Bug 514679

Summary: feature request: Discover to show emblem with amount of updates on starter icon
Product: [Applications] Discover Reporter: PK <pieterkristensen>
Component: NotifierAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: aleixpol, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: feature request: Discover to show emblem with amount of updates on starter icon

Description PK 2026-01-16 08:07:48 UTC
Created attachment 188578 [details]
feature request: Discover to show emblem with amount of updates on starter icon

I'm very much aware of the fact that this isn't the most urgent/important thing, but it would be nice if Discover showed the number of updates in an "emblem" on it's starter icon.

As in my attachment...
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-01-16 19:57:16 UTC
Thanks for the idea!

Right now the API we have for this only lets you badge the icon with numbers when the app is running. Since the time when you would actually need this information is when Discover is *not* running, I don't think it would be very useful in the end.
Comment 2 PK 2026-01-17 06:50:17 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Thanks for the idea!
> 
> Right now the API we have for this only lets you badge the icon with numbers
> when the app is running. Since the time when you would actually need this
> information is when Discover is *not* running, I don't think it would be
> very useful in the end.

Thank you for your reply but "badge during operation of the (discover) program" is exactly what I mean. 
- The first thing I do after I start my system is: to look if there are updates in discover,
- immediately after that I start other applications and so they come to lie on top of the discover window,
- when discover would give such a badge, then I could see if there were updates and how many the moment they showed and I didn't have to suspend my work to look if there were updates available,
- then I could come back to discover and let it go on with my own job.
For me it would be practical.