i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:40:37 +0000notifications (notify-osd) always goes to screen 1https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/Any time I get alerts via chrome (or anything via notify-osd) they jump the screen 1. I have found that notify-osd can be set to "follow-focus", but that still does not help and that seems to be more for a multi-monitor setup anyhow. Is there anything that can be done in i3 to fix this situation? I'll try to test with some other multi-screen window managers and see if they have the same issue. Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:33:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/Answer by aspitzer for <p>Any time I get alerts via chrome (or anything via notify-osd) they jump the screen 1. I have found that notify-osd can be set to "follow-focus", but that still does not help and that seems to be more for a multi-monitor setup anyhow.</p> <p>Is there anything that can be done in i3 to fix this situation? I'll try to test with some other multi-screen window managers and see if they have the same issue. </p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?answer=3520#post-id-3520I just confirmed that notification DO follow which ever screen you are on with the default ubuntu window manager (unity) UPDATE: Too many moving parts to pinpoint the solution: 1) followed instructions in changing to xfce4-notifyd (which did not seem to help initially) 2) did a software update of ubuntu 12.04 which upgraded chrome and a ton of other things. 3) updated i3 to the latest. Now the notification (which ARE xfce) are following whichever virtual screen I am on - yay!Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:53:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?answer=3520#post-id-3520Comment by sml for <p>I just confirmed that notification DO follow which ever screen you are on with the default ubuntu window manager (unity)</p> <p>UPDATE: Too many moving parts to pinpoint the solution:</p> <p>1) followed instructions in changing to xfce4-notifyd (which did not seem to help initially)</p> <p>2) did a software update of ubuntu 12.04 which upgraded chrome and a ton of other things.</p> <p>3) updated i3 to the latest.</p> <p>Now the notification (which ARE xfce) are following whichever virtual screen I am on - yay!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?comment=4242#comment-4242also see: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1024/using-gnome-notification-daemon-in-i3/?answer=4240#post-id-4240Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:40:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?comment=4242#comment-4242Comment by Michael for <p>I just confirmed that notification DO follow which ever screen you are on with the default ubuntu window manager (unity)</p> <p>UPDATE: Too many moving parts to pinpoint the solution:</p> <p>1) followed instructions in changing to xfce4-notifyd (which did not seem to help initially)</p> <p>2) did a software update of ubuntu 12.04 which upgraded chrome and a ton of other things.</p> <p>3) updated i3 to the latest.</p> <p>Now the notification (which ARE xfce) are following whichever virtual screen I am on - yay!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?comment=3680#comment-3680Note that notification windows are unmanaged and hence the i3 update is very unlikely to have played a part in solving this problem :).Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:01:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3519/notifications-notify-osd-always-goes-to-screen-1/?comment=3680#comment-3680