app/src/cc/arduino/UpdatableBoardsLibsFakeURLsHandler.java

@@ -53,22 +53,26 @@ public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent event) {
     }
 
     URL url = event.getURL();
+    openBoardLibManager(url);
+  }
 
+  public void openBoardLibManager(URL url) {
     if (BOARDSMANAGER.equals(url.getHost())) {
       try {
-        base.openBoardsManager("", "DropdownUpdatableCoresItem");
+        base.openBoardsManager(url.getRef() == null ? "": url.getRef() , url.getPath() == null ? "" : url.getPath().replace("/", ""));
       } catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
       return;
     }
 
     if (LIBRARYMANAGER.equals(url.getHost())) {
-      base.openLibraryManager("DropdownUpdatableLibrariesItem");
+      base.openLibraryManager(url.getRef() == null ? "": url.getRef() , url.getPath() == null ? "" : url.getPath().replace("/", ""));
       return;
     }
 
     throw new IllegalArgumentException(url.getHost() + " is invalid");
+
   }
 
 }

app/src/cc/arduino/contributions/ContributionsSelfCheck.java

@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
 import cc.arduino.view.NotificationPopup;
 import processing.app.Base;
 import processing.app.BaseNoGui;
+import processing.app.Editor;
 import processing.app.I18n;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
+
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowFocusListener;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
 import static processing.app.I18n.tr;
@@ -83,20 +87,42 @@ public void run() {
 
     String text;
     if (updatableLibraries > 0 && updatablePlatforms <= 0) {
-      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}libraries{1}"), "<a href=\"http://librarymanager\">", "</a>");
+      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}libraries{1}"), "<a href=\"http://librarymanager/DropdownUpdatableLibrariesItem\">", "</a>");
     } else if (updatableLibraries <= 0 && updatablePlatforms > 0) {
-      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}boards{1}"), "<a href=\"http://boardsmanager\">", "</a>");
+      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}boards{1}"), "<a href=\"http://boardsmanager/DropdownUpdatableCoresItem\">", "</a>");
     } else {
-      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}boards{1} and {2}libraries{3}"), "<a href=\"http://boardsmanager\">", "</a>", "<a href=\"http://librarymanager\">", "</a>");
+      text = I18n.format(tr("Updates available for some of your {0}boards{1} and {2}libraries{3}"), "<a href=\"http://boardsmanager/DropdownUpdatableCoresItem\">", "</a>", "<a href=\"http://librarymanager/DropdownUpdatableLibrariesItem\">", "</a>");
     }
 
     if (cancelled) {
       return;
     }
 
     SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
-      notificationPopup = new NotificationPopup(base.getActiveEditor(), hyperlinkListener, text);
-      notificationPopup.setVisible(true);
+      Editor ed = base.getActiveEditor();
+      notificationPopup = new NotificationPopup(ed, hyperlinkListener, text);
+      if (ed.isFocused()) {
+        notificationPopup.begin();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // If the IDE is not focused wait until it is focused again to
+      // display the notification, this avoids the annoying side effect
+      // to "steal" the focus from another application.
+      WindowFocusListener wfl = new WindowFocusListener() {
+        @Override
+        public void windowLostFocus(WindowEvent evt) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void windowGainedFocus(WindowEvent evt) {
+          notificationPopup.begin();
+          for (Editor e : base.getEditors())
+            e.removeWindowFocusListener(this);
+        }
+      };
+      for (Editor e : base.getEditors())
+        e.addWindowFocusListener(wfl);
     });
   }
 

app/src/cc/arduino/view/NotificationPopup.java

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
 
 import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
@@ -52,16 +54,18 @@
 import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
 import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
 
+import cc.arduino.Constants;
 import processing.app.Theme;
 
 public class NotificationPopup extends JDialog {
 
+  private Timer autoCloseTimer = new Timer(false);
+
   public NotificationPopup(Frame parent, HyperlinkListener hyperlinkListener,
                            String message) {
     super(parent, false);
     setLayout(new FlowLayout());
     setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
-    setAlwaysOnTop(true);
     setUndecorated(true);
     setResizable(false);
 
@@ -131,6 +135,17 @@ private void updateLocation(Frame parent) {
   }
 
   public void close() {
+    autoCloseTimer.cancel();
     dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(this, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
   }
+
+  public void begin() {
+    autoCloseTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        close();
+      }
+    }, Constants.NOTIFICATION_POPUP_AUTOCLOSE_DELAY);
+    setVisible(true);
+  }
 }

app/src/processing/app/Base.java

@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ static public void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
     System.setProperty("swing.aatext", "true");
     System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");
 
-    splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Loading configuration..."));
-
     if (OSUtils.isMacOS()) {
       ThinkDifferent.init();
     }
@@ -158,6 +156,8 @@ static public void guardedMain(String args[]) throws Exception {
 
     BaseNoGui.initParameters(args);
 
+    splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Loading configuration..."));
+
     BaseNoGui.initVersion();
 
 //    if (System.getProperty("mrj.version") != null) {
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ static public void guardedMain(String args[]) throws Exception {
     INSTANCE = new Base(args);
   }
 
-  
+
   static public void initLogger() {
     Handler consoleHandler = new ConsoleLogger();
     consoleHandler.setLevel(Level.ALL);
     consoleHandler.setFormatter(new LogFormatter("%1$tl:%1$tM:%1$tS [%4$7s] %2$s: %5$s%n"));
-    
+
     Logger globalLogger = Logger.getLogger(Logger.GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME);
     globalLogger.setLevel(consoleHandler.getLevel());
-    
+
     // Remove default
     Handler[] handlers = globalLogger.getHandlers();
     for(Handler handler : handlers) {
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ static public void initLogger() {
     for(Handler handler : handlers) {
       root.removeHandler(handler);
     }
-    
+
     globalLogger.addHandler(consoleHandler);
-    
+
     Logger.getLogger("cc.arduino.packages.autocomplete").setParent(globalLogger);
     Logger.getLogger("br.com.criativasoft.cpluslibparser").setParent(globalLogger);
     Logger.getLogger(Base.class.getPackage().getName()).setParent(globalLogger);
-    
+
   }
 
 
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ public void rebuildImportMenu(JMenu importMenu) {
     importMenu.removeAll();
 
     JMenuItem menu = new JMenuItem(tr("Manage Libraries..."));
-    menu.addActionListener(e -> openLibraryManager(""));
+    menu.addActionListener(e -> openLibraryManager("", ""));
     importMenu.add(menu);
     importMenu.addSeparator();
 
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ public void onBoardOrPortChange() {
     }
   }
 
-  public void openLibraryManager(String dropdownItem) {
+  public void openLibraryManager(final String filterText, String dropdownItem) {
     if (contributionsSelfCheck != null) {
       contributionsSelfCheck.cancel();
     }
@@ -1280,6 +1280,9 @@ protected void onIndexesUpdated() throws Exception {
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(dropdownItem)) {
           selectDropdownItemByClassName(dropdownItem);
         }
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(filterText)) {
+          setFilterText(filterText);
+        }
       }
     };
     managerUI.setLocationRelativeTo(activeEditor);
@@ -1751,7 +1754,7 @@ public void paint(Graphics graphics) {
 
         Font f = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, Theme.scale(11));
         g.setFont(f);
-        g.setColor(Color.white);
+        g.setColor(new Color(0,151,156));
         g.drawString(BaseNoGui.VERSION_NAME_LONG, Theme.scale(33), Theme.scale(20));
       }
     };
@@ -1949,7 +1952,7 @@ static public void showReference(String prefix, String filename) {
     File referenceFile = new File(referenceFolder, filename);
     if (!referenceFile.exists())
       referenceFile = new File(referenceFolder, filename + ".html");
-    
+
     if(referenceFile.exists()){
       openURL(referenceFile.getAbsolutePath());
     }else{