global method egw_message(_msg, _type) to display success-, warning- or error-messages in app-header

etemplate/js/etemplate2.js

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ etemplate2.prototype.getValues = function(_root)
  * If there's a message provided, we try to find where it goes and set it directly.  Then
  * we look for a nextmatch widget, and tell it to refresh its data based on that ID.
  * 
- * @param msg String Message to try to display.  eg: "Entry added"
+ * @param msg String Message to try to display.  eg: "Entry added" (not used anymore, handeled by egw_refresh and egw_message)
  * @param id String|null Application specific entry ID to try to refresh
  * @param type String|null Type of change.  One of 'edit', 'delete', 'add' or null
  *
@@ -546,22 +546,6 @@ etemplate2.prototype.getValues = function(_root)
  */
 etemplate2.prototype.refresh = function(msg, app, id, type)
 {
-	// We use et2_baseWidget in case the app uses something like HTML instead of label
-	var msg_widget = this.widgetContainer.getWidgetById("msg");
-	if(msg_widget)
-	{
-		if(typeof msg != "string")
-		{
-			msg = "";
-		}
-		msg_widget.set_value(msg);
-		msg_widget.set_disabled(msg.trim().length == 0);
-
-		// In case parent(s) have been disabled, just show it all
-		// TODO: Fix this so messages go in a single, well defined place that don't get disabled
-		$j(msg_widget.getDOMNode()).parents().show();
-	}
-
 	// Refresh nextmatches
 	this.widgetContainer.iterateOver(function(_widget) {
 		// Trigger refresh

phpgwapi/js/jsapi/jsapi.js

@@ -218,12 +218,15 @@ function egw_getAppName()
  * @param string _targetapp which app's window should be refreshed, default current
  * @param string|RegExp _replace regular expression to replace in url
  * @param string _with
+ * @param string _msg_type 'error', 'warning' or 'success' (default)
  */
-function egw_refresh(_msg, _app, _id, _type, _targetapp, _replace, _with)
+function egw_refresh(_msg, _app, _id, _type, _targetapp, _replace, _with, _msg_type)
 {
 	//alert("egw_refresh(\'"+_msg+"\',\'"+_app+"\',\'"+_id+"\',\'"+_type+"\')");
 	var win = typeof _targetapp != 'undefined' ? egw_appWindow(_targetapp) : window;
 	
+	win.egw_message(_msg, _msg_type);
+
 	// if window registered an app_refresh method or overwritten app_refresh, just call it
 	if(typeof win.app_refresh == "function" && typeof win.app_refresh.registered == "undefined" || 
 		typeof win.app_refresh != "undefined" && win.app_refresh.registered(_app))
@@ -262,6 +265,42 @@ function egw_refresh(_msg, _app, _id, _type, _targetapp, _replace, _with)
 	win.location.href = href;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Display an error or regular message
+ * 
+ * @param string _msg message to show
+ * @param string _type 'error', 'warning' or 'success' (default)
+ */
+function egw_message(_msg, _type)
+{
+	if (typeof _type == 'undefined')
+		_type = _msg.match(/error/i) ? 'error' : 'success';
+	
+	var framework = egw_getFramework();
+	if (framework)
+	{
+		framework.setMessage.call(window.framework, _msg, _type);
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	// handle message display for non-framework templates, eg. idots or jerryr
+	if (window.egw_message_timer)
+	{
+		window.clearTimeout(window.egw_message_timer);
+		delete window.egw_message_timer;
+	}
+	
+	$j('div#divAppboxHeader div').remove();
+	$j('div#divAppboxHeader').prepend($j(document.createElement('div')).text(_msg).addClass(_type+'_message').css('position', 'absolute'));
+	
+	if (_type != 'error')	// clear message again after some time, if no error
+	{
+		window.egw_message_timer = window.setTimeout(function() {
+			$j('div#divAppboxHeader').text(document.title.replace(/^.*\[(.*)\]$/, '$1'));
+		}, 5000);
+	}
+};
+
 /**
  * View an EGroupware entry: opens a popup of correct size or redirects window.location to requested url
  * 

phpgwapi/templates/idots/css/traditional.css

@@ -870,3 +870,25 @@ td.lettersearch {
 	border-bottom: 1px solid silver;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Styles for different egw_message-types
+ */
+.success_message, .warning_message, .error_message {
+	color: red;
+	font-weight: normal;
+	font-style: italic;
+	text-align: left;
+	margin-left: 5px;
+	padding-left: 20px;
+	background-image: url(../../default/images/check.png);
+	background-position: left;
+	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	background-size: 16px;
+}
+.warning_message {
+	background-image: url(../../default/images/dialog_warning.png);
+}
+.error_message {
+	font-weight: bold;
+	background-image: url(../../default/images/dialog_error.png);
+}