DxMessageBox Class

A message box intended for use as an alert or confirmation dialog.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public class DxMessageBox :
    DxComponentBase

Remarks

The DevExpress Message Box component for Blazor (<DxMessageBox>) allows you to show an alert or confirmation dialog. You can place the component in markup and show it on demand, or use the dialog service (IDialogService) to create message boxes at runtime.

Run Demo: Overview

Add a Message Box to a Project Declaratively

Follow the steps below to add the DxMessageBox component to an application:

1. Use a DevExpress Project Template to create a new Blazor Server or Blazor WebAssembly application. If you use a Microsoft project template or already have a Blazor project, configure your project to incorporate DevExpress Blazor components.
2. Add the following markup to a .razor file: <DxMessageBox> … </DxMessageBox>.
3. Define the message box’s type and content.
4. Write code that manages the components’s visibility.
5. Configure other options (see the sections below).

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible"
              Type="MessageBoxType.Confirmation"
              Title="Cannot open file"
              Text="The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted."
              OkButtonText="Show details..."
              CancelButtonText="OK"
              RenderStyle="MessageBoxRenderStyle.Warning">
</DxMessageBox>

<DxButton Text="Show Message Box" Click="@(() => MessageBoxVisible = true)" />

@code {
    bool MessageBoxVisible { get; set; } = false;
}

Add a Message Box to a Project at Runtime

Use the IDialogService interface to create and show message boxes in code. Follow the steps below to add a message box to an application at runtime:

1. Use a DevExpress Project Template to create a new Blazor Server or Blazor WebAssembly application. If you use a Microsoft project template or already have a Blazor project, configure your project to incorporate DevExpress Blazor components.
2. Declare a DxDialogProvider object on the page where message boxes will be displayed.
3. Optional. Use provider properties to define common settings for message boxes.
4. Inject the dialog service with the [Inject] attribute.
5. Call the AlertAsync(MessageBoxOptions) or ConfirmAsync(MessageBoxOptions) method to create and show an alert or confirmation dialog. These methods accept a MessageBoxOptions object as a parameter. Use this object to set up message box settings.

<DxDialogProvider RenderStyle = MessageBoxRenderStyle.Danger />
<DxButton Text="Show a message box window" Click="@OpenConfirmDialogAsync" />

@code {
    [Inject] IDialogService DialogService { get; set; }

    private async Task OpenConfirmDialogAsync() {
        await DialogService.ConfirmAsync(new MessageBoxOptions() {
            Title = "Cannot open file",
            Text = "The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted.",
            OkButtonText="Show details...",
            CancelButtonText="OK",
            RenderStyle=MessageBoxRenderStyle.Warning
        });
    }
}

Run Demo: Message Box - Dialog Service

.NET 8 and .NET 9 Specifics

Blazor Message Box does not support static render mode. Enable interactivity to use the component in your application. Refer to the following topic for more details: Enable Interactive Render Mode.

Alert and Confirmation Dialog Types

Use the Type property to specify the message box type:

• Alert – the message box intended for use as an alert dialog that displays the OK button.
• Confirmation – the message box intended for use as a confirmation dialog that displays OK and Cancel buttons.

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBox1Visible" 
              Title="This is an Alert dialog" />

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBox2Visible" 
              Title="This is a Confirmation dialog" 
              Type="MessageBoxType.Confirmation" />

Message Box Content

A message box can display the following elements:

Title

Use the Title property to specify the message box title.

Icon

A message box displays a predefined icon. Icon appearance depends on RenderStyle. Set the ShowIcon property to false to hide the icon.

Text

Use the Text property to specify the message box text.

Close button

The close button allows users to close the message box. Set the ShowCloseButton property to false to hide the button.

Ok and Cancel buttons

A message box always displays the OK button. The Cancel button is visible when the Type property is set to Confirmation. Button appearance depends on RenderStyle. Use the OkButtonText and CancelButtonText properties to specify custom text for buttons. Handle the Closed event to process button clicks.

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible"
              Title="Cannot open file"
              Text="The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted."
              OkButtonText="Show details..."
              CancelButtonText="OK"
              RenderStyle="@MessageBoxRenderStyle.Warning"
              Type="@MessageBoxType.Confirmation" />

Show and Close a Message Box

Implement two-way binding for the Visible property to show or hide the message box in code. The component updates the property value when a user closes the message box.

<DxButton Text="Show Alert" Click="@(() => MessageBoxVisible = true)" />

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible" Text="Unable to process the request." />

@code {
    bool MessageBoxVisible { get; set; } = false;
}

Respond to Show and Close Actions

Handle the following events to process show and close actions:

Shown

Fires after the message box is displayed.

Closed

Fires after the message box is closed.

User Capabilities

Users can close a message box in the following ways:

• Click OK or Cancel button.
• Click the Close button in the header. You can set the ShowCloseButton property to false to hide the button.
• Press Escape. You can set the CloseOnEscape property to false to disable this capability.
• Click outside the message box’s boundaries. Set the CloseOnOutsideClick property to true to enable this capability.

Run Demo: Message Box - Close Options

Process Ok and Cancel Button Clicks

When a user clicks the OK or Cancel button, the message box closes and the Closed event fires. Use the event parameter to determine the pressed button.

• If the parameter returns true – a user clicked the OK button.
• If the parameter returns false – a user clicked the Cancel button or Close button, pressed Escape, or clicked outside the box boundaries.

<DxButton Text="Show Alert" Click="@(() => MessageBoxVisible = true)" />
<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible" Type="MessageBoxType.Confirmation" Closed="@Closed" ... />

@code {
    bool MessageBoxVisible { get; set; } = false;

    void Closed(bool Confirmed) {
        if (Confirmed) {
           // your code
        }
    }
}

Message Box Size

Use the SizeMode property to apply different size modes to the DxMessageBox component.

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible"
              SizeMode="SizeMode.Small"
              Title="Error"
              Text="Unable to process the request. Please try again later or contact support." />

The Height and Width properties allows you to specify the exact size of the message box.

<DxMessageBox @bind-Visible="MessageBoxVisible"
              Width="600px" 
              Height="200px"
              Title="Error"
              Text="Unable to process the request. Please try again later or contact support." />

Message Box Appearance

The DxMessageBox component implements a variety of predefined looks. Use the ThemeMode property to choose from Light or Dark theme, and the RenderStyle property to specify a render style.

You can use the CssClass property to customize the component’s appearance in more detail.

Run Demo: Message Box - Customize Appearance

Troubleshooting

If a Blazor application throws unexpected exceptions, refer to the following help topic: Troubleshooting.

Implements

IComponent

IHandleEvent

IHandleAfterRender

Inheritance

Object

ComponentBase

DxComponentBase

DxMessageBox