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The MessageToast steered as the UI5 control it is: every sap.m.MessageToast option 1:1 through the global object, plus a toast composed on the client without a round-trip.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_381
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Keywords: toast, notification, global, object, control_global, follow_up_action, options, duration, position, animation, anchor, collision, class, css, template
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.CheckBox
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.Link
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Panel
- sap.m.Select
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Text
- sap.ui.core.HTML
- sap.ui.core.Item
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
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" @keywords toast notification global object control_global follow_up_action options duration position animation anchor collision class css template
" @summary The MessageToast steered as the UI5 control it is: every sap.m.MessageToast option 1:1 through the global object, plus a toast composed on the client without a round-trip.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/translation_messages/message
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_381 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA message TYPE string.
DATA duration TYPE string.
DATA width TYPE string.
DATA my TYPE string.
DATA at TYPE string.
DATA dock_to_anchor TYPE abap_bool.
DATA offset TYPE string.
DATA collision TYPE string.
DATA animation_timing TYPE string.
DATA animation_duration TYPE string.
DATA autoclose TYPE abap_bool.
DATA close_on_navigation TYPE abap_bool.
DATA notify_close TYPE abap_bool.
DATA css_class TYPE string.
DATA closed_text TYPE string.
PROTECTED SECTION.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_opt,
name TYPE string,
val TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_opt.
TYPES ty_t_opt TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_opt WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA closed_count TYPE i.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS on_init.
METHODS show_toast.
METHODS toast_options
RETURNING
VALUE(result) TYPE string.
METHODS json_escape
IMPORTING
val TYPE string
RETURNING
VALUE(result) TYPE string.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS get_positions
RETURNING
VALUE(result) TYPE string_table.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_381 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
on_init( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `SHOW` ).
show_toast( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `TOAST_CLOSED` ).
" the onclose event: fired by the client when the toast is gone, with
" or without the user - a plain backend event like any button press
closed_count = closed_count + 1.
closed_text = |toast closed { closed_count } time(s) - the onclose event reached the backend|.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_init.
message = `This is a message toast.`.
duration = `3000`.
width = `15em`.
my = `center bottom`.
at = `center bottom`.
offset = `0 0`.
collision = `fit fit`.
animation_timing = `ease`.
animation_duration = `1000`.
autoclose = abap_true.
close_on_navigation = abap_true.
notify_close = abap_true.
css_class = `myToast`.
closed_text = `no toast closed yet`.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD show_toast.
" Where a toast docks, how it animates, how wide it is - that is the
" CONTROL, not the ABAP app, so it is set the way every other UI5 control
" is steered from here: the whitelisted global call, whose last argument
" is the option object of sap.m.MessageToast.show( ) 1:1.
"
" client->message_toast_display( ) carries none of these. It carries what
" an ABAP app decides - the text, how long the toast stands, and the
" backend event its closing raises - and the class
" Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_502 shows that side for the message box
client->follow_up_action( val = client->cs_event-control_global
t_arg = VALUE #( ( `MESSAGE_TOAST` )
( `show` )
( message )
( toast_options( ) ) ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD toast_options.
DATA t_opt TYPE string_table.
" The option object as JSON. A t_arg that starts with a brace is embedded
" as REAL JSON by the framework, so this arrives on the client as an
" object - not as a string that happens to look like one. Numbers stay
" unquoted and flags are true/false, because sap.m.MessageToast checks
" the type of every option it reads.
"
" An option the form left EMPTY is left out rather than sent empty: a
" `"duration":` is no JSON, the backend would fail to parse the whole
" object and embed it as a plain string, and the toast would then show
" with no options at all - quietly, which is the one failure mode of this
" path worth knowing
" The two numbers travel unquoted, so anything but digits would break the
" object - a typo in the form then costs the OPTIONS, not the toast
IF duration IS NOT INITIAL AND duration CO `0123456789`.
APPEND |"duration":{ duration }| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
IF animation_duration IS NOT INITIAL AND animation_duration CO `0123456789`.
APPEND |"animationDuration":{ animation_duration }| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT VALUE ty_t_opt( ( name = `width` val = width )
( name = `my` val = my )
( name = `at` val = at )
( name = `offset` val = offset )
( name = `collision` val = collision )
( name = `animationTimingFunction` val = animation_timing ) ) INTO DATA(s_opt).
IF s_opt-val IS NOT INITIAL.
APPEND |"{ s_opt-name }":"{ json_escape( s_opt-val ) }"| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
APPEND |"autoClose":{ COND string( WHEN autoclose = abap_true THEN `true` ELSE `false` ) }| TO t_opt.
APPEND |"closeOnBrowserNavigation":{ COND string( WHEN close_on_navigation = abap_true THEN `true` ELSE `false` ) }| TO t_opt.
" `of` is the element the toast docks to - my/at are read relative to it
" instead of to the window. It travels as a jQuery selector, so the
" anchor is a DOM node with an id the backend can spell: the core:HTML
" box in the view below, not a control whose id UI5 prefixes at runtime
IF dock_to_anchor = abap_true.
APPEND |"of":"#toastAnchor"| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
" `class` is the one entry here that is NO MessageToast option: the
" frontend puts the classes on the DOM node of the toast, which carries
" no id to address it by. It rides in the same object
IF css_class IS NOT INITIAL.
APPEND |"class":"{ json_escape( css_class ) }"| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
" onClose is a BACKEND event name here, not a JS callback: the frontend
" turns it into the round-trip that reaches on_event below
IF notify_close = abap_true.
APPEND |"onClose":"TOAST_CLOSED"| TO t_opt.
ENDIF.
LOOP AT t_opt INTO DATA(option).
IF result IS INITIAL.
result = option.
ELSE.
result = |{ result },{ option }|.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
result = |\{{ result }\}|.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD json_escape.
" The values above are typed into the form: a `"` or `\` left raw would
" end the string early, the object would not parse, and the toast would
" show with no options - quietly (see toast_options)
result = replace( val = val sub = `\` with = `\\` occ = 0 ).
result = replace( val = result sub = `"` with = `\"` occ = 0 ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(page) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form`
)->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Message - MessageToast via the Global Object`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Two ways to a toast, and this is the UI5 one: follow_up_action( cs_event-control_global ) ` &&
`calls sap.m.MessageToast.show( ) itself, and its last argument is the option object of that API 1:1 - ` &&
`position, collision, animation, autoClose. Configure them below and watch the object travel. ` &&
`The other way is client->message_toast_display( ), which carries no UI5 option at all: it carries ` &&
`what an ABAP app decides, and Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_502 shows that side for the message box.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
" the style behind the CSS class, and the anchor `of` docks to: a DOM
" node whose id the backend knows, which no UI5 control can promise.
" The braces of the CSS rule are escaped: the XML view parser would read
" them as a binding otherwise
page->tag( n = `HTML` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `content` v = `<style>.myToast \{ background-color: #0a6ed1; color: #fff; \}</style>` &&
`<div id="toastAnchor" class="sapUiSmallMargin" style="border: 2px dashed #0a6ed1; padding: 0.5rem; width: 14rem;">` &&
`the anchor box (id toastAnchor)</div>` ).
page->ele( `headerContent`
)->tag( `Link`
)->a( n = `text` v = `UI5 Demo Kit`
)->a( n = `target` v = `_blank`
)->a( n = `href` v = `https://sdk.openui5.org/entity/sap.m.MessageToast/sample/sap.m.sample.MessageToast` ).
DATA(form) = page->ele( `Panel`
)->a( n = `headerText` v = `Message Toast Configuration`
)->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `Settings`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form` ).
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Message`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( message )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Duration (ms)`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Number`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( duration )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Width`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( width ) ).
DATA(select_my) = form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `my`
)->ele( `Select`
)->a( n = `selectedKey` v = client->_bind( my ) ).
DATA(select_at) = form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `at`
)->ele( `Select`
)->a( n = `selectedKey` v = client->_bind( at ) ).
LOOP AT get_positions( ) INTO DATA(position).
select_my->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` t = position
)->a( n = `text` t = position ).
select_at->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` t = position
)->a( n = `text` t = position ).
ENDLOOP.
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `of - dock to the anchor box instead of the window`
)->tag( `CheckBox`
)->a( n = `selected` v = client->_bind( dock_to_anchor )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `offset`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( offset ) ).
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `collision`
)->ele( `Select`
)->a( n = `selectedKey` v = client->_bind( collision )
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `fit fit`
)->a( n = `text` v = `fit fit - shift into the viewport`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `flip flip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `flip flip - flip to the opposite side`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `flipfit flipfit`
)->a( n = `text` v = `flipfit flipfit - flip first, then shift`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `none none`
)->a( n = `text` v = `none none - stay where told` ).
DATA(select_animation) = form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `animationTimingFunction`
)->ele( `Select`
)->a( n = `selectedKey` v = client->_bind( animation_timing ) ).
select_animation->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `ease`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ease`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `linear`
)->a( n = `text` v = `linear`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `ease-in`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ease-in`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `ease-out`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ease-out`
)->tag( n = `Item` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `ease-in-out`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ease-in-out` ).
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `animationDuration (ms)`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Number`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( animation_duration )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `autoClose`
)->tag( `CheckBox`
)->a( n = `selected` v = client->_bind( autoclose )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `closeOnBrowserNavigation`
)->tag( `CheckBox`
)->a( n = `selected` v = client->_bind( close_on_navigation )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `onclose - report the closing as a backend event`
)->tag( `CheckBox`
)->a( n = `selected` v = client->_bind( notify_close )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `class - a CSS class for the toast (myToast is styled above)`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( css_class ) ).
form->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `SHOW` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Show Message Toast`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Emphasized` ).
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `the onclose event`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( closed_text ) ).
" ... and the second reason the global object exists: the same call WIRED
" into the view. The toast is composed on the client - the extra argument
" fills the {0} placeholder of the text - so a button that only wants to
" say what was pressed needs no round-trip to the backend at all
form->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `wired, no round-trip - the text is composed on the client`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Compose on the client`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->follow_up_action(
val = client->cs_event-control_global
t_arg = VALUE #( ( `MESSAGE_TOAST` )
( `show` )
( `{0} - composed on the client, the backend never saw this press` )
( `${$source>/text}` ) ) ) ).
client->view_display( page->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD get_positions.
result = VALUE #(
( `begin top` )
( `begin center` )
( `begin bottom` )
( `left top` )
( `left center` )
( `left bottom` )
( `center top` )
( `center center` )
( `center bottom` )
( `right top` )
( `right center` )
( `right bottom` )
( `end top` )
( `end center` )
( `end bottom` ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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