I like the apple notifications (like current flash but smaller, darker, on the top right corner).
On Nov 5, 10:32 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 5, 2009, at 8:27 PM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > you can do > > > def error(text): > > return TABLE(TR(TD(text)),_class='error') > > > response.flash=error("what the ...!") > > Right, that's the kind of thing I was thinking of, albeit with a more > elaborate table. Then you can use a CSS selector like: > > div.flash table.error { ... } > > Thanks. > > > > > On Nov 5, 9:28 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Nov 5, 2009, at 1:39 PM, mdipierro wrote: > > >>> well, you can do > > >>> response.flash=DIV("message",_class="error") > > >>> and handle both class "flash" and class "error" via css. > > >> That works fine if your flash html is a simple div (as it is in the > >> standard layout), but it doesn't work so well if you're trying to do > >> more with it. > > >> Gmail's flash display, for example, puts its flash message in a > >> rounded-corner box (generated via a table). You can do that too using > >> the technique you show, but you really need a wrapper function once > >> the html gets more complex than a simple div (or the like). > > >> BTW, with this method, does the <div> end up getting escaped? > > >>> On Nov 5, 3:13 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> On Nov 5, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Russell wrote: > > >>>>> It does seem that a nice solution would be to position or shrink > >>>>> the > >>>>> flash message on the default layout so that it is unlikely to > >>>>> cover > >>>>> text. But it maybe we are trying to do too much with the flash > >>>>> message? There are some messages that only deserve a quick > >>>>> 'flash' - > >>>>> like 'logged in'. But there are some messages that are more > >>>>> important > >>>>> that need to stick around. Perhaps we need two styles in the > >>>>> layout...response.flash and response.notice? > > >>>> I think that'd be good, or perhaps more of an API. One way to do it > >>>> would be to attach different styles to the flash, perhaps. > > >>>> For my own applications, I'd like to distinguish errors from > >>>> information notices with color. Also, if an error requires that the > >>>> user do something to correct it (that is, the landing page isn't > >>>> really what the user was after), I'd be inclined to leave it up (no > >>>> fade-out), while purely informational or greeting messages that > >>>> don't > >>>> require user action would fade. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
