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Bootstrap 5 Alerts

Alerts

Provide feedback messages for typical user actions with the handful of available and flexible alert messages.

WARNING

This feature is only available in AdminKit PRO. Learn more.

Example

Alerts are available for any length of text, as well as an optional close button. For proper styling, use one of the eight required contextual classes (e.g., .alert-success). For inline dismissal, use the alerts JavaScript plugin.

html
<div class="alert alert-primary" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple primary alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-secondary" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple secondary alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple success alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple danger alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple warning alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple info alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-light" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple light alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-dark" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple dark alert—check it out!
  </div>
</div>

Use the .alert-link utility class to quickly provide matching colored links within any alert.

html
<div class="alert alert-primary" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple primary alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-secondary" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple secondary alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple success alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple danger alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple warning alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple info alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-light" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple light alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-dark" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    A simple dark alert with <a href="#" class="alert-link">an example link</a>. Give it a click if you like.
  </div>
</div>

Additional content

Alerts can also contain additional HTML elements like headings, paragraphs and dividers.

html
<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    <h4 class="alert-heading">Well done!</h4>
    <p>Aww yeah, you successfully read this important alert message. This example text is going to run a bit longer so that you can see how spacing within an alert works with this kind of content.</p>
    <hr>
    <p class="mb-0">Whenever you need to, be sure to use margin utilities to keep things nice and tidy.</p>
  </div>
</div>

Icons

Similarly, you can use flexbox utilities SVG icons to create alerts with icons. Depending on your icons and content, you may want to add more utilities or custom styles.

html
<preview>
<div class="alert alert-primary" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message d-flex align-items-center">
    <svg width="16" height="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="bi bi-exclamation-triangle-fill flex-shrink-0 me-2" viewBox="0 0 16 16" role="img" aria-label="Warning:">
      <path d="M8.982 1.566a1.13 1.13 0 0 0-1.96 0L.165 13.233c-.457.778.091 1.767.98 1.767h13.713c.889 0 1.438-.99.98-1.767L8.982 1.566zM8 5c.535 0 .954.462.9.995l-.35 3.507a.552.552 0 0 1-1.1 0L7.1 5.995A.905.905 0 0 1 8 5zm.002 6a1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0-2z"/>
    </svg>
    <div>
      An example alert with an icon
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
</preview>

Dismissing

Using the alert JavaScript plugin, it's possible to dismiss any alert inline. Here's how:

  • Be sure you've loaded the alert plugin, or the compiled Bootstrap JavaScript.
  • Add a close button and the .alert-dismissible class, which adds extra padding to the right of the alert and positions the close button.
  • On the close button, add the data-bs-dismiss="alert" attribute, which triggers the JavaScript functionality. Be sure to use the <button> element with it for proper behavior across all devices.
  • To animate alerts when dismissing them, be sure to add the .fade and .show classes.

You can see this in action with a live demo:

html
<div class="alert alert-warning alert-dismissible fade show" role="alert">
  <div class="alert-message">
    <strong>Holy guacamole!</strong> You should check in on some of those fields below.
    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"></button>
  </div>
</div>