How to stop window pop up ?

d.smit · 08-12-2018, 12:55 PM

A small but nagging problem: My os is Linux Mint. Each time calibre has completed some job, its window pops up in front of everything else on my monitor screen. How can I stop this behaviour?

BetterRed · 08-12-2018, 06:25 PM

Which jobs?

I don't think there is a system wide setting to suppress job completion notification messages. Some optional plugins have options to suppress them, such as Count Pages and Modify ePub.

I want the notification messages from Bulk Metadata Download, but I suppress the ones from Count Pages and Modify ePub.

I'm on Windows, but I assume MacOS and Linux would be the same. Kovid goes to considerable lengths to make them consistent, which is more than can be said for many x-platform application developers.

BR

theducks · 08-12-2018, 08:57 PM

BR is correct. Consistent is what Kovid does

Preferences: Look and feel: Disable notifications when job is done

kovidgoyal · 08-12-2018, 09:16 PM

Minimize the window or turn on focus stealing prevention in your window manager's settings.

BetterRed · 08-12-2018, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Preferences: Look and feel: Disable notifications when job is done

that one snuck past me, I guess because I never put calibre in the tray.

I was thinking of notification messages such as this :

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BR

theducks · 08-12-2018, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

that one snuck past me, I guess because I never put calibre in the tray.

I was thinking of notification messages such as this :

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BR

Nope, when that is enabled, Calibre is very 'chatty' (and noisy. I sometimes feed my audio to my Surround receiver)

gbm · 08-12-2018, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.smit

A small but nagging problem: My os is Linux Mint. Each time calibre has completed some job, its window pops up in front of everything else on my monitor screen. How can I stop this behaviour?

On Mint 19:
Menu > Preferences > Windows.

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For earlier versions.

bernie

BetterRed · 08-12-2018, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Nope, when that is enabled, Calibre is very 'chatty' (and noisy. I sometimes feed my audio to my Surround receiver)

Curious - why would anyone want calibre in the tray?

I only use it for applications that enhance Windows or provide service like features - e.g. thesaurus, clipboard manager, snippets etc.

I dislike 'chatty' software.

BR

theducks · 08-13-2018, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Curious - why would anyone want calibre in the tray?

I only use it for applications that enhance Windows or provide service like features - e.g. thesaurus, clipboard manager, snippets etc.

I dislike 'chatty' software.

BR

Some folk must need a Linus Blanket ?
Just look at the possible 'Windows Actions" you can attach sounds to.
I have just a few: "error" (hear that one a lot

), "Input needed (Attention)"

BetterRed · 08-13-2018, 06:40 PM

Most of the time I have the speakers muted - "Speech is silver and silence is golden".

d.smit · 08-14-2018, 08:54 AM

Problem solved with your help.
Thank you all.
'Prevent focus stealing' worked.
Though 'minimize calibre window' did not.

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08-12-2018, 06:25 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,010 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Which jobs? I don't think there is a system wide setting to suppress job completion notification messages. Some optional plugins have options to suppress them, such as Count Pages and Modify ePub. I want the notification messages from Bulk Metadata Download, but I suppress the ones from Count Pages and Modify ePub. I'm on Windows, but I assume MacOS and Linux would be the same. Kovid goes to considerable lengths to make them consistent, which is more than can be said for many x-platform application developers. BR

08-12-2018, 08:57 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,249 Karma: 61360164 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	BR is correct. Consistent is what Kovid does Preferences: Look and feel: Disable notifications when job is done

08-12-2018, 09:16 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Minimize the window or turn on focus stealing prevention in your window manager's settings.

08-13-2018, 06:40 PM	#10
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,010 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Most of the time I have the speakers muted - "Speech is silver and silence is golden".

08-14-2018, 08:54 AM	#11
d.smit Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: kindle Paperwhite 2	Problem solved with your help. Thank you all. 'Prevent focus stealing' worked. Though 'minimize calibre window' did not.