On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:19:57 +0200 Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> wrote:
> On mar., 2015-07-21 at 16:17 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > xfrun4 from a terminal sure doesn't use startup notification. Use a > > > shortcut for that. > > > > Okay - I have Settings / Keyboard / Application Shortcuts restored to > > their defaults, where <Alt>F2 triggers 'xfce4-appfinder --collapsed', > > and I'm seeing this behavior. What setting needs to be adjusted to > > invoke "startup notification"? > > Tick the adequately named “Use startup notification” checkbox in the > shorcut edit dialogs. Got it - seems to work now. Yes, the box is adequately named - but how to bring up the edit dialog is not. I had no idea the thing even existed. I had tried clicking and double clicking on the shortcut, but apparently only on the "Shortcut" field, which brings up the shortcut key selection, not the edit dialog. It is hardly clear to the user that something interesting and different happens when the "Command" field is double-clicked (nor does the documentation here http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/4.10/keyboard say anything about this). Some hint or button might be a good idea. Additionally, there's no explanation of what startup notification is, and why it might be important. In fact, the Xfce FAQ itself implies that all it does is cause an hourglass to be displayed while applications are loading: > What is the "use startup notification" option? > > If you select this option, the window manager will show an hourglass > while the program is loading. The startup notification libraries have > to be installed. They are probably available with your distribution. https://wiki.xfce.org/faq#panels Anyway, thanks much for the explanation, but I do think we need better documentation / better defaults. > Regards, > -- > Yves-Alexis Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org