Related pages: Message PopupsLead: Liav Nadler Status
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Description
A toast is a small message box that appears in response to a user action or system actionevent. It contains a simple feedback about the actionevent, while any current activity remains visible and interactive.
Types
Type | Usage | Example |
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- Appears from the bottom
- disappears after 5 second (exact duration TBD)
- Appears from the bottom
- disappears after 5 second (exact duration TBD)
- Appears from the bottom
- disappears on clicking the close button
- Appears from the bottom, disappears on clicking the close button
Information | General information related to an action. |  |
Success | Actions that were completed successfully. |  |
Warning | System warnings or actions that may cause a problem. |  |
Error | System errors or actions that have failed to complete. |  |
Continuous Action | An action that takes more than 3 seconds |
- Appears from the bottom
- Icon is animated - either spinner or progress (if applicable)
- If the action lasts more than 10 seconds a Cancel button may appear (exact duration TBD)
- Toast disappears after the action was completed or the user clicked the Cancel button
- After the action completed another toast may appear to indicate the outcome of the action (e.g. success or failure)
Usage & Behaviour
General guidelines
A toast may contain the following elements:
- Icon, or in case of a continuous action, animated loader
- Text, e.g. "3 items deleted"
- Action buttons and/or links, e.g. Undo
- Close button
- A toast will have a fixed width. Text may wrap the to another row
- The clickable area of the close button should be larger than the icon itself
Interaction
- A toast may be closed by the user or disappear automatically after a few seconds
- When shown, clicking the close button closes the toast
- When shown, clicking a link goes to the relevant page. Internal links opens the page on the same tab, while external links opens on a new tab
- When shown, clicking a button performs the relevant action
Transitions
- A toast will appear with a slide up effect and will disappear with a fade out effect (effects duration TBD)
Best practices
- Keep the text short and informative
- In case of warning or failure provide the user with a recommendation
Edge Cases
- In case another action occurred before the previous toast disappeared:
- The new toast will push the previous toast upwards
- If a lower toast disappears the upper toasts will move down respectively
Open Issues
- Behaviour across workspaces
- Aggregating notifications
- Continuous processes (more than 10 seconds), minimized toast
Accessibility compliance
<<In general each component should be A11y complied, please follow the 3 guidelines linked below. At the very least we should document that each component is in compliance with each of the 3>>
Focus management
- While the toast is shown any current activity remains visible and interactive
Screen reader support
<<Make sure the components support screen reader for content or behaviour where needed - see /wiki/spaces/UX/pages/308248620 >>
Contrast & size compliance
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Usage & Behavior
General guidelines
Toasts are triggered either by the user (e.g. refreshing a data table) or by the system (e.g. a server error).
Toasts appear from the bottom-left side of the screen using a slide effect.
Error toasts stay on the screen until the user actively closes them.
Other types of toast disappear automatically after a few seconds with a fade effect.
The user can always close a toast manually, even if it will automatically close.
Structure
A toast may consist of:
Either:
an icon representing the type of toast, such as a check mark or warning triangle, or
where there is a continuous action, an animated Progress Indicator.
Text, including:
a title (optional).
the message body.
A closing button (x).
A Cancel button, for continuous actions.
An expand button for longer messages (see Placement below).
Placement and Positioning
All toasts appear from the bottom-left side of the screen (using a slide effect).
Toasts have a fixed width.
The height of a toast depends on the amount of text it contains. Where there are more than 3 lines an expand button will appear, allowing the user to enlarge the toast.
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Interaction
Mouseover a toast will keep it visible, even after exceeding the time limit before it disappears.
Clicking the closing button (x) closes the toast with a short fade effect.
When shown, clicking the Cancel button cancels the continuous action which has triggered the toast, and closes it. In this case, another information toast may appear, indicating that the action was canceled.
When shown, clicking the expand button:
expands the toast upwards with a slide effect, revealing the rest of the text.
hides the expand button.
pushes all other toasts upwards (see Multiple Toasts below).
Multiple Toasts
Where a new toast appears before a previous one has been closed, the page will show multiple toasts.
Condition | Behavior | Design |
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The new toast is not an error toast (i.e. info or success toasts etc.) | The new toast will appear on top, above all previous toasts. |
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The new toast is the first error toast on the page. | The new toast will appear at the bottom, pushing all other toasts upwards. | |
The new toast is an additional error toast (there are other error toasts already on the page). | The new error toast will be stacked behind the existing error toasts. It should appear underneath and slightly above the previous error toasts, showing the first line of text. In this case:
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Best practices
Use:
to display application-level messages, warnings, and errors.
when you need a relatively unobtrusive way to show messages, and to keep the rest of the page interactive.
Don’t use:
for critical messages → use Message Popups.
General
Keep the text short and informative.
For warning or error toasts, offer the user a way to recover.
Accessibility compliance
Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.
Design
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