README.md

Generate SilverStripe backend messages with one simple call. Type less, do more.

Requirements

• SilverStripe Framework ^3.0 or ^4.0

Installation

composer require friendsofsilverstripe/backendmessages

Usage

Within any FieldList you can call any of the following static methods to create a message box:

use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\ErrorMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\WarningMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\SuccessMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\NoticeMessage;
use FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\Message;

// [...]

FieldList::create(
	ErrorMessage::create('Ehh, something went wrong.'),
	WarningMessage::create('Be careful with this!'),
	SuccessMessage::create('Yeah, that went through just fine.'),
	NoticeMessage::create('This is a useful hint.'),
	Message::generic('Some more information.')
);

generates

Allow HTML in the backend messages

Add the following to your config.yml

FriendsOfSilverStripe\Backendmessages\MessageBoxField:
  allow_html: true

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