Notifications

A FoundryVTT module that replaces and expands on the default notifications.

Overview

Notifications replaces Foundry's notification system, rendering everything raised by Foundry or by another module with no changes needed on their part. It adds two things the core system does not have: action buttons that run something when clicked, and a history of the session's notifications in a sidebar directory, so one that appeared while you were looking elsewhere can still be read and acted on.

Features

• Replaces the default notifications, so everything from Foundry and other modules is rendered by this module automatically
• Adds a notification history sidebar directory, so you can catch up on anything you missed while looking away
• Marks the sidebar tab with an unread indicator when something arrives while the history is not visible, which stays until you open it
• Adds developer-defined action buttons to notifications, which remain usable from the history
• Supports everything the default notifications do, including permanent, progress, and localized messages

Settings

Every setting is client-scoped, so each player configures their own and nothing you change affects anyone else at the table.

Setting	Default	Description
Notification Position	Top Center	Where notifications appear on screen. Nine positions are available, from top left to bottom right.
Maximum Notifications	5	How many notifications can be shown at once, from 1 to 10.
Notification Duration	5 seconds	How long a notification stays on screen before dismissing itself, from 1 to 30 seconds.
Unread Indicator	All Notifications	Which notifications put a dot on the sidebar tab when the history is not visible.

Each position is offset so notifications stay clear of the sidebar, scene controls, and hotbar.

Unread Indicator accepts:

• All Notifications - any notification lights the dot
• Warnings and Errors - informational and success notifications are ignored
• Errors Only - only errors light the dot
• Never - the dot is disabled entirely

info

Raising Maximum Notifications only affects what is on screen. Anything beyond the limit is queued and shown as earlier notifications dismiss, but it still enters the history immediately, so nothing is ever missed because of the queue.

tip

Notification Duration does not apply to permanent or progress notifications. Those stay until they are dismissed or complete.

API

The module exposes an API for developers and macro writers.

const { notifications } = game.modules.get("dfreds-notifications").api;

Displaying Notifications

The API mirrors the core notification methods, so anything valid for ui.notifications is valid here.

notifications.info("An informational message");
notifications.warn("A warning message");
notifications.error("An error message");
notifications.success("A success message");

// Or specify the type directly
notifications.notify("An informational message", "info");

tip

You do not have to use the API to raise a notification. Calling ui.notifications.info("Hello") works exactly the same, because this module replaces the core notifier. The API mainly exists to give Typescript projects the correct types for the added options.

Action Buttons

Pass actions to add buttons to a notification. Each button runs its callback when clicked, and dismisses the notification unless told otherwise.

notifications.warn("Your token was moved off the grid", {
  actions: [
    {
      label: "Jump to it",
      icon: "fa-solid fa-location-crosshairs",
      callback: () => canvas.tokens.get(tokenId)?.control(),
    },
    {
      label: "Remind me later",
      dismissOnClick: false,
      callback: () => console.log("Still showing"),
    },
  ],
});

Each action supports the following:

Property	Type	Description
label	string	The button label. Localize it before passing it in.
icon	string	Optional Font Awesome icon class shown before the label.
callback	function	Called with the toast element and the notification when clicked.
dismissOnClick	boolean	Whether clicking dismisses the notification. Defaults to true.

info

Actions are held in memory, which is what allows them to keep working from the history. They are not saved anywhere and do not carry across a reload or to other players.

Notification Options

All of the core notification options are supported.

Option	Type	Description
permanent	boolean	Display until dismissed rather than timing out.
progress	boolean	Display a progress bar that can be updated.
localize	boolean	Treat the message as a localization key.
format	object	Values to interpolate into the localized message.
console	boolean	Whether to also log to the console. Defaults to true.
escape	boolean	Whether to escape the values of format. Defaults to true.
clean	boolean	Whether to clean the message as untrusted input. Defaults to true.

Progress Notifications

A progress notification stays on screen and can be updated as work completes. It dismisses itself shortly after reaching 100%.

const progress = notifications.info("Importing data", { progress: true });

progress.update({ pct: 0.5, message: "Halfway there" });
progress.update({ pct: 1, message: "Done!" });

Managing Notifications

const notification = notifications.info("Working", { permanent: true });

notifications.has(notification); // Whether it is still queued or displayed
notifications.remove(notification); // Dismiss it
notifications.clear(); // Dismiss everything currently shown

Reading the History

const api = game.modules.get("dfreds-notifications").api;

api.history; // Everything shown this session, oldest first
api.clearHistory(); // Empty the history

Each history entry contains the id, type, message, and timestamp of the notification, along with any actions it was given.

Required Modules

• Lib: DFreds UI Extender by DFreds - A library that makes it easy to add new UI elements to Foundry
• libWrapper by ruipin - A library that wraps core Foundry methods to make it easier for module developers to add functionality. Note that if you for some reason don't want to install this, a shim will be used instead.