Describe the bug
If an app supports the com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry interface to set its badge count (like I suspect many do, I have found Discord and Telegram so far) and also sends desktop notifications, then Dash to Panel will add the two counts, giving a confusing badge.
For example:
- Message received on Telegram.
- Telegram sends "please set my badge counter to 1" via
com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry and also sends a desktop notification.
- Dash to Panel takes the 1 from the LauncherEntry and adds the 1 unread notification
- -> App Icon shows a "2" badge, even though there is only one unread message.
Linux distribution and version
Ubuntu 26.04
GNOME Shell version
GNOME Shell 50.1
Dash-to-Panel version
73
Where was Dash-to-Panel installed from?
The GNOME extensions website
Additional Info
This has a fairly simple solution, in my opinion and it is employed by Dash to Dock (and by extension Ubuntu's default dock):
When an app sends a non-zero count via com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry then display only that and only show the unread notification count if the app didn't already set a badge itself.
This would be fairly simple to add here:
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this._state[appId].total = |
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((this._state[appId]['count-visible'] || 0) && |
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(this._state[appId].count || 0)) + (this._state[appId].trayCount || 0) |
The relevant section in Dash to Dock is here:
https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/blob/248d42bb64c5e4d21203562f2ef68baf8c9ff083/appIconIndicators.js#L853-L868
They guard this behind a setting (application-counter-overrides-notifications), which is true by default, but in my opinion that is not even needed, because adding the two numbers produces only nonsensical, confusing results.
Also I want to take this time to say thank you very much for this wonderful extension which makes GNOME a joy to use.
Describe the bug
If an app supports the
com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntryinterface to set its badge count (like I suspect many do, I have found Discord and Telegram so far) and also sends desktop notifications, then Dash to Panel will add the two counts, giving a confusing badge.For example:
com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntryand also sends a desktop notification.Linux distribution and version
Ubuntu 26.04
GNOME Shell version
GNOME Shell 50.1
Dash-to-Panel version
73
Where was Dash-to-Panel installed from?
The GNOME extensions website
Additional Info
This has a fairly simple solution, in my opinion and it is employed by Dash to Dock (and by extension Ubuntu's default dock):
When an app sends a non-zero count via
com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntrythen display only that and only show the unread notification count if the app didn't already set a badge itself.This would be fairly simple to add here:
dash-to-panel/src/notificationsMonitor.js
Lines 128 to 130 in 1c0c1f1
The relevant section in Dash to Dock is here:
https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/blob/248d42bb64c5e4d21203562f2ef68baf8c9ff083/appIconIndicators.js#L853-L868
They guard this behind a setting (
application-counter-overrides-notifications), which is true by default, but in my opinion that is not even needed, because adding the two numbers produces only nonsensical, confusing results.Also I want to take this time to say thank you very much for this wonderful extension which makes GNOME a joy to use.