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jQuery Toast Options

An object defining configuration options for the Toast widget.

See Also

accessKey

Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the widget.

Type:

String

Default Value: null

The value of this option will be passed to the accesskey attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

animation

Configures widget visibility animations. This object contains two fields: show and hide.

Type:

Object

Default Value: { show: { type: 'fade', duration: 400, from: 0, to: 1 }, hide: { type: 'fade', duration: 400, to: 0 } }, {show: {type: 'slide', duration: 200, from: { position: {my: 'top', at: 'bottom', of: window}}}, hide: { type: 'slide', duration: 200, to: { position: {my: 'top', at: 'bottom', of: window}}}} (Android)

Set this object to null or undefined to disable animation.

closeOnClick

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the toast is closed if a user clicks it.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

closeOnOutsideClick

Specifies whether to close the widget if a user clicks outside it.

Type:

Boolean

|

Function

Function parameters:
event:

Event (jQuery or EventObject)

The event that caused widget closing. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Return Value:

Boolean

true if the widget should be closed; otherwise false.

Default Value: true (Android)

The function passed to this option enables you to specify a custom condition for widget closing. For instance, you can prevent closing until a user clicks a certain element.

JavaScript
var widgetOptions = {
    // ...
    closeOnOutsideClick: function(e) {
        return e.target === $("#someElement").get()[0];
    }
}

The closeOnOutsideClick function is called when a user clicks the widget or outside it.

closeOnSwipe

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the toast is closed if a user swipes it out of the screen boundaries.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: true

contentComponent

An alias for the contentTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a custom component. Refer to Using a Custom Component for more information.

contentRender

An alias for the contentTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a rendering function. Refer to Using a Rendering Function for more information.

contentTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the widget content.

Type:

template

Template Data: undefined
Default Name: 'content'

deferRendering

Specifies whether to render the widget's content when it is displayed. If false, the content is rendered immediately.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: true

displayTime

The time span in milliseconds during which the Toast widget is visible.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 2000, 4000 (Material)

elementAttr

Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.

Type:

Object

Default Value: {}

jQuery
$(function(){
    $("#toastContainer").dxToast({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-toast ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-toast>
import { DxToastModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxToastModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
App.vue
<template>
    <DxToast ...
        :element-attr="toastAttributes">
    </DxToast>
</template>

<script>
import DxToast from 'devextreme-vue/toast';

export default {
    components: {
        DxToast
    },
    data() {
        return {
            toastAttributes: {
                id: 'elementId',
                class: 'class-name'
            }
        }
    }
}
</script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react';

import Toast from 'devextreme-react/toast';

class App extends React.Component {
    toastAttributes = {
        id: 'elementId',
        class: 'class-name'
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Toast ...
                elementAttr={this.toastAttributes}>
            </Toast>
        );
    }
}
export default App;

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

height

Specifies the widget's height in pixels.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The widget's height.

Default Value: 'auto'

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The height in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "80%", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    height: function() {
        return window.innerHeight / 1.5;
    }

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.

Type:

String

Default Value: undefined

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

maxHeight

Specifies the maximum height the widget can reach while resizing.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The maximum height.

Default Value: null

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The height in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "80%", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    height: function() {
        return window.innerHeight / 1.5;
    }

maxWidth

Specifies the maximum width the widget can reach while resizing.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The maximum width.

Default Value: 568 (Material)

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The width in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of width. For example, "55px", "80%", "auto", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    width: function() {
        return window.innerWidth / 1.5;
    }

message

The Toast message text.

Type:

String

Default Value: ''

minHeight

Specifies the minimum height the widget can reach while resizing.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The minimum height.

Default Value: null

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The height in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "80%", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    height: function() {
        return window.innerHeight / 1.5;
    }

minWidth

Specifies the minimum width the widget can reach while resizing.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The minimum width.

Default Value: 344 (Material)

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The width in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of width. For example, "55px", "80%", "auto", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    width: function() {
        return window.innerWidth / 1.5;
    }

onContentReady

A function that is executed when the widget's content is ready and each time the content is changed.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only when using Knockout.

Default Value: null

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the widget is disposed of.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only if you use Knockout.

Default Value: null

onHidden

A function that is executed after the widget is hidden.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

onHiding

A function that is executed before the widget is hidden.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
cancel

Boolean

Allows you to cancel overlay hiding.

component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

onInitialized

A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the widget instance.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

See Also

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a widget option is changed.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
model

Object

Model data. Available only if you use Knockout.

fullName

String

The path to the modified option that includes all parent options.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Toast

The widget's instance.

name

String

The modified option if it belongs to the first level. Otherwise, the first-level option it is nested into.

value any

The modified option's new value.

Default Value: null

onShowing

A function that is executed before the widget is displayed.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

onShown

A function that is executed after the widget is displayed.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:
e:

Object

Information about the event.

Object structure:
Name Type Description
component

Toast

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

Object

Model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

position

Positions the widget.

Default Value: 'bottom center', { at: 'bottom left', my: 'bottom left', offset: '20 -20'} (Android), { at: 'bottom center', my: 'bottom center', offset: '0 0' } (phones on Android)
Raised Events: onPositioning onPositioned

This option accepts one of the following:

  • Position configuration object
    An object that specifies the widget's position.

  • String
    A shortcut listed in the accepted values. Positions the widget relative to the window.

  • Function
    A function that returns one of the above. Use it to position the widget based on a condition.

Use the PositionAlignment enum to specify this option when the widget is used as an ASP.NET MVC 5 Control or a DevExtreme-Based ASP.NET Core Control. This enum accepts the following values: Bottom, Center, Left, LeftBottom, LeftTop, RightBottom, RightTop, and Top.

rtlEnabled

Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

When this option is set to true, the widget text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.

JavaScript
DevExpress.config({
    rtlEnabled: true
});
See Also

shading

Specifies whether to shade the background when the widget is active.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false

Shading applies to the first specified element in the following sequence: container => position.of => window

shadingColor

Specifies the shading color. Applies only if shading is enabled.

Type:

String

Default Value: ''

This option supports the following colors:

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 0

The value of this option will be passed to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

type

Specifies the Toast widget type.

Type:

String

Default Value: 'info'
Accepted Values: 'custom' | 'error' | 'info' | 'success' | 'warning'

The available toast types (except for "custom") only differ by the icon and background color.

If you assign "custom" to the type option, the dx-toast-custom class is applied to the widget element. Implement the appropriate CSS class to specify toast appearance.

Use the ToastType enum to specify this option when the widget is used as an ASP.NET MVC 5 Control or a DevExtreme-Based ASP.NET Core Control. This enum accepts the following values: Info, Warning, Error, Success, and Custom.

visible

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget is visible.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: false
Raised Events: onShowing onHiding

You can show and hide the widget by changing the value of an observable variable passed to this option.

The widget is automatically hidden after the time specified in the displayTime option.

width

Specifies the widget's width in pixels.

Type:

Number

|

String

|

Function

Return Value:

Number

|

String

The widget's width.

Default Value: function() {return $(window).width() * 0.8 }, 'auto' (Android), function() { return $(window).width(); } (phones on Android)

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

  • Number
    The width in pixels.

  • String
    A CSS-accepted measurement of width. For example, "55px", "80%", "auto", "inherit".

  • Function
    A function returning either of the above. For example:

    JavaScript
    width: function() {
        return window.innerWidth / 1.5;
    }