# Hoe de ongelezen telling te veranderen in een punt in de navigatiezijbalk?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [8 juni 2025 om 05:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280 "2025-06-08T05:22:19Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [8 juni 2025 om 06:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280/4 "2025-06-08T06:38:34Z")

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There is also a site setting to configure the default for the option in the user preferences Lilly showed you

> [@Configuring the default sidebar for your users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-the-default-sidebar-for-your-users/347764/1):
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> ### default sidebar show count of new items
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> The setting controls how new items are shown in the sidebar:
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> | Dots/Badges | Counts |
> | --- | --- |
> | ![Sidebar showing blue dots next to "Topics", "My posts", and various categories and tags](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/a/8/ea8e71306c9abaa6b54722a38247dbbbb523a105.png) | ![Sidebar showing numerical counts like "X unread" and "1 draft" next to items](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/b/0/db0fde2802bb574eca7143fb14c7b61772bdd660.png) |

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