Provide contextual feedback messages for typical user actions with the handful of available and flexible alert messages. For inline dismissal, use the [alerts jQuery plugin]({{ site.baseurl }}javascript/#alerts).
Wrap any text and an optional dismiss button in `.alert` and one of the four contextual classes (e.g., `.alert-success`) for basic alert messages.
<p>Alerts don't have default classes, only base and modifier classes. A default gray alert doesn't make too much sense, so you're required to specify a type via contextual class. Choose from success, info, warning, or danger.</p>
</div>
{% example html %}
<divclass="alert alert-success"role="alert">
<strong>Well done!</strong> You successfully read this important alert message.
</div>
<divclass="alert alert-info"role="alert">
<strong>Heads up!</strong> This alert needs your attention, but it's not super important.
</div>
<divclass="alert alert-warning"role="alert">
<strong>Warning!</strong> Better check yourself, you're not looking too good.
</div>
<divclass="alert alert-danger"role="alert">
<strong>Oh snap!</strong> Change a few things up and try submitting again.
</div>
{% endexample %}
### Dismissing
Build on any alert by adding an optional `.alert-dismissible` and [close button]().
<h5class="alert-heading">Sorry, something went wrong.</h5>
<p>Change this and that and try again. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.</p>
<p>
<buttontype="button"class="btn btn-danger">Take this action</button>
<buttontype="button"class="btn btn-secondary">Or do this</button>
</p>
</div>
{% endexample %}
## Usage
Enable dismissal of an alert via JavaScript:
{% highlight js %}
$(".alert").alert()
{% endhighlight %}
### Markup
Just add `data-dismiss="alert"` to your close button to automatically give an alert close functionality. Closing an alert removes it from the DOM.
To have your alerts use animation when closing, make sure they have the `.fade` and `.in` classes already applied to them.
### Methods
#### $().alert()
Makes an alert listen for click events on descendant elements which have the `data-dismiss="alert"` attribute. (Not necessary when using the data-api's auto-initialization.)
#### $().alert('close')
Closes an alert by removing it from the DOM. If the `.fade` and `.in` classes are present on the element, the alert will fade out before it is removed.
