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<desc>Messages pop-up at the bottom of the screen telling you when certain
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events happen.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-10-11" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Marina Zhurakhinskaya</name>
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<title>What is a notification?</title>
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<p>If an application or a system component wants to get your attention, a
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notification will be shown at the bottom of the screen.</p>
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<p>For example, if you get a new chat message, new updates are available for
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your computer, or your computer’s battery is low, you will get a notification
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<p>To minimize distraction, the notification will first appear as a single
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line. You can move your mouse over it if you want to see its full content.</p>
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<p>For example, if you get a new chat message, plug in an external device
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(like a USB stick), new updates are available for your computer, or your
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computer’s battery is low, you will get a notification informing you.</p>
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<p>To minimize distraction, some notifications first appear as a single
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line. You can move your mouse over them to see their full content.</p>
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<media type="image" width="700" src="figures/shell-notification.png"/>
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<p>Other notifications have selectable option buttons. To close one of these
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notifications without selecting one of its options, click anywhere on the
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<media type="image" width="500" src="figures/notification-buttons.png"/>
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<section id="messagingtray">
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<title>The message tray</title>
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<p>The message tray gives you a way to get back to your notifications when it
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is convenient for you. It appears when you move your mouse to the bottom right
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you the chat messages.</p>
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<p>The message tray is always visible in the activities overview.</p>
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<note style="tip"><p>If the <link xref="keyboard-osk">screen keyboard</link> is open,
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you'll need to click the <gui>tray button</gui> to show the message tray.</p></note>
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<note style="tip"><p>If the <link xref="keyboard-osk">screen keyboard</link>
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is open, you'll need to click the <gui>tray button</gui> to show the message
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