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title: Alert
sidebar_label: Alert
---

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import { StoryWithControls } from '../../../src/components/StorybookWrapper';

# 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: "closable",
    label: "Closable",
    type: "boolean",
    description: "Whether the Alert can be closed with a close button."
  },
  {
    name: "type",
    label: "Type",
    type: "select",
    options: [
      "info",
      "error",
      "warning",
      "success"
    ],
    description: "Type of the alert (e.g., info, error, warning, success)."
  },
  {
    name: "message",
    label: "Message",
    type: "text"
  },
  {
    name: "description",
    label: "Description",
    type: "text"
  },
  {
    name: "showIcon",
    label: "Show Icon",
    type: "boolean",
    description: "Whether to display an icon in the Alert."
  }
]}
/>

## 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."` | - |
| `description` | `string` | `"Sample description for additional context."` | - |
| `showIcon` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether to display an icon in the Alert. |

## Import

```tsx
import { Alert } from 'packages/superset-core/src/ui/components/Alert';
```

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:::tip[Improve this page]
This documentation is auto-generated from the component's Storybook story.
Help improve it by [editing the story file](https://github.com/apache/superset/edit/master/superset-frontend/packages/superset-core/src/ui/components/Alert/Alert.stories.tsx).
:::
