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I want to reply to IM notification of pidgin popup in unity desktop, rather than opening a new window of concern IM. It would be much better to rply from popup notification message itself of piding. Anyone with solution please

I want the functionality as that is in gnome shell. where popup message apper-> you write the message within buuble to sent. Just two activity away

Currently in unity desktop popup message appears-> we click on blue notification icon in menu bar -> click the appropriate message -> new window appear -> write the message to sent. so long activities. I want it in simple two steps

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  • Short answer is you don't. However you can reply messages in the notification on Gnome Shell, at least with Empathy messenger.
    – xangua
    Feb 9, 2015 at 16:11
  • @amit-rane you need to install the package pidgin-libnotify. Then it will appear in messaging menu. When any one sends a message it will turn blue. You click on it & voila
    – Khurshid Alam
    Feb 9, 2015 at 19:14
  • @KhurshidAlam I want to rply instantly from the popup bubble that appear as notification. Rather than going on menu bar-> click on blue notification icon->open up the window->write the message to send. Long activity. How about popup appear->write messge to send
    – Amit Rane
    Feb 10, 2015 at 14:30
  • @xangua Yeah i want the same functionality to be in UNITY dash as that used in gnome shell
    – Amit Rane
    Feb 10, 2015 at 14:32

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Unity's notification are unobtrusive & can not be interacted with. Unity provide messaging menu (indicator-messages) for that purpose.

First you need to install the package pidgin-libnotify.

Run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pidgin-libnotify

Now open pidgin add a account & enable libnotify plugin from Pidgin->Tools->plugins

Then it will appear under messaging menu (as shown in the image) & keep running in background even if you close the main window.

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When your contacts sends a message, the indicator will turn blue & you will see your contact under pidgin sub-menu (as shown in the picture). Click on that & it will open the contact with latest message.

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DONE!

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  • I Know the above one but I want to rply instantly from the popup bubble that appear as notification as that in gnome shell. Rather than going on menu bar-> click on blue notification icon->open up the window->write the message to send. Long activity. How about popup appear->write messge to send
    – Amit Rane
    Feb 10, 2015 at 14:31
  • That's not possible. Ubuntu does not store notifications.Beside I think you are complicating things too much. Even in gnome-shell it only works if there is a single popup. For multiple messages, it goes to notification area. For example,What happens when you get 30 consecutive popups? Which popup do you want to open? For me, Ubuntu's method is much more unobtrusive & its its just two-click away.
    – Khurshid Alam
    Feb 10, 2015 at 15:09

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