No visual or message showing when there is no /unseen content

martin · January 14, 2026, 6:55am

Yes sure, I made a PR here:

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Show empty topic filter in other discovery tabs (not new and unread)

main ← issue/topic-filter-education-other-tabs

merged 07:15AM - 14 Jan 26 UTC

martin-brennan

+105 -15

When members visit tabs like /unseen or /bookmarks or something from a plugin l…ike c/voting/5/l/latest?state=my_votes from topic voting, they were just seeing a blank page. Instead of this, we want to show a generic version of the nice EmptyTopicFilter graphic and message, with a CTA to go to latest. c.f. https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-visual-or-message-showing-when-there-is-no-unseen-content/393264 **Before** <img width="1001" height="596" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38f693c7-f4dc-4430-bcec-d4868cb67862" /> **After** <img width="1016" height="543" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e4f184f-80e5-46c3-8941-19392b0cf91e" />

I made each of these pages that aren’t new/unread have a very generic message, without the tracking CTA:

Topic		Replies	Views
New or unread topics banners cover text at /new & /unread UX	4	423	June 10, 2024
Request: allow "Unseen" as default home page Feature	11	872	September 13, 2021
How to see in home page the review of new/unread posts in categories Support	0	308	April 23, 2022
Top Menu not populating options Support	4	73	July 10, 2025
New topic alert covers text UX	2	329	April 6, 2024

No visual or message showing when there is no /unseen content

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