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Asked: 2026-05-20T10:10:42+00:00

I am not sure exactly how to ask this question as I am not

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I am not sure exactly how to ask this question as I am not sure of the terminology I should use. I am writing a web application that is essentially a browser based IRC client. I wish to replicate some functionality I see in clients like x-chat where when you get a personal message it will alert the window manager. In my window manager (Aweosme wm) it turns the program tab red, in windows I imagine it would cause the programs button on the task bar to blink.

Essentially it’s a notification that tells the window manager that something has happened and the program wants your attention.

  • What is the terminology for this
    functionality?
  • Is it possible to
    make a webapp tell the browser to do
    this?
  • If ‘B’ is yes then how?
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t really make your browser window blink in the task bar. For HTML5 a Notification API was planned and so far Chrome supports it, but it seems that it was dropped again.

    The only cross-browser possibilities to get the attention of your users are either to set the focus of the window:

    window.focus();

    or to change the title of your page:

    document.title = "New message!";

    See also this SO answer for a nice “blinky” implementation of changing document.title.

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