The New PM Dropdown Button is an official Discourse theme component that adds a New Message button to the PM notification dropdown in the site header. It is hosted on GitHub and can be installed via the Theme Creator. Users can report issues or suggest improvements using dedicated tags like Product Support, bug, ux, or #feature in Meta categories.
Users praised the component for improving accessibility over the double-click inbox method WorldIsMine. However, it initially broke with Discourse’s new notification menu and sidebar Jagster, kynic. Jagster noted it’s now legacy but still useful as an add-on in the new layout. albert_vu confirmed the incompatibility and requested an update. In response, awesomerobot merged a fix supporting the new user menu, which requires a Discourse upgrade to function. The component remains relevant for users preferring quick PM access, especially on older layouts or until fully integrated into the new UI.
Oh lord, this is awesome! In my opinion, the double-click method currently in place isn’t intuitive, some members don’t know how to access their inboxes (speaking of the double click).
I noticed the theme component doesn’t work with the new notification menu (see image below).
Maybe an update to this component is in order? Or maybe there is another way to create a new PM in the new notification menu that I have yet to find out?
