Dunst: block notifications if there is a window in fullscreen mode

[aanatoly]

Hi
Can you implement a feature that block notifications if there is a window in fullscreen mode

I wrote simple app to monitor if there is any
https://gist.github.com/aanatoly/9263530

[Gjum]

Hey,
I would also like this feature to be implemented.
AFAIK the developer of dunst is not actively developing dunst anymore.
But if you could implement this, I would be happy to pull it.
Hint: Take a look at the x.c file. That should be the place for this code.

[knopwob]

what should happen to notifications that came up while a window was in fullscreen mode?

Should they just timeout as normal or should they be displayed when the window is no longer in fullscreen mode?

[gs93]

I'd say pause dunst as long as there's a fullscreen window.

[Gjum]

Might be confgurable if notifications time out or dunst gets paused. And maybe if this feature is disabled completely and they show.

[progandy]

If you have multiple monitors dunst could optionally try to find one without a fullscreen window and display notifications there.
If you pause dunst, maybe only show critical notifications afterwards and the count of missed notifications pushed directly to history.

[Arzte]

I support this.

[bebehei]

On my branch fullscreen, there are the neccessary changes implemented. "It works".

At the end of the day, it should be configurable by a rule, which notifications get shown during fullscreen.

[fs_urgent]
    has_urgency = "critical"
    set_show_on_fs = yes

But in terms of cleanyness, I have to improve the commits. I will create a PR, if the code quality is mergeable.

[bebehei]

I've reafactored my old branch and have fixed all issues in code.

Is somebody volunteering and will give feedback? I'd love to have some external feedback. All I can say about it, it works for me very well.

git clone https://github.com/bebehei/dunst
cd dunst
git checkout fullscreen
make
sudo make install

This introduces a rule field show_on_fs:

# show critical notifications also on fullscreen
[fs_enable_critical]
    msg_urgency = critical
    show_on_fs = yes