Limit the number of displayed toasts

[codeseven]

Limit the number of displayed toasts

[johnpapa]

Interesting thought. I'd have to see how this is implemented before I approved this type of pull request. Feel free to take a shot at it, and propose it. I'm a little concerned about if this could be harmful or confusing though, in some cases.

[Biohazord]

I have a few ideas on how this could be done. Would something like a summary with counts of the message types not displayed be useful?

It could use the information toast and have text like:
"Notifications not shown: #"

or some type of toast such as "Summary" and have text like:
Notifications not shown:

• Error: a
• Warnings : x
• Information: y
• Success: z

If something like that sounds good I'll get to work and try my hand at a pull request.

[TimFerrell]

I'm not a fan of discarding the toasts that can't be shown in place of a summary.

I do like @saitolabs suggestion about a queue though. If we can define a max number of toasts to be shown, all of the other toasts be be added to a queue (such as an array). When the first (or lowest indexed toast) is closed, we can push the next toast on-screen from the queue.

How does that sound?

[johnpapa]

I like the queue idea in theory. It could be an enhancement. But right now @TimFerrell and I are focused on v3 and only fixing bugs in v2. Will keep this open tho, as its a good idea

[KrishnaPG]

I am also looking for the "max no. of shown" option (not to clutter the scene too much).

The "queue" mechanism @TimFerrell suggestion of pushing to screen from queue is good. Except, I would suggest that this mechanism should respect the "newest on top" option.

For example, when a new item arrives, and the screen already has max no. of toasts, (and if the option says "newest on top" is true), then instead of pushing the new arrivals into queue, I would say push the old ones into the queue, making the new comers visible immediately (thus respecting the "newest on top"). This way anytime anyone looks on the screen they always see the latest entries (which is useful for admin dashboard UIs, where they may often be flooded with too many events at times).

But, in that case how does one access the "old ones" pushed onto the queue? Some kind of visual reference may be needed, Some kind of "notification center" UI with some hint of old messages present (something like twitter notifications button, but as a overlay that opens on the same page).

[TimFerrell]

Closing due to lack of activity. Will be considered for v3.