Created attachment 188745 [details] A "-" sign is shown in KDE SUMMARY I am using Unity’s launcher count API to show temperature from an weather app in the launcher. When the temperature is negative, KDE just shows a -ve sign (see attached image). In comparison, Plank dock correctly shows the negative number (see https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/c/8/c8b7b924699c33f0c8dee10adf7b8f955714e1c2.png ). For details see https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-shows-a-ve-sign-witout-any-numbers-when-the-unity-launcher-count-is-negative/32620?u=archisman STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Make some way to get a negative launcher count (e.g. by setting location at a cold place with typhoon weather app, or by running the python code at https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-shows-a-ve-sign-witout-any-numbers-when-the-unity-launcher-count-is-negative/32620?u=archisman ) OBSERVED RESULT Only a "-" sign is shown. EXPECTED RESULT The negative integer number should be shown SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 25.10 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0 Qt Version: 6.8.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The issue occurs because of this code https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/blob/master/applets/taskmanager/qml/Badge.qml#L51. Can we remove this code enable negative counts here?
Here is the merge request that will fix this bug https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3468
Git commit 80d264ca374108f9f3675912d54ac154779c3401 by David Edmundson, on behalf of Archisman Panigrahi. Committed on 21/01/2026 at 11:14. Pushed by davidedmundson into branch 'master'. applets/taskmanager: Allow negative launcher counts M +1 -3 applets/taskmanager/qml/Badge.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/80d264ca374108f9f3675912d54ac154779c3401