Hi all,
I’m looking to improve user feedback in my Backstage instance by showing success notifications (toasts, banners, or inline messages) after key actions such as:
Successful entity registration via Catalog Import
Completion of Software Templates (Scaffolder)
Custom plugin actions (form submissions, button clicks)
Could you please advise on the best approach to implement these success messages? Specifically:
What APIs or hooks should I use to trigger success toasts?
Are there recommended patterns or examples for integrating these notifications into core plugins or custom plugins?
Does Backstage have built-in support or a preferred plugin for displaying toasts or banners?
Any guidance on how to customize the user interface to show inline messages if needed?
I’d appreciate any pointers, documentation links, or example code snippets.
Thanks in advance!
#How to add success toasts or notifications for actions like Catalog Import, Scaffolder completion
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silk yacht
Hi,
I would take a look at the notifications system https://backstage.io/docs/notifications/ first. It shows the notifications as toast in the right bottom corner of the UI if the user happens to be logged in and the signals plugin is also installed.
How to hook to the things you want to notify is another thing. There might be some events coming from the eventsService that could be used to trigger the notifications but to find those, you have to dig in to the source code of the plugin in question.