Community update: please bring back "Unread"

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Continuing the discussion from [COMPLETED] Community Maintenance - July 31, 2026:

With this update, "Unread" no longer shows up at the top-level forum link https://community.hubitat.com/

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"Unread" would show me all the topics that I'd marked as tracking or watched. I can still get there by manually going to https://community.hubitat.com/unread

Can it please be restored?

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The "Unified View" as they call it, is a change that will become permanent:

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The sub-menu they added looks like this:

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UGH.

Thanks for passing on that info. I know you are only the messenger.

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So many companies (the one from which Hubitat purchases the service, in this case) think, "Ooh - we have an idea! Let's make that the future." Too often, the very things that made them successful changes.

Is this change better? In my view (and yours, it seems), absolutely not. I always read "Unread" first. Every time. Every day. Now there's one less reason to read the forum at all.

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There’s still a “sub-group”/filter under the “New” group that allows filtering of “true” new posts (New Topics) and also “new’ replies:

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Also, I don’t recall having had that option before, but now under the top menu, I can see “New” and “Unread”:

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Not for long, I am afraid. Likely, the next update will remove all "unread" paths, if I read their release notes correctly.

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Does somebody actually get paid for introducing these retro ideas?

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Deep breaths, everyone.

If you look at Bobby’s annotated screenshots above, notice the “replies” sub-list within the “new” list view.

If I understand correctly, that’s what has replaced the “unread” message view. Something I use all the time too. Discourse didn’t just take it away. @bobbyD did they also really state they’ll eventually make it impossible to filter threads to ones that the user has already seen/participated in?

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I've changed my bookmark for the forum from /unread to the new https://community.hubitat.com/new?subset=replies, which gives me the view @Sebastien showed above

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Which is just line the old view, but with more vertical space wasted. Do I care that there are 5 total threads with new content? No. I just care there are 2 I've already decided I'm interested in, and 3 new ones I've never seen before.

I just hope this doesn't go away entirely.

Anyway, I realized that the Wyze discourse had already updated to this new setting, but no one there mentioned that it had happened. I'd been missing seeing updates to my subscribed threads there for months (because I wasn't seeing an "Unread" link next to "New"). My mistake for not bookmarking /unread on that instance.

So I'm happy that @bobbyD gave me this heads up. I've fixed all my bookmarks for discourse instances that have turned this on (HA hasn't yet, for instance).

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They just need to update. It's not something they have to "turn on". It's the new default path that comes with the latest version. Future update will remove completely the /unread path and will be replaced with /new?subset=replies

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I've discovered a new word.......wankspanner

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Will they ever bring back the menu option to put hidden details so that we can easily add images without having to remember the formatting codes?

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Collapsing images (and other content) in forum posts and comments - gone?

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"Fix not broken" is apparently a job description. Maybe "Wankspanner" is the title. I'll adjust and understand this is not under Hubitat's control.

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Yea, that was really nice one to have!

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Other recently updated instances of Discourse still have the Hide Details menu item. E.g., the Wyze one:

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vs. here
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Presumable because they haven't updated their software.

I bet once they apply the latest, theirs won't have unread either.

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Can't find any reference in Settings or searching the Discourse community, though it seems like it should be there based on various posts in their community.

If anyone finds a way to enable the hide details item in the "composer" settings let me know.

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The only things I am finding state that it moved to the menu under the "+" icon. But I am not seeing it there either. Is there an option to enable/disable anything under that menu?

Google AI says this

1. Check the Options/Gear Submenu (Markdown Mode)

In the new editor layout, several buttons were grouped together to maximize space. [1]

  • Look at the composer toolbar for a Gear icon (Options menu).
  • Click the gear icon to reveal the dropdown actions.
  • The Hide Details or Blur Spoiler buttons are often tucked inside this submenu. [, 2]

2. Look for the "+" Dropdown (Rich Text Mode)

If you are using the rich text WYSIWYG editor mode:

  • The layout prioritizes clean space. Many blocks are consolidated into an Insert (+) menu.
  • Click the + or More icon on the toolbar to find the "Hide Details" wrapper functionality. [1, 2]

3. Verify Admin Site Settings

If the button is truly not rendering anywhere in the composer, an administrator may have inadvertently disabled it or changed the allowed HTML elements.

  • Go to your Admin Panel > Settings.
  • Search for disabled core plugins or check your Markdown settings category.
  • Ensure that the core discourse-details functionality isn't being explicitly blocked by a site setting limitation.

4. Investigate Theme and Plugin Conflicts

Because the layout of the toolbar was radically updated in recent versions, old custom themes or CSS theme components can break the rendering of composer buttons. [1]

  • Test in Safe Mode: Visit your forum using ://yourforum.com.
  • Check the box to "Disable all themes and theme components" and try opening the composer.
  • If the details option returns, you will need to update your custom forum theme or look for a deprecated custom toolbar script in your theme settings. [1]
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Another thing, are the 2 versions of catagories imperitive?

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Which two?