// this hides the notifications drawer if anyone clicks off of the panel Template.body.events({ click(event) { if ( !$(event.target).is('#notifications *') && Session.get('showNotificationsDrawer') ) { toggleNotificationsDrawer(); } }, }); Template.notifications.helpers({ unreadNotifications() { const notifications = Users.findOne(Meteor.userId()).notifications(); const unreadNotifications = _.filter(notifications, v => !v.read); return unreadNotifications.length; }, }); Template.notifications.events({ 'click .notifications-drawer-toggle'() { toggleNotificationsDrawer(); }, }); export function toggleNotificationsDrawer() { Session.set( 'showNotificationsDrawer', !Session.get('showNotificationsDrawer'), ); }