# Private Messaging in Glide

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/private-messaging-in-glide/80824>\
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**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/private-messaging-in-glide/80824 "2025-03-18T17:46:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/private-messaging-in-glide/80824/5 "2025-03-21T03:53:31Z")

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> [@fk1214](#):
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> How did you do that red 1 notification icon on the messenger tab when you have new messages? I’m guessing you used custom CSS, but which code did you use?

Only static messages can be displayed as a badge on the tab. Try following this thread:

> [@Ⓘ Notification Badge in New Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notification-badge-in-new-glide/74295):
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> Using HTML, this simple notification badge and counter can be written into a template column and displayed through a rich text component. This allows you to dynamically show the number of unread chats for your users. Note that your counter data must be in the user table and contain the number of unread chats, or be empty if all chats are read. To show or hide (empty) the badge, you need to add the class name “notifBubble” to the rich text component and use the following Html & CSS code: \<div st…

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