Turn off Notification Center from Preferences Panel.

src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class PreferenceSettings : NotificationObject, IPreferences, IRenderPreci
         private int maxNumRecentFiles;
         private bool isBackgroundGridVisible;
         private bool disableTrustWarnings = false;
+        private bool isNotificationCenterEnabled;
         #region Constants
         /// <summary>
         /// Indicates the maximum number of files shown in Recent Files
@@ -439,6 +440,22 @@ public string PythonTemplateFilePath
         /// </summary>
         public bool EnableNodeAutoComplete { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This defines if user wants to see the enabled Dynamo Notification Center.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool EnableNotificationCenter
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return isNotificationCenterEnabled;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                isNotificationCenterEnabled = value;
+                RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(EnableNotificationCenter));
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Engine used by default for new Python script and string nodes. If not empty, this takes precedence over any system settings.
         /// </summary>
@@ -626,6 +643,7 @@ public PreferenceSettings()
             IsIronPythonDialogDisabled = false;
             ShowTabsAndSpacesInScriptEditor = false;
             EnableNodeAutoComplete = true;
+            EnableNotificationCenter = true;
             DefaultPythonEngine = string.Empty;
             ViewExtensionSettings = new List<ViewExtensionSettings>();
             GroupStyleItemsList = new List<GroupStyleItem>();

src/DynamoCoreWpf/Controls/ShortcutToolbar.xaml

@@ -140,34 +140,6 @@
                 <Menu HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                       Style="{StaticResource MainMenu}"
                       IsMainMenu="True">
-                    <MenuItem Name="MenuItem"
-                              Margin="0 0 -30 0">
-                        <MenuItem.Header>
-                                <Button x:Name="notificationsButton" 
-                                        BorderBrush="Transparent"                                         
-                                        Background="Transparent">
-                                    <DockPanel>
-                                    <fa:FontAwesome Margin="0,0,20,0"  
-                                                    DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" 
-                                                    Icon="BellOutline" 
-                                                    Foreground="{StaticResource Blue400Brush}" 
-                                                    FontSize="20px"/>
-                                    <Border DockPanel.Dock="Top" Background="{StaticResource Blue400Brush}" CornerRadius="2" 
-                                                Padding="2" Height="15" Width="15" VerticalAlignment="Center" 
-                                                HorizontalAlignment="Center">
-                                        <!--TODO insert data bind for the notifications -->
-                                        <TextBlock     
-                                                FontFamily="{StaticResource ArtifaktElementRegular}"
-                                                Foreground="White" 
-                                                FontWeight="Bold" 
-                                                TextAlignment="Center"
-                                                FontSize="9">99
-                                        </TextBlock>
-                                        </Border>                                   
-                                    </DockPanel>                                   
-                                </Button>                                
-                        </MenuItem.Header>
-                    </MenuItem>
                     <MenuItem Name="exportMenu"
                               Cursor="Hand"
                               Focusable="False"
@@ -208,8 +180,46 @@
                             </MenuItem.ToolTip>
                         </MenuItem>
                     </MenuItem>
+                    <MenuItem Name="NotificationCenter"
+                              Margin="-15 0 -30 0">
+                        <MenuItem.Header>
+                            <Button x:Name="notificationsButton"
+                                    BorderBrush="Transparent"
+                                    Background="Transparent">
+                                <DockPanel>
+                                    <fa:FontAwesome Margin="0,0,25,0"  
+                                                    DockPanel.Dock="Top" 
+                                                    Icon="{Binding Path=DataContext.PreferenceSettings.EnableNotificationCenter, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, 
+                                                         Converter={StaticResource BoolToFAIconNameConverter}}"
+                                                    HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+                                                    VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                                                    Foreground="{StaticResource PrimaryCharcoal300Brush}"
+                                                    FontSize="18px"/>
+                                    <Border DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" 
+                                            Background="{StaticResource Blue400Brush}" 
+                                            CornerRadius="2"
+                                            Padding="2"
+                                            Height="14"
+                                            Width="14"
+                                            VerticalAlignment="Center" 
+                                            HorizontalAlignment="Center">
+                                        <!--TODO insert data bind for the notifications -->
+                                        <TextBlock Name="NotificationCount"
+                                                   FontFamily="{StaticResource ArtifaktElementRegular}"
+                                                   Foreground="White" 
+                                                   FontWeight="DemiBold"
+                                                   TextAlignment="Center"
+                                                   FontSize="9">8
+                                        </TextBlock>
+                                    </Border>
+                                </DockPanel>
+                            </Button>
+                        </MenuItem.Header>
+                    </MenuItem>
                 </Menu>
-                <controls:GraphUpdateNotificationControl x:Name="UpdateControl" HorizontalAlignment="Right" 
+                <!--The update indication-->
+                <controls:GraphUpdateNotificationControl x:Name="UpdateControl"
+                                                         HorizontalAlignment="Right" 
                                                          Margin="0,0,50,0"
                                                          Visibility="{Binding Path=DataContext.IsUpdateAvailable, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, 
                                                          Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityCollapsedConverter}}"/>

src/DynamoCoreWpf/Properties/Resources.en-US.resx

@@ -3270,4 +3270,12 @@ You can manage this in Preferences -&gt; Security.</value>
   <data name="UngroupParentGroupWarning" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Dynamo cannot ungroup when there is no parent group.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="PreferencesViewEnableNotificationCenter" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Receive notification</value>
+    <comment>Preferences | Features | Notification Center | Receive notification</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PreferencesViewNotificationCenter" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Notification Center</value>
+    <comment>Preferences | Features | Notification Center</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/DynamoCoreWpf/Properties/Resources.resx

@@ -3257,4 +3257,12 @@ You can manage this in Preferences -&gt; Security.</value>
   <data name="UngroupParentGroupWarning" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Dynamo cannot ungroup when there is no parent group.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="PreferencesViewEnableNotificationCenter" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Receive notification</value>
+    <comment>Preferences | Features | Notification Center | Receive notification</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PreferencesViewNotificationCenter" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Notification Center</value>
+    <comment>Preferences | Features | Notification Center</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Converters.cs

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 using Dynamo.Wpf.Properties;
 using Dynamo.Wpf.ViewModels;
 using DynamoUnits;
-using PythonNodeModels;
-using SharpDX.DXGI;
 using Color = System.Windows.Media.Color;
 using FlowDirection = System.Windows.FlowDirection;
 using HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment;
@@ -1300,6 +1298,24 @@ public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, Syste
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converter for Notification Bell updates based on feature enabled or not
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BoolToFAIconNameConverter : IValueConverter
+    {
+        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
+        {
+            if ((bool)value)
+                return nameof(FontAwesome.WPF.FontAwesomeIcon.BellOutline);
+            return nameof(FontAwesome.WPF.FontAwesomeIcon.BellSlashOutline);
+        }
+
+        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+    }
+
     public class BoolToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
     {
         public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)

src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/GuidedTour/GuidesManager.cs

@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ private void Popup_StepClosed(string name, Step.StepTypes stepType)
         /// and display message passed as param
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="content">The target content to display.</param>
+        /// <param name="stayOpen">boolean indicates if the popup will stay open untill user dismiss it.</param>
         /// TODO: Make this API out of guide manager to a more generic place
         internal void CreateRealTimeInfoWindow(string content, bool stayOpen = false)
         {

src/DynamoCoreWpf/UI/Themes/Modern/DynamoConverters.xaml

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     <controls:LacingToTooltipConverter x:Key="LacingToTooltipConverter" />
     <controls:NodeWarningConverter x:Key="NodeWarningConverter"/>
     <controls:NodeOriginalNameToMarginConverter x:Key="NodeOriginalNameToMarginConverter" />
+    <controls:BoolToFAIconNameConverter x:Key="BoolToFAIconNameConverter" />
     <controls:BoolToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter" />
     <controls:BoolToVisibilityCollapsedConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityCollapsedConverter" />
     <controls:InverseBooleanToVisibilityCollapsedConverter x:Key="InverseBoolToVisibilityCollapsedConverter" />

src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Menu/PreferencesViewModel.cs

@@ -36,42 +36,35 @@ public class PreferencesViewModel : ViewModelBase, INotifyPropertyChanged
         #region Private Properties
         private string savedChangesLabel;
         private string savedChangesTooltip;
+        private string currentWarningMessage;
+        private string selectedPackagePathForInstall;
+
+        private string selectedLanguage;
+        private string selectedFontSize;
+        private string selectedNumberFormat;
+        private string selectedPythonEngine;
+
         private ObservableCollection<string> languagesList;
         private ObservableCollection<string> packagePathsForInstall;
         private ObservableCollection<string> fontSizeList;
         private ObservableCollection<string> numberFormatList;
         private StyleItem addStyleControl;
         private ObservableCollection<string> pythonEngineList;
 
-        private string selectedLanguage;
-        private string selectedFontSize;
-        private string selectedNumberFormat;
-        private string selectedPythonEngine;
-        private bool runPreviewEnabled;
-        private bool runPreviewIsChecked;
-        private bool hideIronPAlerts;
-        private bool showWhitespace;
-        private bool nodeAutocomplete;
-        private bool enableTSpline;
-        private bool showEdges;
-        private bool isolateSelectedGeometry;
-        private bool showCodeBlockLineNumber;
         private RunType runSettingsIsChecked;
         private Dictionary<string, TabSettings> preferencesTabs;
 
-        private PreferenceSettings preferenceSettings;
-        private DynamoPythonScriptEditorTextOptions pythonScriptEditorTextOptions;
-        private HomeWorkspaceModel homeSpace;
-        private DynamoViewModel dynamoViewModel;
+        private readonly PreferenceSettings preferenceSettings;
+        private readonly DynamoPythonScriptEditorTextOptions pythonScriptEditorTextOptions;
+        private readonly DynamoViewModel dynamoViewModel;
+        private readonly InstalledPackagesViewModel installedPackagesViewModel;
+
         private bool isWarningEnabled;
-        private string currentWarningMessage;
         private bool isSaveButtonEnabled = true;
-        private GeometryScalingOptions optionsGeometryScale = null;
-
-        private InstalledPackagesViewModel installedPackagesViewModel;
-        private string selectedPackagePathForInstall;
         private bool isVisibleAddStyleBorder;
         private bool isEnabledAddStyleButton;
+        private GeometryScalingOptions optionsGeometryScale = null;
+
         #endregion Private Properties
 
         public GeometryScaleSize ScaleSize { get; set; }
@@ -536,7 +529,6 @@ public bool ShowEdges
             }
             set
             {
-                showEdges = value;
                 dynamoViewModel.RenderPackageFactoryViewModel.ShowEdges = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(ShowEdges));
             }
@@ -553,7 +545,6 @@ public bool IsolateSelectedGeometry
             }
             set
             {
-                isolateSelectedGeometry = value;
                 dynamoViewModel.BackgroundPreviewViewModel.IsolationMode = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(IsolateSelectedGeometry));
             }
@@ -603,7 +594,6 @@ public bool ShowCodeBlockLineNumber
             set
             {
                 preferenceSettings.ShowCodeBlockLineNumber = value;
-                showCodeBlockLineNumber = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(ShowCodeBlockLineNumber));
             }
         }
@@ -697,7 +687,6 @@ public bool HideIronPythonAlertsIsChecked
             }
             set
             {
-                hideIronPAlerts = value;
                 preferenceSettings.IsIronPythonDialogDisabled = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(HideIronPythonAlertsIsChecked));
             }
@@ -716,7 +705,6 @@ public bool ShowWhitespaceIsChecked
             {
                 pythonScriptEditorTextOptions.ShowWhiteSpaceCharacters(value);
                 preferenceSettings.ShowTabsAndSpacesInScriptEditor = value;
-                showWhitespace = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(ShowWhitespaceIsChecked));
             }
         }
@@ -733,11 +721,26 @@ public bool NodeAutocompleteIsChecked
             set
             {
                 preferenceSettings.EnableNodeAutoComplete = value;
-                nodeAutocomplete = value;
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(NodeAutocompleteIsChecked));
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Controls the IsChecked property in the "Notification Center" toogle button
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool NotificationCenterIsChecked
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return preferenceSettings.EnableNotificationCenter;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                preferenceSettings.EnableNotificationCenter = value;
+                RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(NotificationCenterIsChecked));
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Controls the IsChecked property in the "Enable T-spline nodes" toogle button
         /// </summary>
@@ -750,7 +753,6 @@ public bool EnableTSplineIsChecked
             }
             set
             {
-                enableTSpline = value;
                 HideUnhideNamespace(!value, "ProtoGeometry.dll", "Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry.TSpline");
                 RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(EnableTSplineIsChecked));
             }
@@ -810,8 +812,6 @@ public PreferencesViewModel(DynamoViewModel dynamoViewModel)
         {
             this.preferenceSettings = dynamoViewModel.PreferenceSettings;
             this.pythonScriptEditorTextOptions = dynamoViewModel.PythonScriptEditorTextOptions;
-            this.runPreviewEnabled = dynamoViewModel.HomeSpaceViewModel.RunSettingsViewModel.RunButtonEnabled;
-            this.homeSpace = dynamoViewModel.HomeSpace;
             this.dynamoViewModel = dynamoViewModel;
             this.installedPackagesViewModel = new InstalledPackagesViewModel(dynamoViewModel, 
                 dynamoViewModel.PackageManagerClientViewModel.PackageManagerExtension.PackageLoader);