3CX: How to Make Incoming Call Pop Up and Notify You of an Incoming Call (Steal Focus)

Written By George Mylne  |  3CX

When receiving a call on a computer through the 3CX application, to make the incoming call pop up and steal your focus so you are aware that there is an incoming call do the following:

  1. Open your 3CX app on your computer.
  2. Open the 3CX settings.
  3. Select the Audio/Video settings from the selection list.
  4. Tick (or un-tick) the Allow call pop-up to steal focus on incoming calls.

If you followed the above steps, when receiving an incoming call on your 3CX computer application, the incoming caller will appear on your screen, stealing your focus, and visually notifying you of the incoming call.

For more detailed steps with marked-up images please read below.

Steps to make 3CX pop up on an incoming call

Total Time: 1 minute

Open 3CX

3CX: How to Make Incoming Call Pop Up and Notify You of an Incoming Call (Steal Focus) 1

Open up and correctly log into the 3CX computer application. For this example I’ll be using the Windows 3CX application.

Open 3CX Settings

3CX: How to Make Incoming Call Pop Up and Notify You of an Incoming Call (Steal Focus) 2

Click the three dots on the left-hand side margin, and click on Settings.

Select Audio/Video Settings

3CX: How to Make Incoming Call Pop Up and Notify You of an Incoming Call (Steal Focus) 3

Select the drop-down list in the top right, and select Audio/Video settings.

Enable Call Pop-Up

3CX: How to Make Incoming Call Pop Up and Notify You of an Incoming Call (Steal Focus) 4

Tick the tickbox to enable the call pop-up to steal focus on incoming calls.

Ticking this box will make it so when you receive a call the 3CX dialer will pop up and steal the computer users attention.

If you want to turn this feature off, simply de-select the tick box.

Tools:

  • 3CX computer application

About the Author

George is the creator of GeekPossible.com. This site was built on questions he has had to find an answer to. We hope you find it useful to you too.

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