
Materialize provides various special methods to show unobtrusive alerts to the users. Materialize provides a term toast for them. Following is the syntax to show a dialog as a toast.
Materialize.toast(message, displayLength, className, completeCallback);
Where,
message − Message to be displayed to the user.
displayLength − Duration of the message after which it will disappear.
className − Style class to be applied to the toast. For example, 'rounded'.
completeCallback − Callback method to be called once toast is dismissed.
For tooltip, Materialize provides the following CSS classes.
| Sr.No. | Class Name & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | tooltipped Identifies a component to have a tooltip. |
| 2 | data-position Position of the tooltip; bottom, top, left, or right. |
| 3 | data-delay Sets the duration of the tooltip after which it will disappear. |
| 4 | data-tooltip Sets the tooltip contents. |
Following example demonstrates the use of toasts and tooltips.
<html>
<head>
<title>The Materialize Dialogs Example</title>
<meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width, initial-scale = 1">
<link rel = "stylesheet"
href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
<link rel = "stylesheet"
href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/css/materialize.min.css">
<script type = "text/javascript"
src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/js/materialize.min.js">
</script>
<script>
function showToast(message, duration) {
Materialize.toast(message, duration);
}
function showToast1(message, duration) {
Materialize.toast('<i>'+ message + '</i>', duration);
}
function showToast2(message, duration) {
Materialize.toast(message, duration, 'rounded');
}
function showToast3(message, duration) {
Materialize.toast('Hello World!', duration, '', function toastCompleted() {
alert('Toast dismissed!');
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body class = "container">
<h4>Toasts</h4>
<a class = "btn" onclick = "showToast('Hello World!', 3000)">Normal Alert!</a>
<a class = "btn" onclick = "showToast1('Hello World!', 3000)">Italic Alert!</a>
<a class = "btn" onclick = "showToast2('Hello World!', 3000)">Rounded Alert!</a>
<br/><br/>
<a class = "btn" onclick = "showToast3('Hello World!', 3000)">Callback Alert!</a>
<h4>Tooltips</h4>
<a class = "btn tooltipped" data-position = "bottom" data-delay = "50"
data-tooltip = "I am in bottom!">Bottom</a>
<a class = "btn tooltipped" data-position = "left" data-delay = "50"
data-tooltip = "I am in left!">Left</a>
<a class = "btn tooltipped" data-position = "right" data-delay = "50"
data-tooltip = "I am in right!">Right</a>
<a class = "btn tooltipped" data-position = "top" data-delay = "50"
data-tooltip = "I am in top!">Top</a>
</body>
</html>
Verify the result.