[Patchmanager patch] Homescreen running apps badges

Hey,

I made a small patch for Jolla Phone 2026 (SailfishOS 5.2.0.17) that display small icon badges on homescreen covers for running apps. Sometimes the covers are a bit cryptic or look way too similar for quick distinction, therefore this little modification…

Latest version: 0.2.0-20

OpenRepos link: Homescreen Cover Icons | OpenRepos.net — Community Repository System

Patchmanager’s Web Catalog: Project: homescreen-cover-icons

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Already installed and tested - works great so far!

I like your sense of aesthetics very much, it’s great.

That’s nice thanks !
A scale settings would be great :slight_smile:

Updated, scaling options and label (configurable).

Hi, after tap-installed I could not see this patche in the installed patches list. I tried a reboot.

Sorry for an offtop, I need to know. What is Rzułty?

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Haha, a name I gave my JP2026 in LocalSend :laughing: Despite it having white back covered with black case. And yes, I do know the proper spelling.

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Same for me, installed via PM webcatalog, but the patch doesn’t appear in the patch list.

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Issue with Web Catalog (returned 403). I re-uploaded and it seems to be working now.

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I like this very much. We discussed it in Helsinki already at the Jolla event this year. On the Jolla 1 there already was such kind of icon or even two on the lower edges of the covers.

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Works well! A great feature to have as many windows appear similar to eachother.

Just tried it, doesn’t work.

I rebooted my phone. Works well and as expected now.

The bright green menu-hint is quite “loud”. It make reading the Status Bar in apps information difficult. Could the width of the menu-hint bar be a setting? The system default felt discreet. These parches add a lot to my user experience @SomethingElse thanks!

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I guess you are talking about statusbar patch? You can adjust background for statusbar in apps
:slight_smile:

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Now it installed via web catalog and was visible in PM. Sadly i didn’t apply, seems like a conflict with another patch. I’ll check tommorow. Thanks for your work :+1:

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Oh, jep. I had opacity set to 0% and misunderstood the logic. Being without status bar clock felt weird. Could there be an option for the small color-menu-hint be set to absolute top of the screen? (yeah… partly behind the notch) I’m asking because when I set opacity to 0% the clock & statuses look good over some native apps. But in other apps the opacity color-menu-hint is disruptively bright. It works good as is, but looking to access a few millimetres of screen space.