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Bug 749295 - Regression: no longer possible to disable temporarily notifications (easily)
Regression: no longer possible to disable temporarily notifications (easily)
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: message-tray
3.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 763638 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-05-13 09:44 UTC by Sébastien Wilmet
Modified: 2021-07-05 14:32 UTC
See Also:
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Description Sébastien Wilmet 2015-05-13 09:44:43 UTC 
With GNOME 3.14, there was an on/off switch in the message tray to disable temporarily notifications. With GNOME 3.16, I must go to the gnome-control-center -> notifications, which is not convenient.

But it is not just about the number of clicks to reach the on/off switch, it is also about seeing quickly whether I've disabled notifications or not. The on/off switch in the GNOME 3.14 message tray was also an _indication_.

In my opinion it's an important feature for a distraction-free desktop. For me it's a regression.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2015-05-13 15:46:34 UTC 
For what it's worth, the functionality is still there (use the org.gnome.SessionManager.Presence.SetStatus DBus method to set the session status to busy), but not exposed in UI - while we liked the functionality as well, it would have been stupid to keep the entire message tray around just to keep the switch, and there haven't been any convincing UI alternatives so far.
So this is mostly a design issue - once we get a good place to put back that UI, we will add it back.
Comment 2 Sébastien Wilmet 2015-05-13 16:13:36 UTC 
Why not in the bottom left of the calendar/notifications popover?

If the On/Off switch is too big and out of place, maybe a checkbutton is better, dunno.
Comment 3 Matej 2015-12-08 11:03:36 UTC 
There is already an extension for this: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/964/do-not-disturb-button/
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2016-07-07 23:29:04 UTC 
*** Bug 763638 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 14:32:03 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of  gitlab.gnome.org.
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org
which have not seen updates for a longer time (resources are unfortunately
quite limited so not every ticket can get handled).

If you can still reproduce the situation described in this ticket in a recent
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