Notification Decoration Revised (#5312)

1. I removed the grey dots for when there is activity in rooms set to mentions or mute.
2. For all unread rooms, I made the message preview text bold for better legibility
3. For rooms with no unreads, I made the font weight regular, again for legibility

We have also mergeg the new room list activity rendering with the existing feature hide unread badge feature flag and provide 3 variations: current production behavior, no badge but bolding, and no bolding and no badge

ElementX/Sources/Application/Settings/AppSettings.swift

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ final class AppSettings {
         case automaticBackPaginationEnabled
         
         // Doug's tweaks 🔧
-        case hideUnreadMessagesBadge
+        case roomListActivityVisibility
         case hideQuietNotificationAlerts
         
         case developerOptionsEnabled
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ final class AppSettings {
     
     // MARK: - Home Screen
     
-    @UserPreference(key: UserDefaultsKeys.hideUnreadMessagesBadge, defaultValue: false, storageType: .userDefaults(store))
-    var hideUnreadMessagesBadge
+    @UserPreference(key: UserDefaultsKeys.roomListActivityVisibility, defaultValue: .current, storageType: .userDefaults(store))
+    var roomListActivityVisibility: RoomListActivityVisibility
     
     // MARK: - Room Screen
     

ElementX/Sources/Application/Settings/RoomListActivityVisibility.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2026 Element Creations Ltd.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial.
+// Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+//
+
+enum RoomListActivityVisibility: String, CaseIterable, Codable {
+    /// Show unread badges for all unread messages (the default).
+    case current
+    /// Don't show badges but bold unread room names and their latest message
+    case show
+    /// Don't show badges and don't bold room names and messages
+    case hide
+}

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/HomeScreenModels.swift

@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct HomeScreenViewState: BindableState {
     
     var hideInviteAvatars = false
     
+    var roomListActivityVisibility: RoomListActivityVisibility = .current
+    
     var reportRoomEnabled = false
         
     var shouldShowSpaceFilters = false
@@ -197,6 +199,8 @@ struct HomeScreenRoom: Identifiable, Equatable {
         let callBadgeType: CallBadgeType
     }
     
+    var hasUnreads = false
+    
     let name: String
     
     let isDirect: Bool
@@ -247,13 +251,20 @@ struct HomeScreenRoom: Identifiable, Equatable {
 }
 
 extension HomeScreenRoom {
-    init(summary: RoomSummary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: Bool, seenInvites: Set<String> = []) {
+    init(summary: RoomSummary,
+         roomListActivityVisibility: RoomListActivityVisibility = .current,
+         seenInvites: Set<String> = []) {
         let roomID = summary.id
         
-        let hasUnreadMessages = hideUnreadMessagesBadge ? false : summary.hasUnreadMessages
         let isUnseenInvite = summary.joinRequestType?.isInvite == true && !seenInvites.contains(roomID)
-
-        let isDotShown = hasUnreadMessages || summary.hasUnreadMentions || summary.hasUnreadNotifications || summary.isMarkedUnread || isUnseenInvite
+        
+        let isDotShown = switch roomListActivityVisibility {
+        case .current:
+            summary.hasUnreadMessages || summary.hasUnreadMentions || summary.hasUnreadNotifications || summary.isMarkedUnread || isUnseenInvite
+        case .hide, .show:
+            (!summary.isMuted && (summary.hasUnreadNotifications || summary.hasUnreadMentions)) || summary.isMarkedUnread || isUnseenInvite
+        }
+        
         let isMentionShown = summary.hasUnreadMentions && !summary.isMuted
         let isMuteShown = summary.isMuted
         let isHighlighted = summary.isMarkedUnread || (!summary.isMuted && (summary.hasUnreadNotifications || summary.hasUnreadMentions)) || isUnseenInvite
@@ -275,6 +286,7 @@ extension HomeScreenRoom {
                                 isMentionShown: isMentionShown,
                                 isMuteShown: isMuteShown,
                                 callBadgeType: callBadge),
+                  hasUnreads: summary.hasUnreadMessages,
                   name: summary.name,
                   isDirect: summary.isDirect,
                   isHighlighted: isHighlighted,

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/HomeScreenViewModel.swift

@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ class HomeScreenViewModel: HomeScreenViewModelType, HomeScreenViewModelProtocol
             .weakAssign(to: \.state.selectedRoomID, on: self)
             .store(in: &cancellables)
         
-        appSettings.$hideUnreadMessagesBadge
-            .sink { [weak self] _ in self?.updateRooms() }
+        appSettings.$roomListActivityVisibility
+            .sink { [weak self] value in
+                self?.state.roomListActivityVisibility = value
+                self?.updateRooms()
+            }
             .store(in: &cancellables)
         
         appSettings.$seenInvites
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ class HomeScreenViewModel: HomeScreenViewModelType, HomeScreenViewModelProtocol
         
         for summary in roomSummaryProvider.roomListPublisher.value {
             let room = HomeScreenRoom(summary: summary,
-                                      hideUnreadMessagesBadge: appSettings.hideUnreadMessagesBadge,
+                                      roomListActivityVisibility: appSettings.roomListActivityVisibility,
                                       seenInvites: seenInvites)
             rooms.append(room)
         }

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/View/HomeScreenInviteCell.swift

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ private extension HomeScreenRoom {
                                   isFavourite: false,
                                   isTombstoned: false)
         
-        return .init(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        return .init(summary: summary)
     }
     
     static func invite(name: String = "Awesome Room",
@@ -276,6 +276,6 @@ private extension HomeScreenRoom {
                                   isFavourite: false,
                                   isTombstoned: false)
         
-        return .init(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        return .init(summary: summary)
     }
 }

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/View/HomeScreenKnockedCell.swift

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ private extension HomeScreenRoom {
                                   isFavourite: false,
                                   isTombstoned: false)
         
-        return .init(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        return .init(summary: summary)
     }
     
     static func roomKnocked(alias: String? = nil, avatarURL: URL? = nil) -> HomeScreenRoom {
@@ -205,6 +205,6 @@ private extension HomeScreenRoom {
                                   isFavourite: false,
                                   isTombstoned: false)
         
-        return .init(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        return .init(summary: summary)
     }
 }

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/View/HomeScreenRoomCell.swift

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell: View {
     @Environment(\.redactionReasons) private var redactionReasons
     
     let room: HomeScreenRoom
+    var roomListActivityVisibility: RoomListActivityVisibility = .current
     let isSelected: Bool
     let mediaProvider: MediaProviderProtocol!
     let action: (HomeScreenViewAction) -> Void
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell: View {
     private var header: some View {
         HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 16) {
             Text(room.name)
-                .font(.compound.bodyLGSemibold)
+                .font(headerFont)
                 .foregroundColor(.compound.textPrimary)
                 .lineLimit(1)
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
@@ -87,6 +88,17 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell: View {
         }
     }
     
+    private var headerFont: Font {
+        switch roomListActivityVisibility {
+        case .current:
+            .compound.bodyLGSemibold
+        case .show:
+            room.hasUnreads ? .compound.bodyLGSemibold : .compound.bodyLG
+        case .hide:
+            .compound.bodyLG
+        }
+    }
+    
     private var footer: some View {
         HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline, spacing: 0) {
             ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
@@ -157,6 +169,7 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell: View {
     private var lastMessage: some View {
         if let displayedLastMessage = room.displayedLastMessage {
             Text(displayedLastMessage)
+                .font(roomListActivityVisibility == .show ? (room.hasUnreads ? .compound.bodyMDSemibold : .compound.bodyMD) : .compound.bodyMD)
                 .lastMessageFormatting(hasFailed: room.lastMessageState == .failed)
         }
     }
@@ -175,8 +188,7 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCellButtonStyle: ButtonStyle {
 
 private extension View {
     func lastMessageFormatting(hasFailed: Bool) -> some View {
-        font(.compound.bodyMD)
-            .foregroundColor(hasFailed ? .compound.textCriticalPrimary : .compound.textSecondary)
+        foregroundColor(hasFailed ? .compound.textCriticalPrimary : .compound.textSecondary)
             .lineLimit(2)
             .multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
     }
@@ -224,7 +236,7 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell_Previews: PreviewProvider, TestablePreview {
     }
     
     static func mockRoom(summary: RoomSummary) -> HomeScreenRoom? {
-        HomeScreenRoom(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        HomeScreenRoom(summary: summary)
     }
     
     static func makeViewModel(roomSummaryProvider: RoomSummaryProviderProtocol) -> HomeScreenViewModel {
@@ -263,6 +275,6 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomCell_Previews: PreviewProvider, TestablePreview {
                                   isFavourite: false,
                                   isTombstoned: false)
         
-        return .init(summary: summary, hideUnreadMessagesBadge: false)
+        return .init(summary: summary)
     }
 }

ElementX/Sources/Screens/HomeScreen/View/HomeScreenRoomList.swift

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ struct HomeScreenRoomList: View {
             case .room:
                 let isSelected = context.viewState.selectedRoomID == room.id
                 
-                HomeScreenRoomCell(room: room, isSelected: isSelected, mediaProvider: context.mediaProvider, action: context.send)
+                HomeScreenRoomCell(room: room,
+                                   roomListActivityVisibility: context.viewState.roomListActivityVisibility,
+                                   isSelected: isSelected,
+                                   mediaProvider: context.mediaProvider,
+                                   action: context.send)
                     .simultaneousGesture(TapGesture(count: 2).onEnded {
                         context.send(viewAction: .detachRoom(roomIdentifier: room.id))
                     })

ElementX/Sources/Screens/Settings/DeveloperOptionsScreen/DeveloperOptionsScreenModels.swift

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ protocol DeveloperOptionsProtocol: AnyObject {
     var focusEventOnNotificationTap: Bool { get set }
     var automaticBackPaginationEnabled: Bool { get set }
     
-    var hideUnreadMessagesBadge: Bool { get set }
+    var roomListActivityVisibility: RoomListActivityVisibility { get set }
     var elementCallBaseURLOverride: URL? { get set }
     
     var publicSearchEnabled: Bool { get set }

ElementX/Sources/Screens/Settings/DeveloperOptionsScreen/View/DeveloperOptionsScreen.swift

@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ struct DeveloperOptionsScreen: View {
                     Text("Public search")
                 }
                 
-                Toggle(isOn: $context.hideUnreadMessagesBadge) {
-                    Text("Hide grey dots")
+                Picker("Room list activity visibility", selection: $context.roomListActivityVisibility) {
+                    ForEach(RoomListActivityVisibility.allCases, id: \.self) { visibility in
+                        Text(visibility.rawValue.capitalized)
+                            .tag(visibility)
+                    }
                 }
                 
                 Toggle(isOn: $context.fuzzyRoomListSearchEnabled) {