diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/htmlbuilder.py b/openlp/core/lib/htmlbuilder.py
index 863943e40..5dfe00d36 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/htmlbuilder.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/htmlbuilder.py
@@ -610,24 +610,3 @@ def build_footer_css(item, height):
theme.font_footer_size, theme.font_footer_color)
return lyrics_html
-def build_alert_css(alertTab, width):
- """
- Build the display of the footer
-
- ``alertTab``
- Details from the Alert tab for fonts etc
- """
- style = u"""
- width: %spx;
- vertical-align: %s;
- font-family: %s;
- font-size: %spt;
- color: %s;
- background-color: %s;
- """
- if not alertTab:
- return u''
- align = VerticalType.Names[alertTab.location]
- alert = style % (width, align, alertTab.font_face, alertTab.font_size,
- alertTab.font_color, alertTab.bg_color)
- return alert
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py b/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
index aa94454b7..4077181ab 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class MainDisplay(QtGui.QGraphicsView):
self.frame.evaluateJavaScript(u'show_text("%s")' %
slide.replace(u'\\', u'\\\\').replace(u'\"', u'\\\"'))
- def alert(self, text):
+ def alert(self, text, location):
"""
Display an alert.
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ class MainDisplay(QtGui.QGraphicsView):
alert_height = int(height.toString())
shrinkItem.resize(self.width(), alert_height)
shrinkItem.setVisible(True)
- if self.alertTab.location == 1:
+ if location == 1:
shrinkItem.move(self.screen[u'size'].left(),
(self.screen[u'size'].height() - alert_height) / 2)
- elif self.alertTab.location == 2:
+ elif location == 2:
shrinkItem.move(self.screen[u'size'].left(),
self.screen[u'size'].height() - alert_height)
else:
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertsmanager.py b/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertsmanager.py
index 8e91aecf5..e73273fe7 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertsmanager.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertsmanager.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class AlertsManager(QtCore.QObject):
return
text = self.alertList.pop(0)
alertTab = self.parent().settings_tab
- self.parent().liveController.display.alert(text)
+ self.parent().liveController.display.alert(text, alertTab.location)
# Check to see if we have a timer running.
if self.timer_id == 0:
self.timer_id = self.startTimer(int(alertTab.timeout) * 1000)
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ class AlertsManager(QtCore.QObject):
"""
log.debug(u'timer event')
if event.timerId() == self.timer_id:
- self.parent().liveController.display.alert(u'')
+ alertTab = self.parent().settings_tab
+ self.parent().liveController.display.alert(u'', alertTab.location)
self.killTimer(self.timer_id)
self.timer_id = 0
self.generateAlert()
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertstab.py b/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertstab.py
index 8720c5111..8fd2cb3aa 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertstab.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/alerts/lib/alertstab.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class AlertsTab(SettingsTab):
self.font_face = unicode(settings.value(
u'font face', QtCore.QVariant(QtGui.QFont().family())).toString())
self.location = settings.value(
- u'location', QtCore.QVariant(1)).toInt()[0]
+ u'location', QtCore.QVariant(2)).toInt()[0]
settings.endGroup()
self.fontSizeSpinBox.setValue(self.font_size)
self.timeoutSpinBox.setValue(self.timeout)