In it's current state (v1.3.0), dunst seems to vertically center the icon and text. I personally find this irritating and would prefer to align them to the top of the notification.
The following graphics demonstrate/clarify the idea with a) an icon smaller than the text and b) a much larger icon than the text.
Center alignment (current behaviour)
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
β first line β | β #### β
β # second β | β #### one line β
β third line β | β #### β
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
Top alignment
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
β # first line β | β #### one line β
β second β | β #### β
β third line β | β #### β
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
Bottom alignment
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
β first line β | β #### β
β second β | β #### β
β # third line β | β #### one line β
βββββββββββββββββββββ | βββββββββββββββββββββ
Would it be possible to implement such alignment? I would much appreciate it.
Agreed, I can totally understand why people would be driven nuts by a limitation in the current release like this. For future readers who are looking for a solution to this problem, here's a workaround hack you can use. Basically, what you do is trick dunst into preserving the leading/trailing whitespace in your string by using a "pseudo" space character. This way, you can vertically top-align or bottom-align your notification text.
Before the hack:
notify-send "π΅ ~Now playing~ π΅" "$SONG_TITLE\n$ALBUM_NAME"
After the hack:
# NOTE!!! The "space" at the end is actually the Unicode symbol '\u3000'
notify-send "π΅ ~Now playing~ π΅" "$SONG_TITLE\n$ALBUM_NAME\n\n\nγ"
Good luck! Here's a video demo of it in action
Hi, is there any possibility this will be taken up any time soon ?
been really looking forward to this since a while..
Unfortunately, I do not have enough time to dedicate to proper dunst development other than bugfixing for the time being. However if anyone wants to step up to implement this I'd gladly accept a PR, and I'm obviously still active here if there are any questions.
Most of the positioning work is done in render_content so if anyone wants to implement it that's the place to start.
Most of the positioning work is done in render_content so if anyone wants to implement it that's the place to start.
Uh, this looks intriguing. I hacked at it shortly and it looks promising. Will try to have another shot at it on the weekend. Thanks for the pointer :)
Implemented with #684!
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Implemented with #684!