By adding the following line to your .Xresources file: zwgc*minTimeToLive: 100 you can set a minimum on the amount of time (in milliseconds) that a zephyr message must be on the screen before it will accept mouse clicks. This means that when a zephyr message pops up on the screen any mouse clicks in the zephyr message during that period of time will not cause the zephyr message to disappear; note that any mouse clicks during that period of time will be totally ignored and not queued. Note: If you are unsure about X resources, and how to use them, see the answer "How to use X RESOURCES" under the "XWINDOWS" topic of our browser.