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Notifications Table of Contents Decision Tree The decision tree can guide you when to use which notification component. First, walk through the four cases and pick the one that represents your case the best. From there, a few simple questions will lead you to the recommended component for your notification. Provide additional information for a task, a status, or their current action. Status: Neutral Example use Cases: Ask for User data Request feedback Validation code was sent to phone We sent you an email The five basic elements of Porsche forms Related Components: Inline Notification Modal Toast Confirm a task was completed as expected. Status: Success Example use Cases: From submit was successful Selection made is approved Changes are saved/made/applied successfully An Upload was successful A request was submitted successfully The five basic elements of Porsche forms Related Components: Inline Notification Inline Validation (supported by all form elements) Toast Inform/confirm that the user is taking actions or an event occurs that is not desirable or might have effects - variant 1. Status: Warning Example use Cases: The user’s login session is about to expire Planned system maintenance is coming soon About to leave the system About to delete a vehicle or user data The five basic elements of Porsche forms Related Components: Banner Inline Notification Modal Inform/confirm that the user is taking actions or an event occurs that is not desirable or might have effects - variant 2. Status: Error Example use Cases: Internet connection lost Form submit error (mandatory fields missing) Wrong input format Credentials can't be found Feedback Page (Success / Error) There is a problem uploading a file The five basic elements of Porsche forms Related Components: Banner Inline Notification Inline Validation (supported by all form elements) Modal
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionChanges the direction of HTML elements, mostly used on<html> tag to support languages which are read from right to left like e.g. Arabic.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)AutoText ZoomChanges the text size and values with unit rem or em relatively. This setting can be defined in browser settings for any website or by an application itself on<html> tag. To achieve WCAG 2.2 AA compliance it's obligatory to support text zoom up to at least 200%.100%130%150%200%