node-webkit-desktop-notification

see this first.

This is proper desktop notifications for node-webkit.

Idea behind is to create drop-in replacement for html5 desktop notifications. Giving though richer and better experience.

Use the lib in your app you need to take 2 files:

src/desktopNotification.js
src/desktopNotification.html

You need to place them in same folder of your app. Load desktopNotification.js to your index.html to use the DesktopNotification

var notif = new DesktopNotification('Hello', {body: 'World'});
notif.show();

check other ways to use DesktopNotification in example.

try live

• Fetch the repo.
• npm install
• npm start
• find an app for your OS in build/node-webkit-desktop-notification
• play

##API

Class: DesktopNotification(title, options)

Title is the notification's title. Options: body is required.

options:

• width: 288 - width
• height: 96 - height
• body - text body for notification
• icon - icon of notification
• ease - ease function
• htmlBody - notification body as HTML
• styles - additional styles to add for notification

Instance: DesktopNotification

methods

• show - show notification
• close - close notification
• on - set up event listener on notification
• off - remove event listener from notification
• emit - emit event on notification

properties (html5 Notification compatibility)

• onclick - assign function for click event
• onshow - assign function for show event
• onclose - assign function for close event
• onerror - assign function for error event

events

• body.click - if someone clicks on notification
• show - when notification is shown
• close - when notification is closed
• showStart - when notification start showing animation
• closeStart - when notification start closing animation
• error - on error
• close.click - when user clicks on x to close notification

Customizing notification

You can put design your own beautiful notifications by using htmlBody and styles options.

Inside in notification window context you have access to window object which is EventEmitter. You can emit events inside notification with window.emit('eventName') and catch them on DesktopNotification instance in your application.

For more details, check example.

Easing functions

You can use following ease functions like DesktopNotification.ease.easeInQuad, just put it as ease option in options.

  easeInQuad
  easeOutQuad
  easeInOutQuad
  easeInCubic
  easeOutCubic
  easeInOutCubic
  easeInQuart
  easeOutQuart
  easeInOutQuart
  easeInQuint
  easeOutQuint
  easeInOutQuint
  easeInSine
  easeOutSine
  easeInOutSine
  easeInExpo
  easeOutExpo
  easeInOutExpo
  easeInCirc
  easeOutCirc
  easeInOutCirc
  easeInElastic
  easeOutElastic
  easeInOutElastic
  easeInBack
  easeOutBack
  easeInOutBack
  easeInBounce
  easeOutBounce