Messages

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Summary

Messages are the primary method for providing system feedback in the product user interface. Messages include notifications of various kinds: alerts, confirmations, notices, warnings, info and errors.

Status

API status:	general
Included in AUI core?	Yes. You do not need to explicitly require the web resource key.
Web resource key:	`com.atlassian.auiplugin:message`
AMD Module key:	N/A
Experimental since:	3.0

Examples

There are several message types with different colours and icons.

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A basic message

There are a few ways to implement messages: using HTML (or Soy to generate the HTML) or using JavaScript.

HTML

Error!

And this is just content in a Default message.

JavaScript

Messages can be added through AUI's JavaScript API in two main ways. The most common is to inject the element inside a "context" element:

And this is just content in a Default message.

If the context selector is omitted, the message is added to a static location: an element with id="aui-message-bar".

Note that if you do not set the context, and the aui-message-bar element does not exist, the message will not appear as it has no target location.

Soy

Some details about the error so the user knows what to do.

Types of messages

When adding an HTML message, you must ensure root element (.aui-message) has the desired message class. Calling from Soy or JavaScript wraps this into one call, for convenience.

Note: icon class have been deprecated. The old message classes are also deprecated, now namespaced with aui-message-

Message type	Message class	Soy call	JavaScript function
Generic Deprecated	`aui-message-generic`	`call aui.message.generic`	`AJS.messages.generic()`
Error	`aui-message-error`	`call aui.message.error`	`AJS.messages.error()`
Warning	`aui-message-warning`	`call aui.message.warning`	`AJS.messages.warning()`
Success	`aui-message-success`	`call aui.message.success`	`AJS.messages.success()`
Info	`aui-message-info`	`call aui.message.info`	`AJS.messages.info()`
Hint Deprecated	`aui-message-hint`	`call aui.message.hint`	`AJS.messages.hint()`

Message actions

If the message is more than just informational or there are obvious follow-up things a user could do, add a list of actions to the message body to allow the user to easily take their next step.
Actions should have the appearance of a link, but should use the appropriate HTML element for the action — for example, use a <button> when the action is handled by JavaScript or does something on the current page; use an <a> when the action can take the user to another location in the system.

It's dark in here... just the way Grues like it.

Closeable

If you want to allow the user to dismiss the message

Options

HTML options

These options are set by adding classes to the root aui-message div.

Class	Effect	Example
`closeable`	Adds a Close icon to the message which closes and removes the message when clicked.
`fadeout`	Since 5.1. Makes the message fade away after five seconds. The fadeout will be cancelled if the user interacts with it (hover or focus). Note the fadeout option is best used via JavaScript and should not be used on critical errors and other information the user must be aware of.

Soy options

These options are set by adding params to the Soy call.

Param	Effect	Default
content	Required. Content to display within the message.	n/a
titleContent	Title text of the message.	n/a
id	ID attribute	n/a
isCloseable	Boolean. Set to true, makes the Message closeable.	false

JavaScript options

These options are set in the options object when creating a Message with JavaScript:

Option	Description	Possible values	Default
(context argument)	You can override the default context by passing it into the first argument of the messages function. This is the only option set as an argument.	A string in the form of an ID selector	#aui-message-bar
`body`	The main content of the message.	HTML	none
`closeable`	Adds a control allowing the user to close the message, removing it from the page.	boolean	true
`id`	Gives your message an ID attribute, useful for selecting the message later.	ID string (no hash)	none
`insert`	Sets the insert point to the start (prepend) or end (append) of the context element. (Option added in AUI 4.2)	prepend, append	append
`shadowed`	Toggles the dropshadow on the message box. Usually not changed from default.	boolean	true
`title`	Sets the title text of the message.	Plain text	none
`fadeout`	(since 5.1) Toggles the fade away on the message	boolean	false
`delay`	(since 5.1) Time to wait (in ms) before starting fadeout animation (ignored if fadeout==false)	number	5000
`duration`	(since 5.1) Fadeout animation duration in milliseconds (ignored if fadeout==false)	number	500

AJS.messages events

Event	Description
`messageClose`	Deprecated When a message is closed, messageClose is fired before the message is removed from the DOM, including a reference to the DOM element being removed.
`aui-message-close`	When a message is closed, aui-message-close is fired AFTER the element is removed, a reference to the message being removed is included in the event data.