Tracking button hover is misleading

Moin · February 11, 2026, 4:47pm

I think it’s now Notification level: %{level}

github.com/discourse/discourse

UX: improve notification button title (#37646)

main ← ux-notification-title

opened 09:54PM - 09 Feb 26 UTC

awesomerobot

+8 -1

This updates the "tracking" button to have a clearer title, "notification level:… {level}" — this was previously static "tracking" for all states, which doesn't tell the user much <img width="200" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c45abeef-61d4-4fa7-9537-0dc0115ee478" /> <img width="200" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2d2df9b9-39ba-45e7-8f1a-ac8d5181bc60" /> Based on feedback in https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-button-hover-is-misleading/386876

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Tracking button hover is misleading

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