I’m currently customizing my Plasma desktop by creating a modified version of the Breeze desktop theme.
I’ve already restyled most of the tasks.svgz (task buttons) and other widget files inside my duplicated theme — everything looks good so far.
However, I can’t figure out where the visual style for the notification badge (the small number indicator on task manager icons) is defined.
I’ve checked widgets/tasks.svgz, action-overlays.svgz, and other widget SVGs, but I can’t find any element that seems to control the badge’s color, size, or shape.
I’m looking for documentation or hints on:
which SVG file and element name Plasma uses for the notification badge in task manager icons
whether its color is controlled by the Plasma theme or by the color scheme (for example, “Accent” or “PositiveText” colors)
any way to override or restyle it manually within a theme
I searched KDE’s developer docs and couldn’t find any mention of how that badge is drawn or themed.
Any insight or pointers would be really appreciated
Colors are taken from the color scheme looking at the code it uses he accent color Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor I think plasma themes can ship a custom color scheme that overrides the system color scheme.
Only option if you want to change more than the color is to learn a bit of QML and maintain your personal fork of the applet in $HOME/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/
You could also try filing a feature request in kde’s bug tracker, in product select plasmashell and in component Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets . Maybe it would be a good idea to first start a discussion about this as a proposal in the brainstorm category to see what others think Brainstorm - KDE Discuss
I’m looking for documentation or hints on: