Hi all!
I recently switched from Pop!_OS to Mint (could not get used to Gnome Desktop) and one thing I am sorely missing are icon badges for unread items. No matter what I tried so far is working. Regardless of theme, app (I tried amongst others mailspring, wavebox, gmail via webapp-manager, discord, etc.) or settings I used - nothing was working.
Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? Currently using Mint 20.1 with Cinnamon 4.8.6 (https://termbin.com/qt8s)
In case it is not clear what I am referring to, this is what I meant (red number on the top left icon):
Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
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Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
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Re: Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
I don't think Cinnamon has this feature, not much you can do. You can make a feature request: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues
Re: Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
Thanks for the confirmation! I never thought that Cinnamon would not have this feature. Well, off to some other DE. Shame, though, I liked the Mint&Cinnamon combination very much.spamegg wrote: ⤴Sat May 15, 2021 9:09 am I don't think Cinnamon has this feature, not much you can do. You can make a feature request: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues
What would be the 'official' term for this as I don't want to duplicate feature requests? Searching for "badge" did not yield any suitable results and "indicator" is similar but generally refers to icons in the tray area.
Re: Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
I have opened a feature request for badges, not much hope, though, seeing that literally no one ever asked about this before (or my search-fu is weak).
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/10124
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/10124
Re: Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
I think they may be called 'emblems'. But that is a guess.
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Re: Badges on panel icons for e.g. unread emails or notifications?
I think emblems are more decoration for folder icons (as shown in the screenshot below). The badges (or whatever they are officially called) are notification overlays on app icons in the panel to show e.g. unread messages or other things requiring attention but in a more persistent manner than regular notifications.
This whole thing does not appear to be clearly defined, the first appearance (AFAIK) was with Ubuntu's unity DE and the mechanism seems to be different across all desktop environments.
This whole thing does not appear to be clearly defined, the first appearance (AFAIK) was with Ubuntu's unity DE and the mechanism seems to be different across all desktop environments.