Winking Window List entry

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 12:42 +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 22:59:56 -0600 (CST)
> supraexpress at globaleyes.net wrote:
> 
> > After upgrading to Gnome-2.12 I occassionally see a Window List entry
> > "winking" (cycling in intensity). Not that I am complaining, but what does
> > that affect mean, and if I DO get tired of it - is there a way to "configure
> > it" (there is nothing in the Window List Preferences for it)?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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