Dick, Generally, notifications stay on screen for a limited time only (reason being, so the screen doesn't fill up with notifications) as an exception to this rule, some notifications are made 'sticky' by the application sending them. Sticky notifications will stay on the screen until you close them.
The option 'Leave notifications on screen after ...', effectively makes all notifications sticky if your computer has been inactive for that given number of seconds. Handy if you want to know what's been happening while you've been away from your screen. You can also decide which types of notifications from each application are sticky or not, within the applications tab of growl preferences. These settings also allow you to override the applications preference for whether its notifications are sticky or not. So for example, if you wanted Firefox's notifications to always stay on screen until you acknowledge them, you can go into Growl prefs- >Applications, select Firefox->Configure..., then under Notifications, set General Notification's 'Stay on screen' option to Always. (Firefox only uses this blanket 'General Notification' type for all messages. If one wants finer-grained control like eg. Adium, then the Firefox developers are the ones to bug about it, as this is their responsibility.) Back to normal (not Sticky) notifications: If you wish for normal notifications to stay on the screen for a different amount of time before disappearing, check in the Display Options section of Growl. As you can see, the options are dependent upon which display style you are using, but most have a Duration option to set this display time. You can't go as far as 5 minutes, I'm guessing because the intention is more to use sticky notifications for this behaviour, rather than blanket setting all notifications to display for a long time? Hope that clarifies matters, Josh On 1 Sep 2009, at 07:33, Dick Guertin wrote: > So you're saying I need to set it to 1-second to get it to persist? > And after > 1-second, will it remain until I close it myself? What's the > default time for > any notice to remain on the screen? > > Dickster > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For the inactivity setting, that's how long before things start > sticking. So for that 300, it'd be 5 minutes of no mouse, keyboard, or > any other kind of input. > > Chris > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Dickster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I read the Mark thread started by Martin S. Taylor (Sticky > > Notifications: I'm confused), and wanted to report that > notifications > > from Firefox, like "Cache Cleared", only stay on the screen for > about > > 5 to 10 seconds, and then automatically disappear. This happens > > regardless of the "Sticky Notifications" checkmark in the GrowlMenu, > > which checks/unchecks "Leave notifications on screen after <n> > seconds > > of inactivity". But with the checkmark, and the checked box, these > > notifications from Firefox only stay a short period. I have <n> set > > at 300, or 5 minutes. I expected notifications to stay 5 minutes, > but > > they don't REGARDLESS of the state of the Sticky Notifications > > checkmark (linked to Leave... checkbox). > > > > How do I get notifications to stay for 5 minutes? I'm confused. > > (That now make two of us, Martin & me). > > > > Dickster > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
