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Make notifications applet multi instance
fredcw Aug 8, 2025
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Notifications applet: Do not recreate menu on orientation change.
fredcw Aug 9, 2025
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101 changes: 61 additions & 40 deletions files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/[email protected]/applet.js
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
const Applet = imports.ui.applet;
const Lang = imports.lang;
const Main = imports.ui.main;
const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
Expand All @@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ const NotificationDestroyedReason = imports.ui.messageTray.NotificationDestroyed
const Settings = imports.ui.settings;
const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain("cinnamon-applets");
const Util = imports.misc.util;
const SignalManager = imports.misc.signalManager;

const PANEL_EDIT_MODE_KEY = "panel-edit-mode";

Expand All @@ -32,34 +32,51 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
// Layout
this._orientation = orientation;
this.menuManager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager(this);
this.menu = new Applet.AppletPopupMenu(this, orientation);
this.menuManager.addMenu(this.menu);

// Lists
this.notifications = []; // The list of notifications, in order from oldest to newest.

// Events
Main.messageTray.connect('notify-applet-update', Lang.bind(this, this._notification_added));
global.settings.connect('changed::' + PANEL_EDIT_MODE_KEY, Lang.bind(this, this._on_panel_edit_mode_changed));
this.signals = new SignalManager.SignalManager(null);
this.signals.connect(Main.messageTray, 'notify-applet-update', this._notification_added.bind(this));
this.signals.connect(global.settings, 'changed::' + PANEL_EDIT_MODE_KEY, this._on_panel_edit_mode_changed.bind(this));
this.signals.connect(this.menu, 'menu-animated-closed', this._onMenuClosed.bind(this));

// States
this._blinking = false;
this._blink_toggle = false;

this._display();
}

_setKeybinding() {
Main.keybindingManager.addHotKey("notification-open-" + this.instance_id, this.keyOpen, Lang.bind(this, this._openMenu));
Main.keybindingManager.addHotKey("notification-clear-" + this.instance_id, this.keyClear, Lang.bind(this, this._clear_all));
Main.keybindingManager.addHotKey("notification-open-" + this.instance_id, this.keyOpen, this._openMenu.bind(this));
Main.keybindingManager.addHotKey("notification-clear-" + this.instance_id, this.keyClear, this._clear_all.bind(this));
}

on_applet_removed_from_panel () {
Main.keybindingManager.removeHotKey("notification-open-" + this.instance_id);
Main.keybindingManager.removeHotKey("notification-clear-" + this.instance_id);

this.destroy();
}

_openMenu() {
this._update_timestamp();

this.notifications.forEach(notification => {
global.reparentActor(notification.actor, this._notificationbin);
});

this.menu.toggle();
}

_onMenuClosed() {
this._notificationbin.remove_all_children();
}

_display() {
// Always start the applet empty, void of any notifications.
this.set_applet_icon_symbolic_name("empty-notif");
Expand All @@ -68,7 +85,6 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
// Setup the notification container.
this._maincontainer = new St.BoxLayout({name: 'traycontainer', vertical: true});
this._notificationbin = new St.BoxLayout({vertical:true});
this.button_label_box = new St.BoxLayout();

// Setup the tray icon.
this.menu_label = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuItem(stringify(this.notifications.length));
Expand All @@ -79,42 +95,50 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
this.clear_separator = new PopupMenu.PopupSeparatorMenuItem();

this.clear_action = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuItem(_("Clear notifications"));
this.clear_action.connect('activate', Lang.bind(this, this._clear_all));
this.clear_action.connect('activate', this._clear_all.bind(this));
this.clear_action.actor.hide();

if (this._orientation == St.Side.BOTTOM) {
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.menu_label);
this.menu.addActor(this._maincontainer);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_separator);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_action);
} else {
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_action);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_separator);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.menu_label);
this.menu.addActor(this._maincontainer);
}

this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_action);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.clear_separator);
this.menu.addMenuItem(this.menu_label);
this.menu.addActor(this._maincontainer);

this.scrollview = new St.ScrollView({ x_fill: true, y_fill: true, y_align: St.Align.START, style_class: "vfade"});
this._maincontainer.add(this.scrollview);
this.scrollview.add_actor(this._notificationbin);
this.scrollview.set_policy(St.PolicyType.NEVER, St.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC);
this.scrollview.set_clip_to_allocation(true);

let vscroll = this.scrollview.get_vscroll_bar();
vscroll.connect('scroll-start', Lang.bind(this, function() {
this.menu.passEvents = true;
}));
vscroll.connect('scroll-stop', Lang.bind(this, function() {
this.menu.passEvents = false;
}));
vscroll.connect('scroll-start', () => this.menu.passEvents = true);
vscroll.connect('scroll-stop', () => this.menu.passEvents = false);

// Alternative tray icons.
this._crit_icon = new St.Icon({icon_name: 'critical-notif', icon_type: St.IconType.SYMBOLIC, reactive: true, track_hover: true, style_class: 'system-status-icon' });
this._alt_crit_icon = new St.Icon({icon_name: 'alt-critical-notif', icon_type: St.IconType.SYMBOLIC, reactive: true, track_hover: true, style_class: 'system-status-icon' });

this._on_panel_edit_mode_changed();

this.menu.addSettingsAction(_("Notification Settings"), 'notifications');
this.settingsMenuItem = this.menu.addSettingsAction(_("Notification Settings"), 'notifications');
}

_arrangeDisplay() {
// Remove menu actors so we can put them back in a different order according to orientation.
this.menu.box.remove_all_children();

if (this._orientation == St.Side.BOTTOM) {
this.menu.addActor(this.menu_label.actor);
this.menu.addActor(this._maincontainer);
this.menu.addActor(this.clear_separator.actor);
this.menu.addActor(this.clear_action.actor);
} else {
this.menu.addActor(this.clear_action.actor);
this.menu.addActor(this.clear_separator.actor);
this.menu.addActor(this.menu_label.actor);
this.menu.addActor(this._maincontainer);
}

this.menu.addActor(this.settingsMenuItem.actor);
}

_notification_added (mtray, notification) { // Notification event handler.
Expand All @@ -130,8 +154,6 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
if (notification._destroyed) {
this.notifications.splice(existing_index, 1);
} else {
notification._inNotificationBin = true;
global.reparentActor(notification.actor, this._notificationbin);
notification._timeLabel.show();
}
this.update_list();
Expand All @@ -140,11 +162,8 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
return;
}
// Add notification to list.
notification._inNotificationBin = true;
this.notifications.push(notification);
// Steal the notification panel.
this._notificationbin.add(notification.actor);
notification.actor._parent_container = this._notificationbin;

notification.actor.add_style_class_name('notification-applet-padding');
// Register for destruction.
notification.connect('scrolling-changed', (notif, scrolling) => { this.menu.passEvents = scrolling });
Expand All @@ -161,7 +180,7 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {

update_list () {
try {
let count = this.notifications.length;
const count = this.notifications.length;
if (count > 0) { // There are notifications.
this.actor.show();
this.clear_action.actor.show();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -249,12 +268,7 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
on_orientation_changed (orientation) {
this._orientation = orientation;

if (this.menu) {
this.menu.destroy();
}
this.menu = new Applet.AppletPopupMenu(this, orientation);
this.menuManager.addMenu(this.menu);
this._display();
this._arrangeDisplay();
}

on_applet_clicked(event) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -285,7 +299,14 @@ class CinnamonNotificationsApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
this._applet_icon_box.child = this._alt_crit_icon;
}
this._blink_toggle = !this._blink_toggle;
Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(1, Lang.bind(this, this.critical_blink));
Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(1, this.critical_blink.bind(this));
}

destroy() {
this.signals.disconnectAllSignals();
this._crit_icon.destroy();
this._alt_crit_icon.destroy();
this.menu.destroy();
}
}

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/[email protected]/metadata.json
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Expand Up @@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
"name": "Notifications",
"description": "Click to display and manage system notifications",
"role": "notifications",
"icon": "cs-notifications"
"icon": "cs-notifications",
"max-instances": -1
}
7 changes: 2 additions & 5 deletions js/ui/messageTray.js
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Expand Up @@ -258,12 +258,10 @@ var Notification = class Notification {
this._actionArea = null;
this._imageBin = null;
this._timestamp = new Date();
this._inNotificationBin = false;

source.connect('destroy', (source, reason) => { this.destroy(reason) });

this.actor = new St.Button({ accessible_role: Atk.Role.NOTIFICATION });
this.actor._parent_container = null;
this.actor.connect('clicked', () => this._onClicked());
this.actor.connect('destroy', () => this._onDestroy());

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -344,7 +342,6 @@ var Notification = class Notification {
*/
update(title, body, params) {
this._timestamp = new Date();
this._inNotificationBin = false;
params = Params.parse(params, {
icon: null,
titleMarkup: false,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -951,8 +948,8 @@ MessageTray.prototype = {

_showNotification: function () {
this._notification = this._notificationQueue.shift();
if (this._notification.actor._parent_container) {
this._notification.actor._parent_container.remove_actor(this._notification.actor);
if (this._notification.actor.get_parent()) {
this._notification.actor.get_parent().remove_actor(this._notification.actor);
}

this._notificationBin.child = this._notification.actor;
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