COmanage · arlen · May 15, 2025 · May 14, 2025
diff --git a/app/templates/ApiUsers/columns.inc b/app/templates/ApiUsers/columns.inc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 // Output advisory banner when co=1
 if($vv_cur_co->id == 1) {
-  $indexBanners = [
+  $banners = [
     __d('information','api.cmp')
   ];
 }

diff --git a/app/templates/ApiUsers/fields.inc b/app/templates/ApiUsers/fields.inc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 // This view does not support read-only
 if($vv_action == 'add' || $vv_action == 'edit') {
   if($vv_cur_co->id == 1) {
-    print $this->element('banner', ['info' => __d('information', 'api.cmp')]);
+    print $this->element('notify/banner', ['info' => __d('information', 'api.cmp')]);
   }
 
   // AR-ApiUser-3 For namespacing purposes, API Users are named with a prefix consisting of the string "co_#.".

diff --git a/app/templates/Cos/select.php b/app/templates/Cos/select.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <?php if(count($vv_available_cos) == 0): ?>
   <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => __d('information','cos.none')]) ?>
 <?php else: // vv_available_cos ?>

diff --git a/app/templates/Dashboards/configuration.php b/app/templates/Dashboards/configuration.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <section class="inner-content">
   <?php if(!empty($vv_platform_menu_items)): ?>
     <h2 class="config-subtitle"><?= __d('menu','co.configuration.panel.platform') ?></h2>

diff --git a/app/templates/Dashboards/search.php b/app/templates/Dashboards/search.php
@@ -53,22 +53,7 @@
   <?php endif; ?>
 </div>
 
-<!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
-<div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($indexBanners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($indexBanners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $indexBanners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $indexBanners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $banners ?>
-</div>
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
 <div id="search-results">
   <?php if($resultsCount): ?>

diff --git a/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php b/app/templates/EnrollmentFlows/start.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <?php
 // Enrollment Flow Start has its own file of fields
 $this->set('vv_fields_inc', 'start.inc');

diff --git a/app/templates/ExternalIdentities/relink.php b/app/templates/ExternalIdentities/relink.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <?php
   print $this->Form->create(null, [
     'id'   => 'ei-relink-form',

diff --git a/app/templates/ExternalIdentitySources/retrieve.php b/app/templates/ExternalIdentitySources/retrieve.php
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@
   }
 ?>
 <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $noticeText,'type' => 'information']) ?>
+
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <div class="innerContent">
   <div class="table-container">
     <h3><?= __d('information','ExternalIdentitySourceRecords.metadata') ?></h3>

diff --git a/app/templates/ExternalIdentitySources/search.php b/app/templates/ExternalIdentitySources/search.php
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
+
 <?php if(empty($vv_search_attrs)): ?>
   <?= $this->element('notify/alert', [
     'message' => __d('information', 'ExternalIdentitySources.search.attrs.none'),

diff --git a/app/templates/HistoryRecords/columns.inc b/app/templates/HistoryRecords/columns.inc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * @license       Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
  */
 
-$indexBanners = [
+$banners = [
   // CFM-76 info message pending eventual "virtual" view consolidating all History Record types
   __d('information', 'HistoryRecords.xref')
 ];

diff --git a/app/templates/MostlyStaticPages/display.php b/app/templates/MostlyStaticPages/display.php
@@ -34,22 +34,7 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
-<!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
-<div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($indexBanners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($indexBanners as $b): ?>
-      <?=  $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $indexBanners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $indexBanners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $banners ?>
-</div>
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
 <div class="page-body">  
   <?= $vv_body ?>

diff --git a/app/templates/Petitions/resume.php b/app/templates/Petitions/resume.php
@@ -71,22 +71,7 @@
   <?php endif; ?>
 </div>
 
-<!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
-<div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($indexBanners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($indexBanners as $b): ?>
-      <?=  $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $indexBanners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $indexBanners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $banners ?>
-</div>
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
 <!-- Our view is similar to index.php -->
 <div class="table-container">

diff --git a/app/templates/ProvisioningTargets/status.php b/app/templates/ProvisioningTargets/status.php
@@ -34,22 +34,7 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
-<!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
-<div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($indexBanners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($indexBanners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $indexBanners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $indexBanners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $banners ?>
-</div>
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
 <!-- Our view is similar to index.php -->
 <div class="table-container">

diff --git a/app/templates/Standard/add-edit-view.php b/app/templates/Standard/add-edit-view.php
@@ -56,24 +56,15 @@
   $linkFilter = [$vv_primary_link => $this->request->getQuery($vv_primary_link)];
 }
 
-// $flashArgs pass banner messages to the flash element container
-$flashArgs = [];
-if(!empty($banners)) {
-  // XXX this doesn't work yet because we don't include fields.inc until later
-  //     either create a second file to include earlier, or use a function to emit
-  //     the fields (which would be more consistent with how Views render...)
-  $flashArgs['vv_banners'] = $banners;
-}
-
 // Subnavigation
 $hasSubnav = false;
 if(file_exists(ROOT . DS . 'templates' . DS . 'Standard/subnavigation.inc')) {
   include(ROOT . DS . 'templates' . DS . 'Standard/subnavigation.inc');
   $hasSubnav = $this->get('hasSupertitle');
 }
 
-// When under a subnavigation we do not want a title with Edit or Add or View followed by a number
-// We might find ourselved in that situation since we calculate the title for the breadcrumbs and
+// When under subnavigation we do not want a title with Edit or Add or View followed by a number.
+// We might find ourselves in that situation since we calculate the title for the breadcrumbs and
 // this simple description is not wrong. It is just not appropriate for the subnavigation title
 $title = $vv_title;
 $re = '/^(Add|Edit|View)\s([a-zA-Z]+?)\s[0-9]+/m';
@@ -186,7 +177,7 @@
 
 <?php if(!$hasSubnav): ?>
   <?php /* Flash Messages are placed below the main title when there's no subnavigation. */ ?>
-  <?= $this->element('flash', $flashArgs) ?>
+  <?= $this->element('flash') ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php

diff --git a/app/templates/Standard/deleted.php b/app/templates/Standard/deleted.php
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
-  <?php
-    // $flashArgs pass banner messages to the flash element container
-    $flashArgs = [];
-    if(!empty($banners)) {
-      $flashArgs['vv_banners'] = $banners;
-    }
-    print $this->element('flash', $flashArgs);
-  ?>
+  <?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
   <button 
     class="btn btn-primary cm-deleted-close-button" 

diff --git a/app/templates/Standard/dispatch.php b/app/templates/Standard/dispatch.php
@@ -61,22 +61,7 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
-<!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
-<div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($indexBanners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($indexBanners as $b): ?>
-      <?=  $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $indexBanners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $indexBanners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->Alert->alert($b, 'warning') ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $banners ?>
-</div>
+<?= $this->element('flash') // Flash messages ?>
 
 <?php
 // Set the Include file name

diff --git a/app/templates/Standard/index.php b/app/templates/Standard/index.php
@@ -66,22 +66,19 @@
   $linkFilter = [$vv_primary_link => $this->request->getQuery($vv_primary_link)];
 }
 
-// $flashArgs pass banner messages to the flash element container
-$flashArgs = [];
-if(!empty($indexBanners)) {
-  $flashArgs['vv_index_banners'] = $indexBanners;
-}
-if(!empty($banners)) {
-  $flashArgs['vv_banners'] = $banners;
-}
-
 // First, complete all the initial calculations and then start including
 // this way we have more ViewVars available
 include($incFile);
 if(isset($indexColumns)) {
   $this->set('vv_indexColumns', $indexColumns);
 }
 
+// $flashArgs pass banner messages to the flash element container
+$flashArgs = [];
+if(!empty($banners)) {
+  $flashArgs['vv_banners'] = $banners;
+}
+
 // Subnavigation
 $hasSubnav = false;  
 if(file_exists(ROOT . DS . 'templates' . DS . 'Standard/subnavigation.inc')) {

diff --git a/app/templates/element/flash.php b/app/templates/element/flash.php
@@ -28,17 +28,24 @@
 
 <!-- Flash Messages and defined Info Banners -->
 <div class="alert-container" id="flash-messages">
-  <?= $this->Flash->render() ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($vv_index_banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($vv_index_banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $vv_index_banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $vv_index_banners ?>
-
-  <?php if(!empty($vv_banners)): ?>
-    <?php foreach($vv_banners as $b): ?>
-      <?= $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]) ?>
-    <?php endforeach; // $vv_banners ?>
-  <?php endif; // $vv_banners ?>
+  <?php 
+    /* Render any Flash messages that have bubbled up. 
+       These will adopt the styles defined in the 
+       app/templates/element/flash/ directory. */
+    print $this->Flash->render();
+
+    /* Render information banners explicitly defined in Configuration.
+       In columns.inc files, these are defined in the banners[] array.
+       See app/templates/ApiUsers/columns.inc for an example. These must
+       be passed in as $vv_banners to this element from the calling template. 
+       
+       NOTE: In fields.inc files, add information banners by referencing
+       the 'notify/alert' element directly (just as we do here). 
+    */ 
+    if(!empty($vv_banners)) {
+      foreach($vv_banners as $b) {
+        print $this->element('notify/alert', ['message' => $b]);
+      }
+    }
+  ?>
 </div>