flash-messages

Package for displaying flash messages to the user. This is based on the chapter 'Creating a Meteorite Package' from the Discover Meteor Book and the foundation-flash-messages package.

This package integrates well with Bootstrap Alerts styles, but Bootstrap is not a dependency.

You can see a demo and their source code.

Note

The syntax has changed on version 0.2.0

Usage

Include the template somewhere in your index.html file:

  {{> flashMessages}}

And then send messages:

  FlashMessages.sendWarning("Message");
  FlashMessages.sendError("Message");
  FlashMessages.sendSuccess("Message");
  FlashMessages.sendInfo("Message");

Note: sendAlert was deprecated, use sendWarning instead.

You can also send a group of messages sending an array of strings. This will be rendered on a ul li list:

  FlashMessages.sendInfo(["Message 1", "Message 2", "Message 3"]);

Messages can also contain html:

  FlashMessages.sendInfo("You can found <strong>Meteor</strong> <a href='http://meteor.com'>here</a>");

To clear messages:

  FlashMessages.clear();

Only the seen messages will be cleared.

Configure

You can configure globally the way the messages behave with FlashMessages.configure (the below sample shows the default values):

  FlashMessages.configure({
    autoHide: true,
    hideDelay: 5000,
    autoScroll: true
  });

• autoHide: set to true to make flash message fade after hideDelay milliseconds, set to false to require the user to click the close button on the message to dismiss it.
• hideDelay: set the desired number of milliseconds for the flash message to be displayed (when autoHide is true).
• autoScroll: set to true to enable auto scroll when a message is displayed, false to disable auto scroll. (Note: this can be set only globally.)

You can also set individual options on messages. This will override global configuration:

  FlashMessages.sendWarning("Message", { autoHide: false });
  FlashMessages.sendError("Message", { hideDelay: 2000 });
  FlashMessages.sendSuccess("Message", { autoHide: true, hideDelay: 8000 });