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Discover how to keep Microsoft Teams notifications floating while using XMonad on Linux, ensuring a smooth workflow and minimal distraction.
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Managing Microsoft Teams Notifications in XMonad: A Practical Guide

As Linux users who leverage advanced window managers, like XMonad, often face unique challenges. One such challenge arises when managing notifications from applications like Microsoft Teams. By default, notifications may interfere with your tiling layout, which can be quite disruptive. If you've noticed that Teams notifications are being integrated into your tiling setup instead of floating as intended, you're not alone! In this guide, we'll explore how to customize your XMonad configuration to ensure that your Teams notifications float independently of your other tiled windows.

The Problem: Notifications Integrated into Tiling

When using XMonad with Microsoft Teams, users may find that notifications aren't behaving as expected. Rather than appearing as small floating windows—allowing you to see them without disrupting your workflow—these notifications become part of the tiled layout. This behavior can be irritating and counterproductive. What you'd like is for Teams notifications to float above your other application windows without altering the rest of your layout.

To understand how to solve this, I'll break down the solution into manageable steps.

The Solution: Floating Notifications with XMonad

Fortunately, there's a way to customize your XMonad window manager to allow Microsoft Teams notifications to float while keeping the application itself tiled. Below are the steps to achieve this:

1. Update Your Manage Hook

Start by adding a rule in your XMonad configuration file. This involves updating your myManageHook. Here’s how to do it:

Open your XMonad configuration file (commonly located at ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs).

Locate your existing myManageHook section.

Here’s the original configuration snippet you may have:

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2. Add Floating Notification Rule

To make your Teams notifications float, add the following line to your myManageHook inside the composeAll function:

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This line of code specifies that any window whose title matches "Microsoft Teams Notification" should be treated as a floating window. The NE tag indicates where you want the notification to appear—in this case, the "Northeast" corner of your screen.

3. Choose the Preferred Notification Position

If you're unsatisfied with the default position of the notification (top right corner), you can move it to a different corner or side of your screen by changing the NE parameter to one of the following options:

NW – North West (top left)

SE – South East (bottom right)

SW – South West (bottom left)

Final Steps: Compile and Restart XMonad

After making these adjustments, save the changes to your configuration file. You'll need to recompile your XMonad configuration and restart the window manager for the modifications to take effect. This can typically be done with the key combination Mod + Q (with Mod usually being the Alt or Super key, depending on your setup).

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can easily configure XMonad to keep your Microsoft Teams notifications floating and prevent them from disrupting your workflow. With a little bit of customization, you can enjoy a cleaner and more efficient desktop environment that suits your needs.

Feel free to share your experiences or ask questions in the comments below—happy tiling!