Disable "Window is Ready" Notification in Gnome Shell?

It's just annoying. I know what happens on my system and if I want to check a software, I can do it on my own. Though I don't know how to disable that. Turning off every notification panel doesn't change a single thing. Turning off notifications doesn't change anything. Does anyone have a solution ?

Depado

Posted 2013-09-13T12:01:33.660

Reputation: 273

I have this problem whenever I click on a link on any application other than a browser. For example, in a mail application, I click on a link, and instead of a browser appearing, I get this notification. I can't understand why it would be desirable to have a notification instead of the actual browser open... – kapace – 2014-11-06T19:09:44.593

Well the fact that when you disable notifications, those still appears annoys me to the highest possible point. – Depado – 2014-11-07T14:10:56.183

related – bummi – 2017-11-07T15:03:36.257

Answers

There is a gnome shell extension called Steal my Focus which disables this behavior but it doesn't seem to be supported by the developer anymore. You can make it work though by forking the git repository, editing the metadata.json file and adding your gnome-shell version in there. Here is mine:

{
    "_generated": "Generated by SweetTooth, do not edit",
    "description": "Let windows steal focus. Removes the annoying 'Window is ready' notification and focus window immediately",
    "name": "Steal My Focus",
    "original-authors": [
         "kagesenshi.87@gmail.com"
    ],
    "shell-version": [
         "3.2","3.5.2","3.6","3.6.2","3.7","3.8","3.10","3.10.1"
    ],
    "url": "https://github.com/kagesenshi/gnome-shell-extension-stealmyfocus",
    "uuid": "steal-my-focus@kagesenshi.org",
    "version": 1
}

Adonis K. Kakoulidis

Posted 2013-09-13T12:01:33.660

Reputation: 228

Though I don't want the window to auto-focus. I just don't want to get notified. (Because it's just annoying) Is there a way to modify that extension so that it doesn't focus ? – Depado – 2013-10-21T14:30:51.533

It is but I don't have the knowledge to mofidy it myself. I understand JavaScript but I don't know much about Gnome Shell's JS API – Adonis K. Kakoulidis – 2013-10-21T15:20:40.047

1Yeah me neither xD I'll just deal with it or wait until Gnome Developpers update the Notification stuff.
Thanks for your help. I'll validate your answer. – Depado – 2013-10-23T07:46:30.680

In Gnome 3.18, there is an option in gnome-tweak-tool to automatically focus on the window instead of displaying this annoying notifications.

Depado

Posted 2013-09-13T12:01:33.660

Reputation: 273

4Could you clarify which option this is? – Bert Peters – 2018-11-22T12:08:13.183

Here is a similar extension that works on newer versions of gnome-shell (tested on 3.16) https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1005/focus-my-window/

Pedro

Posted 2013-09-13T12:01:33.660

Reputation: 151

I've found another half-measure: another extension which is not stealing focus, but providing a keyboard shortcut for showing the "ready" application/dialog: https://github.com/awamper/window-demands-attention-shortcut

Default shortcut is Super-W and it is configurable in gnome-tweak-tool.