File: messages.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
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Messages component is used to display inline messages.
Import#
import { Messages } from 'primereact/messages';
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Basic#
Messages are displayed by calling the show method provided by the component ref. A single message is specified by the Message interface that defines various properties such as severity, summary and detail
InfoMessage Content
<Messages ref={msgs} />
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Severity#
The severity option specifies the type of the message.
InfoMessage Content
SuccessMessage Content
WarningMessage Content
ErrorMessage Content
SecondaryMessage Content
ContrastMessage Content
msgs.current.show([\
{sticky: true, severity: 'info', summary: 'Info', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false},\
{sticky: true, severity: 'success', summary: 'Success', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false},\
{sticky: true, severity: 'warn', summary: 'Warning', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false},\
{sticky: true, severity: 'error', summary: 'Error', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false},\
{sticky: true, severity: 'secondary', summary: 'Secondary', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false},\
{sticky: true, severity: 'contrast', summary: 'Contrast', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false}\
]);
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Dynamic#
Multiple messages are displayed by passing an array to the show method.
ShowClear
<Button type="button" onClick={addMessages} label="Show" className="mr-2" />
<Button type="button" onClick={clearMessages} label="Clear" className="p-button-secondary" />
<Messages ref={msgs} />
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Closable#
A message displays a close icon by default, closable option is used to control this behavior.
SuccessClosable Message
InfoNot Closable Message
msgs.current.show([\
{ sticky: true, severity: 'success', summary: 'Success', detail: 'Message is closable'},\
{ sticky: true, severity: 'info', summary: 'Info', detail: 'Message is not closable', closable: false}\
]);
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Sticky#
A message disappears after 3000ms defined the life option, set sticky option to displays message that do not hide automatically.
SuccessMessage Content
InfoMessage Content
WarningMessage Content
ErrorMessage Content
msgs.current.show([\
{ sticky: true, life: 1000, severity: 'success', summary: 'Success', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false },\
{ sticky: true, life: 2000, severity: 'info', summary: 'Info', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false },\
{ sticky: true, life: 3000, severity: 'warn', summary: 'Warning', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false },\
{ sticky: true, life: 4000, severity: 'error', summary: 'Error', detail: 'Message Content', closable: false }\
]);
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Custom Icon#
A message with custom icon can be created by simply using icon or content options.
Info message
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How may I help you?
msgs.current.show([\
{ sticky: true, severity: 'info', icon: 'pi pi-send', detail: 'Info message' },\
{\
severity: 'success',\
sticky: true,\
content: (\
<React.Fragment>\
<img alt="logo" src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primereact/images/avatar/amyelsner.png" width="32" />\
<div className="ml-2">How may I help you?</div>\
</React.Fragment>\
)\
}\
]);
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Template#
Custom content inside a message is defined with the content option.

Always bet on Prime.
msgs.current.show({
severity: 'info',
sticky: true,
content: (
<React.Fragment>
<img alt="logo" src="/images/logo.png" width="32" />
<div className="ml-2">Always bet on Prime.</div>
</React.Fragment>
)
});
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Accessibility#
Message components use alert role that implicitly defines aria-live as "assertive" and aria-atomic as "true". Since any attribute is passed to the root element, attributes like aria-labelledby and aria-label can optionally be used as well.
Close element is a button with an aria-label that refers to the aria.close property of the locale API by default, you may use_closeButtonProps_ to customize the element and override the default aria-label.
| Key | Function | | --- | --- | | enter | Closes the message. | | space | Closes the message. |
Import
Basic
Severity
Dynamic
Closable
Sticky
Custom Icon
Template
Accessibility
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