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<title>System Notification Settings</title>
<articleinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
<author><personname><firstname>Kai Uwe</firstname> <surname>Broulik</surname></personname> <email>kde@broulik.de</email></author>
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<date>2021-04-16</date>
<releaseinfo>Plasma 5.21</releaseinfo>
<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Systemsettings</keyword>
<keyword>system notification</keyword>
<keyword>notification</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>
<sect1 id="sys-notify">
<title>System Notification Settings</title>
<para>&plasma;, like all applications, needs to inform the user when a
problem occurs, a task is completed, or something has happened. &plasma;
uses a set of <quote>System Notifications</quote> to keep the user
informed on what is happening.</para>
<para>Using this module, you can determine what &plasma; does to communicate
each event.</para>
<sect2 id="notification-settings">
<title>Notification Settings</title>
<sect3 id="do-not-disturb">
<title>Do Not Disturb mode</title>
<para>This mode disables all visual and most audible notifications to let you focus on your current task. Settings in this section let you configure under which circumstances &plasma; automatically enables do not disturb mode.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Enable when screens are mirrored</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Automatically enable do not disturb mode when you mirror your screens, for example during a presentation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Enable while screen sharing</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Automatically enable do not disturb mode when you share your screens, for example during an online lecture.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show critical notifications</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether to show critical notifications, such as your battery is almost empty, to show even when in do not disturb mode.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Toggle with:</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>A global shortcut you can press to enable and disable do not disturb mode anytime.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="notification-filters">
<title>Filters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Critical notifications: <guiicon>Always keep on top</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Keep critical notifications, such as your battery is almost empty, always on top. This ensures they will also be visible while watching a fullscreen video or giving a presentation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Normal notifications: <guiicon>Always keep on top</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Keep normal notifications, such as messages, always on top. This ensures they will also be visible while watching a fullscreen video or giving a presentation.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Low priority notifications: <guiicon>Show popup</guiicon> and <guiicon>Show in history</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether low priority notifications, such as track changes in your media player, will be shown as popups or in the history, respectively.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="notification-behavior">
<title>Behavior</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Popup: <guiicon>Show near notification icon</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Show notification popups close to where your notification icon is located in your panel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Choose Custom Position...</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Lets you choose a fixed screen corner where notification popups will be positioned.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Hide after:</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>After how many seconds the notification popup will automatically disappear. You can choose anywhere between 1 and 120 seconds.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="progress-and-badges">
<title>Application Progress and Badges</title>
<sect4 id="application-progress">
<title>Application progress</title>
<para>Options in this section control how application progress, such as copying or downloading a file, is presented.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show in task manager</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Colorize the window in the panel based on the progress.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show in notifications</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Show a notification popup during the progress.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Keep popup open during progress</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether the popup should remain visible for the entire duration of the progress or automatically hide. It will always be shown again when the task finishes or fails.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect4>
<sect4 id="badges">
<title>Notification badges</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show in task manager</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Let applications show badges, such as an unread message count, in the panel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="application-settings">
<title>Application Settings</title>
<para>Clicking the <guilabel>Configure...</guilabel> button at the end of the list opens the application settings page which lets you configure notification behavior on a per-application and per-service basis.</para>
<para>Use the sidebar on the left to choose an entry from the <guilabel>Applications</guilabel> or <guilabel>System Services</guilabel> category.</para>
<para>General warning popups as well as startup and shutdown sounds are located under the <guilabel>Plasma Workspace</guilabel> service.</para>
<para>Applications that do not provide proper identification, such as shell scripts, can be configured using the <guilabel>Other Applications</guilabel> entry.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show popups</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether this application may show popup notifications.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show in do not disturb mode</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether this application may show popup notifications even when in do not disturb mode.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show in history</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether this application's notifications will be kept in the notification history.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Show notification badges</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>Whether this application may show badges, such as an unread message count, in the panel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Configure Events...</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>For &kde; applications you can also configure each notification individually.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>