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Date:      Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:58:54 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Winking Window List entry
Message-ID:  <1133711934.19765.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051204124235.6495b68d@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
References:  <20051204050005.854FB43D5A@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20051204124235.6495b68d@Magellan.Leidinger.net>

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On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 12:42 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 22:59:56 -0600 (CST)
> supraexpress@globaleyes.net wrote:
>=20
> > After upgrading to Gnome-2.12 I occassionally see a Window List entry
> > "winking" (cycling in intensity). Not that I am complaining, but what d=
oes
> > that affect mean, and if I DO get tired of it - is there a way to "conf=
igure
> > it" (there is nothing in the Window List Preferences for it)?
>=20
> I see this for GAIM windows where someone just wrote something to me.
> If I give the focus to this window, the flashing in the list will stop.
>=20
> Maybe it's an indication that an application has set some kind of URGENT
> flag in the window. So it may be up to the application which the window
> belongs to how to "configure it".

No, this is new to GNOME 2.12, and is a product of the Window List.  I
don't think it can be turned off, and yes, it's to notify the user that
the given window needs attention.  Previous versions of GNOME just
emboldened the title.  I like this way more since it's easier to spot.

Joe

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