Hey there, I’m currently working on a plugin that adds supports for an OSS library, and I’m also building support for the SaaS version/product of it. The plan is, when users open a file supported by the library, the plugin would show a notification that it has integration with the SaaS one, and pr…

We have recently used this editor notification panel in our plugin. In general users hate notifications a lot and we try to avoid them by using non-modal UIs. Please only use editor notifications in relevant files / file types if you decide to go this way. [image]

Thank you to both of you! For now, I’ll go with a balloon, but this screenshot makes editor banners enticing too to use.

Any recommendation on Editor Banner vs. Balloon Notification?

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insyncwithfoo (InSync) August 5, 2025, 10:34pm 2

See the UI guideline on notifications.

In your case, creating an account/logging in isn’t required, so balloons would be the best choice.

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Any recommendation on Editor Banner vs. Balloon Notification?

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