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type="topic"
id="notification">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
<desc>Use the <cmd>--notification</cmd> option.</desc>
</info>
<title>Notification Icon</title>
<p>
Use the <cmd>--notification</cmd> option to create a notification icon.
</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title><cmd>--text</cmd>=<var>text</var></title>
<p>Specifies the text that is displayed in the notification area.</p>
</item>
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<item>
<title><cmd>--listen</cmd>=icon: '<var>text</var>', message: '<var>text</var>', tooltip: '<var>text</var>', visible: '<var>text</var>',</title>
<p>Listens for commands at standard input. At least one command must be specified. Commands are comma seperated. A command must be followed by a colon and a value. </p>
<note style="tip">
<p>The <cmd>icon</cmd> command also accepts four stock icon values such as <var>error</var>, <var>info</var>, <var>question</var> and <var>warning</var>.</p>
</note>
</item>
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</terms>
<p>
The following example script shows how to create a notification icon:
</p>
<code>
#!/bin/sh
zenity --notification\
--window-icon="info" \
--text="There are system updates necessary!"
</code>
<figure id="zenity-notification-screenshot">
<title>Notification Icon Example</title>
<desc><app>Zenity</app> notification icon example</desc>
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-notification-screenshot.png"/>
</figure>
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<p>
The following example script shows how to create a notification icon along with <cmd>--listen</cmd>:
</p>
<code>
#!/bin/sh
cat <<EOH| zenity --notification --listen
message: this is the message text
EOH
</code>
<figure id="zenity-notification-listen-screenshot">
<title>Notification Icon with <cmd>--listen</cmd> Example</title>
<desc><app>Zenity</app> notification with <cmd>--listen</cmd> example</desc>
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-notification-listen-screenshot.png"/>
</figure>
</page>
