How do I change how long notifications are displayed?
You can't do this normally. However, there is a patched version of notify-osd that supports it:
From Ubuntu 16.04 onwards:
You'll need to add two PPA's:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:leolik/leolik
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
Then install it like this:
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install notifyosdconfig
The configuration dialog should be in Applications->Accessories or notifyosdconf from the terminal. There's a setting for the standard notification duration as per screenshot above if you don't set it the --expire-time parameter.
Example:
notify-send --urgency=LOW --expire-time=1 --icon=face-laugh "test" "1 second"
Older versions: (9.10-14.10)
You'll need to add two PPA's:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:leolik/leolik
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:amandeepgrewal/notifyosdconfig
sudo apt-get update
Then install it like this:
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install notifyosdconfig
The configuration dialog should be in Applications->Accessories or notifyosdconf from the terminal. There's a setting for notification duration as per screenshot above.
Example:
notify-send --urgency=LOW --expire-time=1 --icon=face-laugh "test" "1 second"
crude but effective and then some - caveat this also kills pending notifications
this can only shorten display times just change the 1.5 in sleep 1.5; below:
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details in Close button on notify-osd?
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Expiry time in notify-send notifications
dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" \
| grep --line-buffered "member=Notify" \
| sed -u -e 's/.*/sleep 1.5; killall notify-osd/' \
| bash
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Expiry time in notify-send notifications
The duration of the notification is, I believe, dependent on the length of the message.
From the perspective of someone who was worked with it indirectly (by using the pynotify module in Python), I have discovered that specifying a duration for a message is not possible.