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[Bug]: excessive notifications #2767

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opened 2026-02-28 20:27:10 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:27:10 -06:00
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Originally created by @danielkerwin on GitHub (Jan 3, 2026).

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What happened?

If you’re on mobile and are doing the budget, often you can quickly move down items and tap the average of x to set the budget.

Every action triggers a notification (they are not informative notifications in my opinion) and the delay is too slow.

This leads to multiple notifications appearing if you work fast and results in either more clicks to dismiss useless notifications or having to wait.

Overall it’s a poor experience and we should let users disable notifications, change delay, or just remove them from this action. Ideally the notifications shouldn’t stack vertically, they should stack on the z-axis so they don’t ruin the screen experience

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Trigger multiple budget actions quickly on mobile.

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Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Safari

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Mobile Device

Originally created by @danielkerwin on GitHub (Jan 3, 2026). ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? If you’re on mobile and are doing the budget, often you can quickly move down items and tap the average of x to set the budget. Every action triggers a notification (they are not informative notifications in my opinion) and the delay is too slow. This leads to multiple notifications appearing if you work fast and results in either more clicks to dismiss useless notifications or having to wait. Overall it’s a poor experience and we should let users disable notifications, change delay, or just remove them from this action. Ideally the notifications shouldn’t stack vertically, they should stack on the z-axis so they don’t ruin the screen experience <img width="590" height="1278" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4576a7c1-c2b5-4a57-979f-7add6d7b70b5" /> ### How can we reproduce the issue? Trigger multiple budget actions quickly on mobile. ### Where are you hosting Actual? Docker ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Safari ### Operating System Mobile Device
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:27:11 -06:00
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@db-src commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2026):

Indeed, control over whether and how long to show notifications would be very desirable. I will undo things manually if I want to, personally, so they do nothing for me really!

Additionally it's a bit confusing that the X on these notifications is on the opposite side to that on the banner for how many txns are currently selected, given that the latter can trigger the former (select then Clear, for example).

@db-src commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2026): Indeed, control over whether and how long to show notifications would be very desirable. I will undo things manually if I want to, personally, so they do nothing for me really! Additionally it's a bit confusing that the X on these notifications is on the opposite side to that on the banner for how many txns are currently selected, given that the latter can trigger the former (select then Clear, for example).
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:27:12 -06:00
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@MatissJanis commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2026):

TBh I aggree. It would be great if the notifications "stacked". So you only ever see one. And if you undo the top one, it shows the previous one.

And the design of them could also be improved so they take less screen space.

PR to do improvements here are welcome!

@MatissJanis commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2026): TBh I aggree. It would be great if the notifications "stacked". So you only ever see one. And if you undo the top one, it shows the previous one. And the design of them could also be improved so they take less screen space. PR to do improvements here are welcome!
GiteaMirror commented 2026-02-28 20:27:12 -06:00
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@danielkerwin commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2026):

TBh I aggree. It would be great if the notifications "stacked". So you only ever see one. And if you undo the top one, it shows the previous one.

Yes, this is what I'd like to see, pretty common for modern web apps.

I've pulled the code and started a branch to implement this - here's the before and after for feedback before I open a PR.

Example (with style changes to make the UX more compact and more consistent with other component styles)
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Demo videos:
BEFORE - horizontally stacked notifications
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df346d78-dcea-49a9-911f-3e72fa23159e

AFTER - z-axis stacked notifications with vertical, opacity and scale offsets (max 3 visible at any time) (excludes UX styling tweaks)
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/349a93e9-c6a6-43d8-a8cc-60f265d8394c

@danielkerwin commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2026): > TBh I aggree. It would be great if the notifications "stacked". So you only ever see one. And if you undo the top one, it shows the previous one. Yes, this is what I'd like to see, pretty common for modern web apps. I've pulled the code and started a branch to implement this - here's the **before** and **after** for feedback before I open a PR. Example (with style changes to make the UX more compact and more consistent with other component styles) <img width="331" height="470" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/faf09d27-5db8-42c0-ba95-1a26d704c489" /> <img width="335" height="563" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a5f63bae-bec0-4122-8d9b-9371c1205caf" /> Demo videos: **BEFORE** - horizontally stacked notifications https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df346d78-dcea-49a9-911f-3e72fa23159e **AFTER** - z-axis stacked notifications with vertical, opacity and scale offsets (max 3 visible at any time) (excludes UX styling tweaks) https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/349a93e9-c6a6-43d8-a8cc-60f265d8394c
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