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How to center a GNOME pop-up notification?

To display a GNOME pop-up notification at (200,400) on the screen (using Python):

import pynotify

n = pynotify.Notification("This is my title", "This is my description")
n.set_hint('x', 200)
n.set_hint('y', 400)
n.show()

I'm a gtk noob. How can I make this Notification show up centered on the screen, or at the bottom-center of the screen?

Perhaps my question should be "what Python snippet gets me the Linux screen dimensions?", and I'll plug those into set_hint() as appropriate.

Solution

  • Since you're using GNOME, here's the GTK way of getting the screen resolution

    import gtk.gdk
import pynotify

n = pynotify.Notification("This is my title", "This is my description")
n.set_hint('x', gtk.gdk.screen_width()/2.)
n.set_hint('y', gtk.gdk.screen_height()/2.)
n.show()