[Feature Request]: Stop using VS Code pop-up notification for builds, flashing project messages. (VSC-1272)

[Seefer]

This window pop-up obscures the terminal window output when I click on build or flash etc. I feel the proper place for messages of this nature should be sent to the terminal output windows instead of the GUI-based VS Code notification pop-up.

[brianignacio5]

With the PR #1087 you can define how notifications are handle by this extension by using a ESP-IDF: Select output and notification mode command which allows to define a idf.notificationMode configuration setting to:

1. Show task output and notifications
2. Show only task output
3. Show only notification
4. Show nothing

[txf-]

I would be nice to also have the option to suppress the switch from the terminal task to the ESP-IDF output ( when flashing for example)

[brianignacio5]

Does it happen when there is no errors or only when errors appear @txf- ?

[Seefer]

It happens when simply building or flashing a project. The pop-up notification window seems redundant considering there's build and flash progress information being shown in the terminal window. I feel such messages are best output to the Terminal window and the notification windows is best used for situations where a problem has occurred, and user response is required.

[txf-]

Does it happen when there is no errors or only when errors appear @txf- ?

It happens on success as well as failure.

One unfortunate consequence of this is that if I try to to use the build,flash and monitor option is that the jump messes up the serial monitor tab.

To get the monitor window to work correctly I need to flash flash separately, click again on the terminal tab and then open the monitor

[brianignacio5]

It happens when simply building or flashing a project. The pop-up notification window seems redundant considering there's build and flash progress information being shown in the terminal window. I feel such messages are best output to the Terminal window and the notification windows is best used for situations where a problem has occurred, and user response is required.

As I mentioned before, you can disable this pop-ups if you want with the mentioned command or configuration setting.

[txf-]

As I mentioned before, you can disable this pop-ups if you want with the mentioned command or configuration setting.

I have the setting set to "Output", but this only hides the task "complete" notifications, it doesn't hide the "in-progress" such as the "Building Project" notification above.

Is there another setting that does this?

[brianignacio5]

I've added the PR #1118 to hide the progress notification based on idf.notificationMode. With this PR, Progress notification should be disabled when idf.notificationMode is different than All or Notification