This component should be used for presenting custom messages in the page using the Salesforce pattern for errors, warnings and other types of messages for a given severity. See also the pageMessages component.
<apex:page standardController="Opportunity" recordSetVar="opportunities" tabStyle="Opportunity" sidebar="false"> <p>Enter an alphabetic character for the "Close Date," then click Save to see what happens.</p> <apex:form > <apex:pageBlock > <apex:pageMessage summary="This pageMessage will always display. Validation error messages appear in the pageMessages component." severity="warning" strength="3" /> <apex:pageMessages /> <apex:pageBlockButtons > <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/> </apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:pageBlockTable value="{!opportunities}" var="opp"> <apex:column value="{!opp.name}"/> <apex:column headerValue="Close Date"> <apex:inputField value="{!opp.closeDate}"/> </apex:column> </apex:pageBlockTable> </apex:pageBlock> </apex:form> </apex:page>
Attribute Name | Attribute Type | Description | Required? | API Version | Access |
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detail | String | The detailed description of the information. | 14.0 | ||
escape | Boolean | A Boolean value that specifies whether sensitive HTML and XML characters should be escaped in the HTML output generated by this component. If you do not specify escape="false", the character escape sequence displays as written. Be aware that setting this value to "false" may be a security risk because it allows arbitrary content, including JavaScript, that could be used in a malicious manner. | 14.0 | ||
id | String | An identifier that allows the component to be referenced by other components in the page. | 14.0 | global | |
rendered | Boolean | A Boolean value that specifies whether the component is rendered on the page. If not specified, this value defaults to true. | 14.0 | global | |
severity | String | The severity of the message. Values supported are: 'confirm', 'info', 'warning', 'error' | Yes | 14.0 | |
strength | Integer | The strength of the message. This controls the visibility and size of the icon displayed next to the message. Use 0 for no image, or 1-3 (highest strength, largest icon). | 14.0 | ||
summary | String | The summary message. | 14.0 | ||
title | String | The title text for the message. | 14.0 |