Resource Using uBlock to hide chat notification badge

[IncrediblePal]

Recently got access to chats feature, but the chat notification batch kept telling me that I had unread messages in the chat even when I was not in any rooms. I tried joining and leaving the chatrooms and even disabled chat but the badge was still there.



It was bothering me a lot so I used inspect tool to find the culprit and then used ublock to hide it.
If anyone else is bothered by that badge, here is how you can hide it permanently:

Step 1:
Open uBlock dashboard


Step 2:
Navigate to My Filters tab


Step 3:
Add this line

sanctioned-suicide.net##a.p-navgroup-link.p-navgroup-link--chat::after

and apply changes.

 

[nobodycaresaboutme]

my (though it's not my comment) two cents

You can remove the chat badge using the browser extension uBlock Origin. Once installed, navigate to My Filters in the extension settings and add these two lines:

sanctioned-suicide.net##a:remove-class(/badgeContainer|badgeContainer--highlighted/)
sanctioned-suicide.net##span.badge.badge--highlighted.badge--active​

Alternatively, if you want to remove the chat button entirely then add the following lines:

sanctioned-suicide.net##.p-navgroup-link.p-navgroup-link--chat.badgeContainer.badgeContainer--highlighted
sanctioned-suicide.net##.p-nav-list.js-offCanvasNavSource > li:nth-of-type(5)
sanctioned-suicide.net##.uix_sidebarNavList__listItem:nth-of-type(5)
sanctioned-suicide.net##.offCanvasMenu-list > li:nth-of-type(5) > .offCanvasMenu-linkHolder​

I use Brave's built-in adBlock feature to remove the chat button in its entirety—most ad blocker extensions can do the same job. The advantage of the Brave browser is that you can synchronize the adBlock settings across all your devices. But if you want to keep the chat button but without the highlighted badge, uBlock Origin is the only choice.

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Filters are great to hide more UI elements such as reactions, reaction scores, and visual bloat. This is not to criticize the forum design but to modify it to my taste. The filters below are tested on the forum style Sanctioned Suicide: Dark (2022) only.

Spoiler: more adBlock filters

# Compact main page
sanctioned-suicide.net##.block-footer.has-flexbox
sanctioned-suicide.net##.block-header.js-nodeMain

# Forum/thread page clean-up
sanctioned-suicide.net##h3.block-minorHeader.uix_threadListSeparator
sanctioned-suicide.net##.structItem.structItem--quickCreate
sanctioned-suicide.net##.block-outer.block-outer--after > .block-outer-opposite
sanctioned-suicide.net##.p-body-header.node--search

# Hide reactions
sanctioned-suicide.net##.reactionsBar.js-reactionsList.is-active
sanctioned-suicide.net##.menu-row.menu-row--alt > .contentRow-minor > .pairs.pairs--justified.fauxBlockLink:nth-of-type(2)
sanctioned-suicide.net##.memberHeader-stats > .pairJustifier > .pairs.pairs--rows.pairs--rows--centered:nth-of-type(2)
sanctioned-suicide.net##.message-main.js-quickEditTarget > .message-footer > .message-responses.js-messageResponses > .message-responseRow.message-responseRow--reactions.js-reactionsList.is-active
sanctioned-suicide.net##.comment-reactions.js-commentReactionsList.is-active
sanctioned-suicide.net##.memberTooltip-info > .memberTooltip-stats > .pairJustifier > .pairs.pairs--rows.pairs--rows--centered:nth-of-type(2)
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.blockLink.rippleButton[href^="/account/reactions"]
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.menu-linkRow[href^="/account/reactions"]

# Hide settings
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.blockLink.rippleButton[href^="/account/signature"]
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.blockLink.rippleButton[href^="/account/delete"]
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.menu-linkRow[href^="/account/signature"]
sanctioned-suicide.net##a.menu-linkRow[href^="/account/delete"]

# Hide install app button
sanctioned-suicide.net##.offCanvasMenu-installBanner.js-installPromptContainer

 

[U. A.]

Recently got access to chats feature, but the chat notification batch kept telling me that I had unread messages in the chat even when I was not in any rooms. I tried joining and leaving the chatrooms and even disabled chat but the badge was still there.

View attachment 187583

It was bothering me a lot so I used inspect tool to find the culprit and then used ublock to hide it.
If anyone else is bothered by that badge, here is how you can hide it permanently:

Step 1:
Open uBlock dashboard
View attachment 187584

Step 2:
Navigate to My Filters tab
View attachment 187585

Step 3:
Add this line

sanctioned-suicide.net##a.p-navgroup-link.p-navgroup-link--chat::after

and apply changes.

Hallelujah it's finally fucking gone. Thanks
Fun fact: it's actually an indication of how many unique users are in any of the chatrooms overall, not how many messages you have. The only way to know how many messages you have (and it's only for private comvos) is to open the chat manually

 

[IncrediblePal]

my (though it's not my comment) two cents

Tried searching if there were similar threads before but nothing came up (probably because this comment is in forum suggestions). Oh well, more people might see it here.