g_flash_growler¶ ↑

github.com/midas/g_flash_growler/tree/master

A Guilded (github.com/midas/guilded/tree/master) component that displays Rails flash messages in an interface similar to OS/X’s growler.

Looks for flash messages in flash, flash and flash and displays a message that will slide out of view if JavaScript is enabled.

• Ruby 1.8

• Rails 2

• Rails 3

Configure the Gem for use:

gem 'g_flash_growler', '1.0.7'                      # Rails 3
config.gem 'g_flash_growler', :version => '1.0.7'   # Rails 2

Install the Gem:

bundle install                 # Rails 3
rake gems:install              # Rails 2
gem install g_flash_growler    # Manual

Run the assets generator:

rails generate flash_growler                     # Rails 3
script/generate flash_growler_assets_generator   # Rails 2

Call the flash growler helper somewhere in your view(s). I usually call it in the application layout (or another layout):

<%= raw( g_flash_growler( :id => 'growler', :position => 'bottom' ) ) %>    # Rails 3
<%= g_flash_growler( :id => 'growler', :position => 'bottom' ) %>           # Rails 2

Also, as with all Guilded components, a call to the apply behavior helper. It also makes the most sense to do this in your layout(s):

<%= raw g_apply_behavior %>    # Rails 3
<%= g_apply_behavior %>        # Rails 2

To map differently keyed flash messages into one of the flash growler’s:

<%= g_flash_growler( :id => 'growler', :position => 'bottom', :mappings => { :alert => :warning } ) %>

This will map flash to flash so that flash growler will react to the message.

• :position - ‘top’ to display the message at the top of the browser or ‘bottom’ to display message at the bottom (defaults to bottom).

• :delay - Number of milliseconds to display the message before starting the slide out of view (defaults to 4000 ms).

• :speed - Number of milliseconds to animate the slide out of view (defaults to 1000 ms).

• Rails >= 2.2.0

• guilded >= 1.0.0 (github.com/midas/guilded/tree/master)

• jQuery 1.3.2 (included with midas-guilded)

• jquery-growler-0.1.js

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2009 C. Jason Harrelson (midas)

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