Signal-Desktop patch: In the window title, include the name of the person for the focused chat

0001-In-the-window-title-include-the-name-of-the-person-f.patch

From e608507fd776858211e7f28bc3e891c1aa81bdc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kozik <ivan@ludios.org>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 02:43:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] In the window title, include the name of the person for the
 focused chat

Slop-provider: ChatGPT-5.5-Thinking
---
 ts/ConversationController.preload.ts  |  4 ++--
 ts/state/initializeRedux.preload.ts   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.preload.ts | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ts/ConversationController.preload.ts b/ts/ConversationController.preload.ts
index 1471c0654..f20397eab 100644
--- a/ts/ConversationController.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/ConversationController.preload.ts
@@ -424,12 +424,12 @@ export class ConversationController {
         unreadStats.unreadCount + unreadStats.readChatsMarkedUnreadCount;
       window.IPC.setBadge(total);
       window.IPC.updateTrayIcon(total);
-      window.document.title = `${window.getTitle()} (${total})`;
+      window.document.title = `(${total}) ${window.getTitle()}`;
     } else if (unreadStats.readChatsMarkedUnreadCount > 0) {
       const total = unreadStats.readChatsMarkedUnreadCount;
       window.IPC.setBadge(total);
       window.IPC.updateTrayIcon(total);
-      window.document.title = `${window.getTitle()} (${total})`;
+      window.document.title = `(${total}) ${window.getTitle()}`;
     } else {
       window.IPC.setBadge(0);
       window.IPC.updateTrayIcon(0);
diff --git a/ts/state/initializeRedux.preload.ts b/ts/state/initializeRedux.preload.ts
index 50fa25073..2b881e158 100644
--- a/ts/state/initializeRedux.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/state/initializeRedux.preload.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ export function initializeRedux(data: ReduxInitData): void {
   const store = createStore(initialState);
   window.reduxStore = store;
 
+  let lastWindowTitle: string | undefined;
+  const updateWindowTitle = () => {
+    const nextWindowTitle = window.getTitle();
+    if (nextWindowTitle === lastWindowTitle) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    lastWindowTitle = nextWindowTitle;
+    window.Whisper.events.emit('updateUnreadCount');
+  };
+
+  updateWindowTitle();
+  store.subscribe(updateWindowTitle);
+
   // Binding these actions to our redux store and exposing them allows us to update
   //   redux when things change in the rest of the app.
   window.reduxActions = {
diff --git a/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.preload.ts b/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.preload.ts
index 5b3c2c74a..81a82ee68 100644
--- a/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.preload.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { IPCType } from '../../window.d.ts';
 import { parseIntWithFallback } from '../../util/parseIntWithFallback.std.ts';
 import { getSignalConnections } from '../../util/getSignalConnections.preload.ts';
 import { ThemeType } from '../../types/Util.std.ts';
+import { NavTab } from '../../types/Nav.std.ts';
 import { Environment } from '../../environment.std.ts';
 import { SignalContext } from '../context.preload.ts';
 import { createLogger } from '../../logging/log.std.ts';
@@ -60,7 +61,27 @@ window.Whisper = {
 };
 window.ConversationController = new ConversationController();
 window.platform = process.platform;
-window.getTitle = () => title;
+window.getTitle = () => {
+  const selectedLocation = window.reduxStore?.getState().nav.selectedLocation;
+  if (selectedLocation?.tab !== NavTab.Chats) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  const selectedConversationId = selectedLocation.details.conversationId;
+  if (!selectedConversationId) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  const conversationTitle = window.reduxStore
+    .getState()
+    .conversations.conversationLookup[selectedConversationId]?.title?.trim();
+
+  if (!conversationTitle) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  return `${conversationTitle} - ${title}`;
+};
 window.getAppInstance = () => config.appInstance;
 window.getVersion = () => config.version;
 window.getBuildCreation = () => parseIntWithFallback(config.buildCreation, 0);
-- 
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