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title: Alert
sidebar_label: Alert
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import { StoryWithControls } from '../../../src/components/StorybookWrapper';
import { Alert } from '@apache-superset/core/components';

# Alert

Alert component for displaying important messages to users. Wraps Ant Design Alert with sensible defaults and improved accessibility.

## Live Example

<StoryWithControls
  component={Alert}
  props={{
  closable: true,
  type: 'info',
  message: 'This is a sample alert message.',
  description: 'Sample description for additional context.',
  showIcon: true
}}
  controls={[
  {
    name: 'type',
    label: 'Type',
    type: 'select',
    options: [
      'info',
      'error',
      'warning',
      'success'
    ]
  },
  {
    name: 'closable',
    label: 'Closable',
    type: 'boolean'
  },
  {
    name: 'showIcon',
    label: 'Show Icon',
    type: 'boolean'
  },
  {
    name: 'message',
    label: 'Message',
    type: 'text'
  },
  {
    name: 'description',
    label: 'Description',
    type: 'text'
  }
]}
/>

## Try It

Edit the code below to experiment with the component:

```tsx live
function Demo() {
  return (
    <Alert
      closable
      type="info"
      message="This is a sample alert message."
      description="Sample description for additional context."
      showIcon
    />
  );
}
```

## Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|------|------|---------|-------------|
| `closable` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether the Alert can be closed with a close button. |
| `type` | `string` | `"info"` | Type of the alert (e.g., info, error, warning, success). |
| `message` | `string` | `"This is a sample alert message."` | Message |
| `description` | `string` | `"Sample description for additional context."` | Description |
| `showIcon` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether to display an icon in the Alert. |

## Usage in Extensions

This component is available in the `@apache-superset/core/components` package, which is automatically available to Superset extensions.

```tsx
import { Alert } from '@apache-superset/core/components';

function MyExtension() {
  return (
    <Alert
      closable
      type="info"
      message="This is a sample alert message."
    />
  );
}
```

## Source Links

- [Story file](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/master/superset-frontend/packages/superset-core/src/ui/components/Alert/Alert.stories.tsx)
- [Component source](https://github.com/apache/superset/blob/master/superset-frontend/packages/superset-core/src/ui/components/Alert/index.tsx)

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