see it looks like it's not clearing earlier images from the ...
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filter messages to "notification area" applet

I need to change the way the notification area applet (not the indicator applet!) is displaying notifications. I like the old way where notifications were briefly shown on a black popup window; I can ...
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Unable to view message tray in Gnome 3.6

I have just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my new laptop and switched to Gnome shell session. It seems that the notification tray doesn't appear at the bottom of the screen. Some details about what works: ...
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How to make docky and gnome shell work together?

I like gnome shell and I like docky. The problem is that the gnome shell places the notifications and that little notification dock down there. I want to place docky at the bottom but then the ...
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Where can I customize window sizes of Notifications in KDE?

On my 13 inch 3200x1800px screen if I click on an icon in the bottom right corner the popping up window is far too small: How can I change the window width of those popup notifications?
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Get Google Chrome events to appear in Gnome notification area

When I am running Google Chrome browser with Gmail open, I get a pop-up notification for new incoming messages. But I don't get an entry in the notification area, i.e., what you see when you click the ...
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Disable banners/dot when Do Not Disturb is ON 20.04

Want to disable the banners from showing up on apps when I toggle do not disturb. I don't want to do it just for slack, I want to do it for all the apps that have a banner on the top right. Not sure ...
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Hotkeys respond lag, updating notification area player lags, Wi-Fi icon update slow, etc

After upgrade of my latest Ubuntu 20.04 I'm getting all kinds of weird delays when using brightness/volume hotkeys; or when using app that updates the system tray (especially player in volume menu ...
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Icons missing from gnome notification panel after an unlock

focus your eyes on the notification panel. This is the screenshot before locking my PC.(See the notification panel) And this is the notification panel that I get after unlocking. I am getting this ...
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Android Messages how to create a custom notification

I have mental disability. Is there a way to create a custom notification for Android Messages where the Ubuntu screen shakes/flashes or does something to get my attention when my phone can't vibrate ...
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Collect notifications in a submenu such as Windows

windows notification area Hello I am trying to make application icons appear in sub menu like Windows (with Dash-To-Panel extension) How can I do this? There is any extension can do That? Edit: ...
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How to show notification bubbles?

I'm using herbstluftwm as my window manager, and I am not getting any notification bubbles. How can I enable them? Is there a type of application that manages this? How does it work? What is the type ...
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Ugly looking notifications in ubuntu 16.04

My notifications appear with this weird look. What caused this? $ uname -a Linux dev-pc 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ ...
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User's name in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Panel

I am new to MATE, and I've noticed some differences from Ubuntu 14.04/GNOME. For example, the Panel. I want to see what I am logged in as. There is no name in the top right corner any more, and in ...
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How can I get a notification for finished processes inside a graphical user interface?

Example: Seeking solution: I would like to receive a notification of any kind, once this process has finished without me having to periodically switch to the window and check if the process has ...
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How to restore proper notification handling with gnome-session, Openbox, Cairo-dock?

I run Ubuntu 14.04 with gdm and gnome-session, but I disabled dash/metacity/unity and use Openbox and Cairo Dock. Last week, all was fine - notifications appeared in a transient dock popup. After ...
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Nothing appears on the Panel in Ubuntu 14.04

I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04. This was my first Ubuntu installation. The Unity Launcher and Panel did not appear at first but I fixed it by searching from the internet. Now the Panel appears, but ...
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Battery Status Not Displayed on Ubuntu 12.04 for toshiba laptop

I am using a Toshiba Satellite L650 and I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed with all the updates. However, I cannot see the battery status in the notification area.
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10.04 notification area wireless notification wrong

I just installed 10.04 on my hp mini 110. All worked out of the box except the wireless (as expected), so I followed the plethora of forum posts and installed/activated the STA driver. This worked and ...
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