ayanova/src/api/gzdialog.js

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 /* Xeslint-disable */
 var VM_LOCAL = null;
+
+//Calculate a reasonable time to show the alert based on the size of the message and some sane bounds
+//https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/85898
+function CalculateDelay(msg) {
+  //Min 2 seconds max 8 seconds
+  return Math.min(Math.max(msg.length * 50, 3000), 8000);
+}
+
 /////////////////////////////////
 // Dialog, toast, notification
 // utils and handlers
@@ -17,16 +25,32 @@ export default {
 
     ///////////
     //ERROR
-    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-error", function handleNotifyWarn(msg) {
+    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-error", function handleNotifyWarn(
+      msg,
+      helpUrl
+    ) {
       window.$gz.store.commit("logItem", "notify-error: " + msg);
-      vm.$root.$gznotify({ message: msg, type: "error", timeout: 5000 });
+      vm.$root.$gznotify({
+        message: msg,
+        type: "error",
+        timeout: CalculateDelay(msg),
+        helpUrl: helpUrl
+      });
     });
 
     ///////////
     //WARNING
-    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-warning", function handleNotifyWarn(msg) {
+    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-warning", function handleNotifyWarn(
+      msg,
+      helpUrl
+    ) {
       window.$gz.store.commit("logItem", "notify-warning: " + msg);
-      vm.$root.$gznotify({ message: msg, type: "warning", timeout: 4000 });
+      vm.$root.$gznotify({
+        message: msg,
+        type: "warning",
+        timeout: CalculateDelay(msg),
+        helpUrl: helpUrl
+      });
     });
 
     ///////////
@@ -39,15 +63,23 @@ export default {
       vm.$root.$gznotify({
         message: msg,
         type: "info",
-        timeout: 3000,
+        timeout: CalculateDelay(msg),
         helpUrl: helpUrl
       });
     });
 
     ///////////
     //SUCCESS
-    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-success", function handleNotifyWarn(msg) {
-      vm.$root.$gznotify({ message: msg, type: "success", timeout: 2000 });
+    window.$gz.eventBus.$on("notify-success", function handleNotifyWarn(
+      msg,
+      helpUrl
+    ) {
+      vm.$root.$gznotify({
+        message: msg,
+        type: "success",
+        timeout: CalculateDelay(msg),
+        helpUrl: helpUrl
+      });
     });
 
     VM_LOCAL = vm;

ayanova/src/api/initialize.js

@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ export default function initialize() {
                   );
                 }
 
+                // window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-success", "Success");
+                // window.$gz.eventBus.$emit(
+                //   "notify-warning",
+                //   "This is a very long warning, it has a lot of text and goes on and on and on.  Hard to understand why anyone would do it this way but whatever right?@!"
+                // );
+                // window.$gz.eventBus.$emit(
+                //   "notify-error",
+                //   "This is a medium error"
+                // );
+
                 //Store offset in locale data
                 //TODO: also need the other locale settings such as number and date formats etc to be added at server
                 window.$gz.store.commit("setLocale", {