Hide channel messages number in sidebar & show only mentions

Feature Description

Right now TheLounge is showing, in the sidebar, the total number of unread messages. This is very annoying if one is interested about messages addressed exclusively to him, especially in channels with big traffic and lots of messages.

A setting allows displaying the number of messages exclusively addressed to @my_own_nickname is ideal in such a scenario, avoiding the chore of just clicking through each channel just to “clear the numbers”.

[xPaw]

I don’t see why it needs to be one.

[Jay2k1]

Late follow-up, but since this came up on IRC recently, a custom CSS hack that’s a bit better than just hiding the unread counter badge. This also hides the unread counter badge, and for the highlight badge, it hides the (misleading) number on it so you just have sort of an indicator icon:

#sidebar .badge:not(.highlight) { 
    display: none;
}
#sidebar .badge.highlight {
    color: white; /* or whatever background color your highlight badge has, depending on your theme */
    border-radius: 20px; /* optional, makes the badge circle shaped */
}