Notification System
This page describes how are managed information events in the Notification Center.
Notification Center view
The Notification Center view
When notifications occur, in addition to a desktop popup, notification items are stacked in the Notification Center view.
Notifications have the following properties:
- their state (unread/read): an unread notification is highlighted
- the notification time
- the notifying element (e.g. the package management system)
- the notification message and action hyperlink
Notifications are sorted (in the stack) by state (unread notification first) then by time.
State toggling
Notification state will automatically switch to "read" after some time, depending on the event kind:
- "Sticky" notifications will stay unread as long as the user doesn't handle them.
The user can manually switch the notifications to "read" state by:
- Clicking a notification title bar
- Clicking on a notification action hyperlink
- Clicking the
(Mark all as read) button: all notifications will become "read" at the same time
Closing notifications
Notification Center view isn't automatically emptied. To "clean" the view content, notifications can be cleared by:
- Clicking a notification
button
- Clicking the
(Delete all) button: all notifications will be deleted at the same time