Index: sources/gui/qml/dialogs/NotificationDialog.qml
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diff -u -r8f83b92860a33498ea7856e63afef0a10ee11923 -r7a1509a80fed2dd51aa28b460acbf0227d0c96d7
--- sources/gui/qml/dialogs/NotificationDialog.qml	(.../NotificationDialog.qml)	(revision 8f83b92860a33498ea7856e63afef0a10ee11923)
+++ sources/gui/qml/dialogs/NotificationDialog.qml	(.../NotificationDialog.qml)	(revision 7a1509a80fed2dd51aa28b460acbf0227d0c96d7)
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 ModalDialog { id : _root
     contentItem.objectName: "_NotificationDialog" // SquishQt
 
-    property alias titleText            : _title.text;
-    property alias description          : _desc.text;
+    property alias titleText            : _title.text
+    property alias description          : _desc.text
     property alias titleBarForeground   : _title.color
     property alias titleBarBackground   : _titleBar.color
     property alias isSilenced           : _muteButton.isSilenced
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@
         radius  : _root.radius
         clip    : true // the mute button expands so we need to clip the outside unwanted area.
 
-        Image {
-            id: _icon
+        Image { id: _icon
             source: "qrc:/images/iAlarm"
             anchors.horizontalCenter: _title.horizontalCenter
             anchors.verticalCenter: _title.verticalCenter
@@ -88,15 +87,15 @@
         }
 
         MouseArea { id: _minimizeArea
-            enabled: _root.minVisible
+            enabled     : _root.minVisible
             anchors.fill: parent
             onClicked   : _root.minimizeClicked()
         }
 
         UpDownButton { id: _minimizeButton
-            visible: _root.minVisible
             backgroundColor: _titleBar.color
-            isUp: false
+            isUp    : false
+            isList  : ! _root.minVisible
             anchors {
                 verticalCenter  : _titleBar.verticalCenter
                 right           : _titleBar.right
@@ -114,6 +113,12 @@
             }
             onClicked: _root.muteClicked()
         }
+        // TODO: disable this later. this is only for diagnostic purpose when alarm dialog covers the entire screen.
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: _icon
+            onClicked       : if ( _minimizeArea.enabled ) _root.minimizeClicked()
+            onDoubleClicked : _sdItem.doubleClicked()
+        }
     }
 
     Text { id: _desc