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Page notice

v4.0

Page notices communicate high-priority information at a page level. They are bold and prominent to capture attention.

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Anatomy

Properties

Behavior

Screen sizes

Best practices

Specs

Specs for a wide and narrow page notice. Both use 16px icons with 12px of space between the icon and content area. 16px is between the body text and link button. 12px of minimum space is between the content area and close/dismiss button. The close button is 16px. 16px of padding is around the top, bottom, left, and right of the content area.
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    1. Title
    2. Icon
    3. Button
    4. Body
    5. Close/dismiss

    Title

    A bolded title is optional. Use a title to quickly summarize the purpose of the notice. Keep titles short, no more than 60 characters, and avoid repeating the body text.

    Body

    The body text is required for all notices. Aim for 1-2 lines. If the body content exceeds 3 lines, consider whether a different design treatment might be better suited to accommodate the length of the message. For actionable notices, the text should inform the user of a next step.

    Dismiss

    Alert notices can include a dismiss button that removes the notice from the page layout. This is helpful for general or supplemental information provided by the notice.

    Actionable

    Actionable notices include a link button below or beside the body text. It is recommended that notices include an action that helps resolve them.

    Semantic

    All alert notices are semantic. The available options are information, attention, confirmation, and general. Choose the semantic type depending on the type of message. The icons cannot be customized, and only three options are available: information, attention, and confirmation.

    Placement

    Page notices appear on load as part of the page layout and extend edge to edge. Content shifts to fill the space when a page notice is dismissed. Alert page notices should always be dismissible or resolvable, not a permanent part of a design.

    Overflow

    All text content will wrap if wider than the container. Avoid wrapping for button titles and titles where possible.

    Layout

    The action can be stacked below the content or inline with the content. By default, small screens have the action below, while large screens have the action pinned to the right.

    The action should remain below the body content if it spans more than 2 lines on small screens.

    Small

    Page notices are full-width and directly beneath the global header. The action can be below or beside the body content depending on the content length. Inline and section notices appear near their related elements.

    Large

    Page notices are positioned directly beneath the top navigation elements. The notice’s background spans the full page width (edge to edge) until it reaches the max width of the page grid (1680px). See Layout in product for responsive grid details. Section and inline notices appear next to their related elements.

    Timing

    Do keep page notices temporary and provide a solution to remove the page notice.

    Don't use page notices without a clear solution or as a permanent part of the design.

    Content

    Do keep body copy in regular weight to maintain enough visual separation from the action.

    Don’t use bold weight for the body copy. The button becomes more difficult to discern from the main content.

    Stacking

    Do show one page notice at a time and replace it with next priority page notice after the user dismisses or addresses it.

    Avoid stacking page notices. Stacked page notices can quickly become overwhelming.

    A page confirmation alert notice. Number 1 points to the title. Number 2 points to the icon. Number 3 points to the button. Number 4 points to the body. Number 5 points to the close/dismiss.
    A mobile screen with an information page notice. “Title” points to “Reactivate your account”.
    A mobile screen with an information page notice. “Body” points to “Fill out a few more details to unlock your ability to list items.”
    A mobile screen with an information page notice. “Close/dismiss” points to an “x” close icon.
    A mobile screen with an information page notice. “Button” points to the link button “Update account details”.
    The four variants of page notices including information, attention, confirmation, and general.
    An attention page notice at the top of a mobile screen. The page notice states something went wrong with a button to refresh.
    A mobile screen with an information page notice at the top of the screen. It has two lines of text and a button.
    Two information page notices. One is wide and one is narrow. The wide one has the button on the right, while the narrow one has the action button at the bottom.
    A mobile screen with an information page notice at the top of the screen. It has two lines of text and a button.
    A large desktop screen with an information page notice across the top of the page.
    An attention page notice with a button at the bottom.
    An attention page notice missing the button at the bottom.
    An information page notice with regular-weight body text.
    An information page notice with bold-weight body text.
    A single page notice.
    Two variants of page notices stacked on top of each other.