Toast Message Pattern

Toast Message Pattern: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of jQuery Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.

8 min read Updated 8/23/2026

On this page

jQuery Tutorial · Lesson 78 of 100

Toast Message Pattern

Setup & DOM ✓ → Events Effects AJAX ✓ → Perf & Integrate → Ship & Projects

Perf & Integrate · 3 — Harden · ~10 min · App Integration

What is this?

Toasts are short, timed messages in a fixed region. Enqueue messages, fade them, and remove nodes after hide. Prefer text content.

Why should you care?

QueryVerse CRUD pages need non-blocking success/error feedback after AJAX.

See it live — copy this example

Examples include the jQuery 3.7 CDN. Paste into an HTML file or use Run Example to preview.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>QueryVerse</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem; }
    .box { padding: .75rem; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; margin: .5rem 0; }
    .muted { color: #666; }
    button { margin-right: .35rem; margin-top: .35rem; }
    input, select, textarea { margin: .25rem 0; }
    table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
    th, td { border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: .4rem .55rem; text-align: left; }
    .hidden { display: none; }
    .row-odd { background: #f7f7f7; }
    .active { font-weight: 700; }
    .toast { background: #111; color: #fff; padding: .5rem .75rem; border-radius: 6px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="toasts" style="position:fixed;right:1rem;top:1rem;width:16rem"></div>
  <button type="button" id="ok">Success toast</button>
  <button type="button" id="err">Error toast</button>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
  function toast(msg, kind) {
    var $t = $('<div class="toast"/>').text(msg);
    if (kind === 'err') $t.css('background', '#8a1f1f');
    $('#toasts').append($t);
    $t.hide().fadeIn(120).delay(1200).fadeOut(180, function () { $(this).remove(); });
  }
  $('#ok').on('click', function () { toast('Saved employee', 'ok'); });
  $('#err').on('click', function () { toast('Save failed', 'err'); });
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Run Example »

Edit the code below and click Run to see the result in Toolliyo’s live editor.

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>QueryVerse</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem; }
    .box { padding: .75rem; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; margin: .5rem 0; }
    .muted { color: #666; }
    button { margin-right: .35rem; margin-top: .35rem; }
    input, select, textarea { margin: .25rem 0; }
    table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; }
    th, td { border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: .4rem .55rem; text-align: left; }
    .hidden { display: none; }
    .row-odd { background: #f7f7f7; }
    .active { font-weight: 700; }
    .toast { background: #111; color: #fff; padding: .5rem .75rem; border-radius: 6px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="toasts" style="position:fixed;right:1rem;top:1rem;width:16rem"></div>
  <button type="button" id="ok">Success toast</button>
  <button type="button" id="err">Error toast</button>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
  function toast(msg, kind) {
    var $t = $('<div class="toast"/>').text(msg);
    if (kind === 'err') $t.css('background', '#8a1f1f');
    $('#toasts').append($t);
    $t.hide().fadeIn(120).delay(1200).fadeOut(180, function () { $(this).remove(); });
  }
  $('#ok').on('click', function () { toast('Saved employee', 'ok'); });
  $('#err').on('click', function () { toast('Save failed', 'err'); });
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Result