[Bug 256836] New: Notifications by some applications only show a question mark as icon
denk at post.com
denk at post.com
Sat Nov 13 18:58:26 GMT 2010
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256836
Summary: Notifications by some applications only show a
question mark as icon
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: Debian unstable
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
ReportedBy: denk at post.com
Created an attachment (id=53399)
--> (http://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=53399)
screenshot of notification with question mark as icon
Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.4.5)
OS: Linux
Some applications (hplip, radiotray etc.) don't show a specific icon in the
title area of the notification. Instead only a question mark is shown. Attached
screenshot should make it more clear.
I know that applications like hplip or radiotray are not kde applications but,
how can it be achieved that such applications produce nice notifications?
Proposed solutions:
1. Change the look of notifications so there is no more icon in the title area.
2. The icon for the title area of a notification is retrieved by notification
system automatically dependend on the icon which is specified for the
application in the .desktop file.
3. Developers of applications which show a question mark in notifications have
to adapt their calls for a notification.
The third solution leads me to the question: How to do that and where to find
documentation about that? I'm not a developer of the mentioned applications
but, nevertheless I would like to get some information myself to help the
developers of that programs in finding a solution for the problem.
My proposed solutions are only ideas and should encourage discussion about
this.
Regards
denk
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Start a print job over hplip or start playing a radio station in radiotray.
Actual Results:
Occuring notifications show a question mark in upper part of notification.
Expected Results:
Show either no icon or the icon of the alerting application in upper part of
notification.
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