<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHere is the configuration I am using on my PC. It is based on Nord Color Scheme. Its effect is what is shown above in the title image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# My PC: 1440p at 15.6 inch\n[global]\n follow = keyboard\n width = (0, 1500)\n height = 950\n origin = top-right\n offset = 48x60\n scale = 0\n notification_limit = 10\n progress_bar = true\n progress_bar_height = 10\n progress_bar_frame_width = 1\n progress_bar_min_width = 150\n progress_bar_max_width = 300\n progress_bar_corner_radius = 0\n icon_corner_radius = 0\n indicate_hidden = yes\n transparency = 5\n separator_height = 2\n padding = 15\n horizontal_padding = 15\n text_icon_padding = 0\n frame_width = 3\n frame_color = \"#aaaaaa\"\n gap_size = 0\n separator_color = frame\n sort = yes\n idle_threshold = 120\n font = UbuntuMono Nerd Font Mono 17\n line_height = 10\n markup = full\n format = \"<b><u>%s<\/u><\/b>\\n%b\\n\"\n alignment = left\n vertical_alignment = top\n show_age_threshold = 60\n word_wrap = no\n ellipsize = end\n ignore_newline = no\n stack_duplicates = true\n hide_duplicate_count = false\n show_indicators = yes\n enable_recursive_icon_lookup = true\n icon_theme = \"breeze-dark, Papirus-Dark\"\n icon_position = left\n min_icon_size = 48\n max_icon_size = 128\n icon_path = \/usr\/share\/icons\/gnome\/16x16\/status\/:\/usr\/share\/icons\/gnome\/16x16\/devices\/\n sticky_history = yes\n history_length = 50\n dmenu = \/usr\/bin\/dmenu -i -fn Ubuntu-18 -l 30 -p dunst:\n browser = qutebrowser\n always_run_script = true\n title = Dunst\n class = Dunst\n corner_radius = 9\n ignore_dbusclose = false\n force_xwayland = false\n force_xinerama = false\n mouse_left_click = close_current\n mouse_middle_click = do_action, close_current\n mouse_right_click = close_all\n\n[experimental]\n per_monitor_dpi = false\n\n[urgency_low]\n background = \"#E5E9F0\"\n foreground = \"#2E3440\"\n frame_color = \"#2E3440\"\n timeout = 10\n\n[urgency_normal]\n background = \"#2E3440\"\n foreground = \"#BF616A\"\n frame_color = \"#BF616A\"\n highlight = \"#BF616A\"\n timeout = 10\n\n[urgency_critical]\n background = \"#ffffff\"\n foreground = \"#900000\"\n frame_color = \"#900000\"\n timeout = 0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nNow, I am going to modify these configurations one by one and show the difference they make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Before you begin<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDunst is configured using the file ~\/.config\/dunst\/dunstrc<\/code> at the user level. And if you are configuring it for all the users on your computer, do it in \/etc\/dunst\/dunstrc<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRestart dunst each time you change any configuration value. For this, execute the command killall dunst && dunst<\/code> from your terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn this configuration, all dimensional units are in pixels. Here, sometimes, I will take very large values just to show you the effects. You need to set them accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comments in dunstrc begin with a hash (#<\/code>) and ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDunst’s configuration is divided into segments (global<\/code>, experimental<\/code>, urgency_low<\/code>, etc.). Each segment begins with a square bracket (ex – [global]<\/code>). Under each segment, each configuration is prepended with a tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[global]\n <global segment>\n[experimental]\n <experimental>\n[urgency_low]\n <urgency_low>\n[urgency_normal]\n <urgency_normal>\n[urgency_critical]\n <urgency_critical>\n[...]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Display Related Configuration<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/span>How to set the monitor on which the notifications will be displayed<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis option decides which monitor should the notifications be displayed on. This option is used when there are more than one monitor connected to your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
monitor = 0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>How to make notifications follow keyboard\/mouse<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis option decides how to display notifications on the focused monitor. Possible options are: mouse<\/code>, keyboard<\/code>, and none<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nmouse<\/code>: notifications will follow the mouse pointer, i.e., they will move to the monitor on which your mouse pointer is located.<\/li>\n\n\n\nkeyboard<\/code>: notifications will follow the window with keyboard focus. This requires a window manager that exports the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW<\/code> property. Most modern window managers support this, so you don’t have to worry about it.<\/li>\n\n\n\nnone<\/code>: notifications won’t follow anything.
If this option is set to mouse or keyboard, the monitor option set above will be ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nfollow = keyboard<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Geometry in dunst configuration<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Width of notification<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nFor constant width of 1500 (all notifications will have a constant width of 1500), set the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
width = 1500<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nFor dynamic width from 0 to 1500 (all notifications’ width will be between 0 and 1500 depending upon the notification’s content):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
width = (0, 1500)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Height of notification<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis option decides the maximum height of a single notification, excluding the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that ‘frame’ of any entity is what ‘surrounds’ it. This term will be used for the notification-window and progress bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set it to some very large value. When less height is needed, dunst will use that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
height = 1000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Position the notification in the top right corner<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOther options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- top-left<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- top-center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- bottom-left<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- bottom-center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- bottom-right<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- left-center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- right-center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
origin = top-right<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Offset from the origin<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIt should be written in the format of XxY where X is the horizontal offset and Y is the vertical offset<\/p>\n\n\n\n
offset = 48x60<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Scale factor for HiDPI screens<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis should be an Integer. It is auto-detected if the value is 0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
scale = 0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Maximum number of notifications shown at a time<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nLet’s say some program is bombarding your screen with a lot of notifications. If it is set to 10, only 10 of these will be shown at a time by the given configuration. Rest will be shown only after the oldest ones time out (non-critical messages time out).
Message<\/strong>: timeout is set below.
Its default value is 20.
Set it to 0 for no limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\nnotification_limit = 10<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Progress bar in dunst configuration<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThis option turns on the progress bar. It appears when a progress hint is passed with, for example, dunstify -h int:value:12<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nprogress_bar = true<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Progress bar height<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nprogress_bar_height = 10<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n