GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 625031
No obvious way to hide the messaging tray
Last modified: 2010-08-07 11:56:26 UTC
Currently, clicking on a window is the only way to hide the messaging tray when it is permanently displaying a message. This is neither discoverable nor without potential problems. This issue is particularly acute when the messaging tray is obscuring the bottom part of a maximized window (e.g. Empathy). One possibility would be to add close buttons to notification bubbles, at least when they are permanently displayed.
I think this will be fixed when we implement item 5 in the comment here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617224#c17 "5) We should remove the new notification as soon as you hover away from it (not wait for the initial timeout)." *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 617224 ***
Sounds like that'll fix it. Thanks Marina.