When Beelocity has something to tell you, it shows a small message at the top of the screen. The message slides down and disappears on its own. For example, a record was saved, a sale could not be completed or a shift was closed.
These short messages are about the action that you just performed. News from elsewhere goes to your Inbox instead, such as an approval assigned to you, an invitation or an invoice that goes past due. It waits there, under the bell in the top bar, until you deal with it.
One message at a time
Only one of these messages is ever on screen. If something else happens while a message is showing, the new message takes its place. If you repeat the same action, the same message refreshes. For example, you can press Save three times on a form that Beelocity keeps refusing, and you still see one message.
So the message always shows the most recent thing that happened. When an action has several results at once, Beelocity sums them up in one sentence. For example, a bulk delete can remove some rows and fail on others.
How long it stays
| Message | Stays for |
|---|---|
| Something went wrong (red mark) | 8 seconds |
| Something succeeded (green mark) | 4 seconds |
| For your information | 5 seconds |
Errors stay longest, because they are the ones worth reading twice. You can:
- Hover over the message to keep it on screen while you read it.
- Close it at once with the × that appears when your pointer is over it.
- Swipe it away on a touch screen: up, left or right.
Some messages carry a button underneath, for an action that follows from what just happened. Pressing the button runs the action and closes the message.
What these messages are not
- They never ask you to decide anything. If something needs your confirmation, such as deleting a record or posting a document, Beelocity opens a dialog with buttons and waits for you.
- They are not where errors hide. If a page itself fails to load, the page says so, and it keeps saying so until the problem is solved.
- They never block your work. The message floats above the page, and only the message itself takes a click. You can keep typing, scrolling and clicking everywhere else on the page.
If a message disappears before you can read it, the action still happened or failed, as the message said. Reopen the record to see where it stands now.