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JS client-side messages plugin, with support for Django contrib.messages app

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jQuery Django Messages UI

JS client-side messages plugin, with support for Django contrib.messages app

Getting Started

django-messages-ui can be used as a standalone jQuery plugin for adding and removing client-side messages, or as a Django add-on to additionally support the Django contrib.messages app. It should be called on the message list element, and accepts options for message selectors, transient messages (that disappear on click or key-press), and close-links. The messages themselves should be styled with CSS.

Messages can be dynamically added via Handlebars.js or ICanHaz.js, and if used as a Django plugin there’s a Python middleware to automatically add messages from the request into Ajax JSON responses.

Dependencies

Installation as a Standalone jQuery Plugin

If using as a standalone jQuery plugin, download the production version or the development version, along with either the Handlebars.js precompiled template or the ICanHaz.js template.

Linking the JS:

<script src="dist/django-messages-ui.min.js"></script>

If using Handlebars.js, also include the precompiled JS template:

<script src="messages_ui/static/messages_ui/message.js"></script>

To override the default JS template using Handlebars.js, link to your own precompiled JS file with a message template.

If using ICanHaz.js, wrap the ICanHaz.js template (or your own custom template, if you don’t want to use the default template) in a <script id="message" type="text/html"> tag and include it in your HTML, or import it in JS using ich.addTemplate('message', YOUR_TEMPLATE_STRING).

Installation with Django

If using with Django, just pip install django-messages-ui to install (or download the tarball from PyPI, unpack it, and run python setup.py install). In your Django project settings, add "messages_ui" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting.

Linking the JS:

<script src="{% static 'messages_ui/django-messages-ui.js' %}"></script>

If using Handlebars.js, also include the precompiled JS template:

<script src="{% static 'messages_ui/message.js' %}"></script>

Including the default HTML template:

{% include "messages_ui/_messages.html" %}

If using ICanHaz.js to insert messages on the client side, use this template instead:

{% include "messages_ui/_messages_ich.html" %}

To override the default JS template using Handlebars.js, link to your own precompiled JS file with a message template.

To override the default JS template using ICanHaz.js and django-icanhaz, add a message.html file to a directory listed in your ICANHAZ_DIRS setting.

Ajax

To enable automatic handling of messages from Ajax requests, add "messages_ui.middleware.AjaxMessagesMiddleware" to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES setting (directly after django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware), and pass handleAjax: true to the plugin initialization.

Usage

Calling the plugin:

$('#messages').messages();

Calling the plugin with a variety of options explicitly configured to their default values:

$('#messages').messages({
    message: '.message',          // Selector for individual messages
    closeLink: '.close',          // Selector for link to close message
                                  //  ...set to ``false`` to disable
    closeCallback:                // Fn called when closeLink is clicked
        function (el) {
            el.stop().fadeOut('fast', function () {
                el.remove();
            });
        },
    transientMessage: '.success', // Selector for transient messages
    transientDelay: 500,          // Transient message callback delay (ms)
    transientCallback:            // Fn called after transientDelay
        function (el) {
            el.fadeOut(2000, function () { el.remove(); });
        },
    handleAjax: false,            // Enable automatic AJAX handling
    templating: 'handlebars',     // JS templating engine
                                  //  ...set to ``ich`` to use ICanHaz.js
    tplNamespace: 'Handlebars',   // Global namespace where precompiled
                                  //  ...Handlebars template is stored
    escapeHTML: true              // Set ``false`` to display unescaped
                                  //  ...HTML in message content
});

Adding a message in JS:

$('#messages').messages('add', {message: "Sample Message", tags: "info"});

Adding a message with unescaped HTML in JS:

$('#messages').messages('add', {message: "<a href='/'>Sample Message</a>", tags: "info"}, {escapeHTML: false});

CHANGES

1.0.3 (2013.10.29)

  • Add option for Handlebars templates global namespace.

1.0.2 (2013.10.27)

  • Add missing __init__.py.

1.0.1 (2013.10.27)

  • Fix manifest.in to include package json file.

1.0.0 (2013.10.27)

  • Publish as a standalone jQuery plugin. Add JS unit tests.

  • BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE: js filename changed from jquery.messages-ui.js to django-messages-ui.js

0.2.7 (2013.09.25)

  • Remove transient messages on scroll (also mousedown, keydown, mouseover).

0.2.6 (2013.06.05)

  • Fix AjaxMessagesMiddleware encoding issue with Python 3 and JSON response.

  • Precompile Handlebars template with 1.0.0.

0.2.5 (2013.05.23)

  • Precompile Handlebars template with 1.0.0-rc.4.

  • Make AjaxMessagesMiddleware Py3-compatible.

0.2.4 (2013.01.28)

  • Add option for function called after closeLink is clicked.

0.2.3 (2013.01.24)

  • Add option for function called on transient messages after transientDelay.

0.2.2 (2013.01.21)

  • Add response.no_messages option for disabling middleware.

0.2.1 (2013.01.14)

  • Rewrite using method plugin architecture; simpler ‘add’ method to add msg.

  • Add option to display unescaped HTML in message content.

0.2.0 (2013.01.11)

  • Add option to use Handlebars.js (new default) instead of ICanHaz.js.

0.1.8 (2013.01.03)

  • Make close-link selector specific to within a message; use preventDefault.

0.1.7 (2012.11.06)

  • JS stop transient-message fade on close-link click.

0.1.6 (2012.10.05)

  • JS don’t parse non-json.

0.1.5 (2012.07.23)

  • Don’t touch non-200 responses.

0.1.4 (2011.07.14)

  • JS cleanup; added JSLint options.

0.1.3 (2011.06.28)

  • Added closeLink: false plugin option.

  • Subsequent plugin calls on the same element default to previous options unless explicitly overridden.

0.1.2 (2011.06.27)

  • Added AjaxMessagesMiddleware and handleAjax plugin option.

0.1.1 (2011.06.27)

  • Updated HTML template (removed <aside> and moved #messages to <ul>).

0.1.0 (2011.06.25)

  • Initial release.

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