diff --git a/source/plattform/notification.rst b/source/plattform/notification.rst
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--- a/source/plattform/notification.rst
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@@ -1,112 +1,112 @@
Notification
============
Notifications are a way to inform users of your app about events, even if the
-applications has no focus, is minimzed or is only running in the background.
+applications has no focus, is minimized or is only running in the background.
Examples
--------
.. figure:: /img/NotificationLowDisk.png
:alt:
Low disk space notification
Guidelines
----------
Is this the right control
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use notifications to inform the user of events that are of interest to the
-user, even if your app is not in foregound, but don't spam the user with
+user, even if your app is not in foreground, but don't spam the user with
notifications.
- - Complition of long running tasks an user has started manually
+ - Completion of long running tasks an user has started manually
- Incoming communication from other users
- Hardware related events like, low battery, lost network connection, running
out of disk space
Don't use a notification for:
- Actions of your app that don't require user interaction, background
processes, syncing, updates, ...
- - Advertisment, rating or feedback requests, cross promoting, ...
+ - Advertisement, rating or feedback requests, cross promoting, ...
- If an unexpected or potentially dangerous condition has been reached and the
user must make a decision. Use an :doc:`/components/assistance/message`
instead.
- Don't send notifications, if an user has never opened your application
.. figure:: /img/NotificationHistory.png
:alt:
Notification history
Behavior
~~~~~~~~
-Notifications are provided by the system to the user, and formost the
-user settings for notification govern the behavior and apeparance of
-notifications. But there are serveral options to influence the and enrich the
+Notifications are provided by the system to the user, and foremost the
+user settings for notification govern the behavior and appearance of
+notifications. But there are several options to influence the and enrich the
behavior of your notifications.
Persistence
"""""""""""
Setting the notification to persistent will prevent the notification from
closing after a timeout. If you set the notification to persistent, you need to
make sure to revoke the notification, if the reason for the notification no
-longer applies, like a power adpter was plugged after a "Battery level is
-critical" notifcation.
+longer applies, like a power adapter was plugged after a "Battery level is
+critical" notification.
Urgency
"""""""
It is recommended that a notification carrys an urgency hint:
- 0 – Low, “Matt is now online”, “You just plugged in your AC adapter”
- 1 – Normal, “You have new mail”
- 2 – Critical, “Battery level is critical”
Actions
"""""""
You can add up to three action buttons to the notification to enable the user
to react to the event, without opening the app first.
Preview
"""""""
-You can specify an url to an image associated with the notifcation. The image
-will be displayed as a preview in the notifcation.
+You can specify an url to an image associated with the notification. The image
+will be displayed as a preview in the notification.
.. Quick Reply
"""""""""""
This enables the user to reply to an Email or SMS from within the
notification. A “Reply” text field is placed in the notification window
whose content is eventually sent back to the application through the
notification server.
Code
----
.. code-block:: c++
KNotification *notification= new KNotification ( "contactOnline", widget );
notification->setText( i18n("The contact %1 has gone online",
contact->name() );
notification->setPixmap( contact->pixmap() );
notification->setActions( QStringList( i18n( "Open chat" ) ) );
foreach( const QString &group , contact->groups() ) {
notification->addContext( "group" , group ) ;
}
connect(notification, SIGNAL(activated(unsigned int )), contact ,
SLOT(slotOpenChat()) );
notification->sendEvent();
Use :knotificationsapi:`` to send notifications to the
:doc:`Plasma Workspaces `.