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EditorWindow.ShowNotification

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Declaration

public void ShowNotification(GUIContent notification);

Parameters

notification The contents of the notification message.
fadeoutWait The duration the notification is displayed. Measured in seconds.

Description

Show a notification message.

Displays notification message on the window. Unlike message boxes or log messages notification will fade out automatically after some time. Call RemoveNotification to remove it immediately.


Show a notification in an editor window.

// Simple example that shows a notification message
// that the user has typed.

using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Playables;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;

public class NotificationWindow : EditorWindow
{

    string notification = "This is a notification";

    [MenuItem("Examples/Notification Window")]
    public static void ShowExample()
    {
        NotificationWindow wnd = GetWindow<NotificationWindow>();
        wnd.titleContent = new GUIContent("Notification Window");
    }

    public void CreateGUI()
    {
        // Create button to show notification
        Button showNotification = new Button();
        showNotification.text = "Show!";
        showNotification.clicked += () =>
        {
            this.ShowNotification(new GUIContent(notification));
        };

        rootVisualElement.Add(showNotification);

        // Create button to remove notification
        Button removeNotification = new Button();
        removeNotification.text = "Remove!";
        removeNotification.clicked += () =>
        {
            this.RemoveNotification();
        };

        rootVisualElement.Add(removeNotification);
    }
}