# Add icon / notification for certain read topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448 "2020-12-16T04:14:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![salamandea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salamandea/32/203419_2.png) [@salamandea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salamandea)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448/1 "2020-12-16T04:14:34Z")

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Hi all!

I was wondering if it’s possible to add an icon to a certain topic in a category (e.g. all topics in the Discourse support category) whenever it was read.

Here’s an example:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/0/9012a3691a17d070d908964fdf9c29af836adf82.png)

An alternative solution could be a badge notification after the topic title, like this:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/f/9f0f8a008f6dd2c0defe85639a50b93ae26449f5.png)

Is there any example of how to do this in the CSS? Would be thankful if anyone could point me in the right direction.

Thank you very much.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448/2 "2020-12-17T06:49:28Z")

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Read to completion or just entered? Define what you mean by “read”

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### Author: ![salamandea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salamandea/32/203419_2.png) [@salamandea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salamandea)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448/3 "2020-12-18T03:55:23Z")

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Thanks. By “read” I mean read to completion.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448/4 "2020-12-18T06:07:46Z")

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There is a css style we apply to topic titles when they are read to completion, perhaps that would be of use?

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### Author: ![salamandea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salamandea/32/203419_2.png) [@salamandea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salamandea)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-notification-for-certain-read-topics/173448/5 "2020-12-22T09:25:27Z")

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Thanks, Jeff. Do you know what the CSS selector / declaration for this is?