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"Noisy" notifications for all messages on Linux desktop app #2099

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PrivacyFriendlyMuffins opened this issue Jan 28, 2025 · 5 comments
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A-Notifications O-Occasional Affects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarely S-Minor Impairs non-critical functionality or suitable workarounds exist T-Defect

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I recently switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint, and while the default behavior on Windows was to only have an audible—or "noisy" as the settings call it—notification when my name is mentioned or as a reply to a comment I made, on Linux the default behavior is to have an audible notification for all messages.

It seems to only be the case in Favorited rooms, but I can't be certain of this.

There is an option in each room's individual settings: "@mentions and keywords", but frankly to do that with every channel would be unnecessarily tedious, I feel. So, I have it set to Default, or, rather, I never took it off Default.

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That being said, there doesn't seem to be an option for this in the app-wide settings.

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Outcome

What did you expect?

That the Linux version of Element desktop has the same default behavior as the Windows default behavior, that being only making an audible—or "noisy"—notification for @mentions and keywords.

What happened instead?

For at least Favorited rooms, every message is given an audible notification.

Operating system

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon

Application version

1.11.90

How did you install the app?

From https://element.io/download#linux

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matrix.org

Will you send logs?

Yes

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(Okay, I downloaded the rageshake.tar log files, but I can't figure out how to upload them to this post...)

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t3chguy commented Jan 28, 2025

All the desktop apps behave the same given the notifications are handled by the Element Web embedded within Electron, though it may be that your OS is playing sound for the pop-up notification even though we signal for it not to. I doubt logs will be helpful here.

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Oh, I didn't realize that. Thank you.

To your knowledge, is there a way to make Linux Mint 22.1 respect said signal?

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t3chguy commented Jan 28, 2025

I don't use Linux Mint so no, though I don't know for sure that is what is happening. Is the notification sound the same as you've come to expect (and probably hate) from Element or a different sound? If it is Mint's own sound then you'd have to find a way to turn it off in Mint. Element only ever plays its own notification sound.

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I don't use Linux Mint so no, though I don't know for sure that is what is happening.

Fair enough.

Is the notification sound the same as you've come to expect (and probably hate) from Element or a different sound? If it is Mint's own sound then you'd have to find a way to turn it off in Mint. Element only ever plays its own notification sound.

How do I find out what notification file it's using? The Linux app doesn't provide an option for a custom notification sound in Settings. Or, at least, I presume it doesn't, since I didn't see an option in Settings > Notifications.

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