Problem
On macOS Desktop, assistant notifications are shown twice:
- as a Floating Bar in-app preview below the bar, and
- as a native macOS notification.
The in-app Floating Bar preview is not affected by macOS Focus/DND, so users can't quickly silence it using system controls.
This also makes the Floating Bar appear to "randomly re-enable" itself when notifications arrive (it is shown temporarily to render the preview).
Requested
Add a setting to control Floating Bar notification previews independently from native macOS notifications, e.g.
- Toggle: Show notification previews in Floating Bar (on/off)
- Optional: Respect Focus/DND (auto-mute in-bar previews when Focus is enabled)
- Optional: Only show in-bar previews when Floating Bar is enabled
Expected behavior
Users should be able to keep native notifications (which respect Focus/DND and offer OS-level customization) while silencing Floating Bar previews without having to disable all notifications in-app each time.
Notes
Implementation hint: NotificationService.sendNotification(...) currently calls FloatingControlBarManager.shared.showNotification(...) before sending the native notification.
Reported by: Discord user (alicja.szeptem) in #desktop-app
Problem
On macOS Desktop, assistant notifications are shown twice:
The in-app Floating Bar preview is not affected by macOS Focus/DND, so users can't quickly silence it using system controls.
This also makes the Floating Bar appear to "randomly re-enable" itself when notifications arrive (it is shown temporarily to render the preview).
Requested
Add a setting to control Floating Bar notification previews independently from native macOS notifications, e.g.
Expected behavior
Users should be able to keep native notifications (which respect Focus/DND and offer OS-level customization) while silencing Floating Bar previews without having to disable all notifications in-app each time.
Notes
Implementation hint:
NotificationService.sendNotification(...)currently callsFloatingControlBarManager.shared.showNotification(...)before sending the native notification.Reported by: Discord user (alicja.szeptem) in #desktop-app