Overview
Toasts display low priority, event-driven feedback which usually doesn’t require any user interaction. They appear for a set time and disappear automatically. They are appropriate for informing the user about action confirmations without being intrusive or infer unnecessary attention (e.g. “Message Sent” or “Changes Saved”).
Usage
Use when
- Notifying the user of global information, such as a change in server connection status.
- Confirming the success of a global action.
- Displaying quick snippets of information that disappear on their own after a set amount of time has passed.
Example
3 Emails Deleted
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Toasts notify the user of global actions, such as deleting a set of emails, and can offer the user a chance to undo that action in case of user error. |
Don’t use when
- Displaying critical information that require immediate user action. Instead, use an alert
- The information being displayed is highly contextual to the user action.
What's changed
Date | Version | Notes | Contributors |
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11/23/2020 | 1.0.0 | Background colors changed to be accessible. | E. Bohn, L. Kause, N. Springer |