Toast

Toast

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A brief nonblocking message that appears after an event and may disappear after enough reading time.

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What do you want to do?

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Your objective

In your own words

What people describe

Documented aliases: snackbar, temporary notification, status toast

a small saved message that disappears
tell me the link was copied
a notification in the corner after an action
briefly confirm the upload finished
show success without stopping my work
a temporary message with an optional undo

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Inform the user

Compare all three behaviors

Shared comparison scenario: A workspace reports a state change and must place the message according to its scope, urgency, and persistence.

This context stays fixed. Switch concepts to observe the mission, edge case, and specimen specific to each behavior.

Toast

Toast is transient and detached from the source; Inline alert stays beside the relevant content, while Banner communicates a broad page-level message.

Your task

Copy the link, hear or read the confirmation, focus Dismiss, and verify the timer pauses.

Edge case to verify

With reduced motion, the toast appears and leaves without sliding; queued messages never cover one another's actions.

Mission

Copy the link, hear or read the confirmation, focus Dismiss, and verify the timer pauses.

Primary state: The message Link copied appears without moving focus away from the copy button.

Parts of the specimen

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Surface

The visible container that holds the concept's content.

Use it when

Confirming a low-risk background result
Offering a short undo after a reversible action

Avoid it when

The message contains critical recovery instructions
A decision or form error must remain visible

Compare similar concepts

Inline alert stays beside the affected content; Toast is transient and detached, while Banner addresses a broad page-level condition.

Inline alert

Banner covers a broad page condition; Inline alert belongs beside one task, while Toast is a transient event update.

Banner

Technical details

Behaviors

Expire without blocking
The transient message may disappear after enough reading time and never blocks a critical decision.
Announce meaningful changes
A live region announces new status only when the update is important and not already focused.

States

Toast hidden
Toast hidden
Toast visible
Toast visible

State transitions

Toast hidden → Toast visible
Copying the share link publishes one low-risk confirmation without moving focus.
Toast visible → Toast hidden
Dismiss is activated or the unpaused timeout completes.

Test scenarios

Context: Copying a share link produces a low-risk confirmation with an optional Dismiss control.
Mission: Copy the link, hear or read the confirmation, focus Dismiss, and verify the timer pauses.
Primary state: The message Link copied appears without moving focus away from the copy button.
Edge case: With reduced motion, the toast appears and leaves without sliding; queued messages never cover one another's actions.

Accessibility

Role: status for polite success updates
Accessible name: The primary control or named region has a stable accessible name from visible text or an explicit programmatic label; placeholder text and tooltips are not names.
Focus: The toast never steals focus on arrival; an optional action becomes reachable without disrupting the current task.
Dismissal: It expires after sufficient time, pauses for interaction, and can be dismissed explicitly without requiring action.
Scroll: The message never locks or moves the page. A stacked message region remains reachable without covering the current focus target.
Announcement: A polite live status announces new text once; critical or repeated failures use persistent in-context messages instead.
Keyboard: Tab reaches a toast action only through normal order
Escape dismisses the focused toast when supported

Bindings

Toast.Root
implementationKind
radix
nativeElement
Not applicable
ariaPattern
toast
radixPrimitive
Toast
shadcnRecipe
Toast
runtimeDependency
@radix-ui/react-toast@1.2.19
packageName
@radix-ui/react-toast
exportName
Toast.Root
exactVersion
1.2.19
status
verified
verifiedAt
2026-07-16
deprecationStatus
active
replacement
Not applicable
validFrom
Not applicable
validUntil
Not applicable
Equivalence caveat: A toast is transient and nonblocking. Critical errors and required decisions need persistent in-context UI instead.
Verify binding source

Sources

Radix Primitives: Toast
Radix Primitives · documentation · 2026-07-16
Claim covered: Toast: documented Radix Toast viewport, lifetime, dismissal, and nonblocking interaction behavior.
WCAG 2.2: Status Messages
W3C WAI · standard · 2026-07-16
Claim covered: Toast: WCAG status-message requirements used to qualify non-focus-moving announcements.

Verified on 2026-07-16 · rev. 1

Owner: SkillCodex Editorial
Status: review
Review: Independent editorial review pending
Next review: 2026-10-16
Publication: Not published
Change history: Initial sourced MVP draft; independent language review pending.