A method comprising: displaying, by a computing device (110, 210), in a status bar (114A, 314A, 514A, 914A) of a graphical user interface (113, 313, 513, 713, 913), a set of graphical elements, each graphical element (117, 917A-D) from the set of graphical elements corresponding to a different pending notification from a group of pending notifications; receiving, by the computing device, a gesture user input (106, 906) detected at a location of a presence-sensitive display (112, 212) at which the graphical user interface is displayed; responsive to receiving the user input, expanding, by the computing device, a notification shade (115, 515, 915) from the status bar such that a length of the notification shade is based on a length of the gesture user input; and while expanding the notification shade from the status bar such that notification messages from the group of pending messages become visible in the notification shade: displaying, by the computing device, the set of graphical elements (117, 917A-D) within an area of the notification shade that is adjacent to a leading edge of the notification shade; determining, by the computing device, whether a particular notification message (116, 516A-E, 916A-D) associated with a particular notification from the group of pending notifications is newly visible in the notification shade; and responsive to determining that the particular notification message is newly visible: removing, by the computing device, from the area of the notification shade that is adjacent to the leading edge of the notification shade, a particular graphical element from the set of graphical elements that corresponds to the particular notification; and displaying, by the computing device, the particular graphical element within the particular notification message. displaying, by a computing device (110, 210), in a status bar (114A, 314A, 514A, 914A) of a graphical user interface (113, 313, 513, 713, 913), a set of graphical elements, each graphical element (117, 917A-D) from the set of graphical elements corresponding to a different pending notification from a group of pending notifications; receiving, by the computing device, a gesture user input (106, 906) detected at a location of a presence-sensitive display (112, 212) at which the graphical user interface is displayed; responsive to receiving the user input, expanding, by the computing device, a notification shade (115, 515, 915) from the status bar such that a length of the notification shade is based on a length of the gesture user input; and while expanding the notification shade from the status bar such that notification messages from the group of pending messages become visible in the notification shade: displaying, by the computing device, the set of graphical elements (117, 917A-D) within an area of the notification shade that is adjacent to a leading edge of the notification shade; determining, by the computing device, whether a particular notification message (116, 516A-E, 916A-D) associated with a particular notification from the group of pending notifications is newly visible in the notification shade; and responsive to determining that the particular notification message is newly visible: removing, by the computing device, from the area of the notification shade that is adjacent to the leading edge of the notification shade, a particular graphical element from the set of graphical elements that corresponds to the particular notification; and displaying, by the computing device, the particular graphical element within the particular notification message. displaying, by the computing device, the set of graphical elements (117, 917A-D) within an area of the notification shade that is adjacent to a leading edge of the notification shade; determining, by the computing device, whether a particular notification message (116, 516A-E, 916A-D) associated with a particular notification from the group of pending notifications is newly visible in the notification shade; and responsive to determining that the particular notification message is newly visible: removing, by the computing device, from the area of the notification shade that is adjacent to the leading edge of the notification shade, a particular graphical element from the set of graphical elements that corresponds to the particular notification; and displaying, by the computing device, the particular graphical element within the particular notification message. removing, by the computing device, from the area of the notification shade that is adjacent to the leading edge of the notification shade, a particular graphical element from the set of graphical elements that corresponds to the particular notification; and displaying, by the computing device, the particular graphical element within the particular notification message.