Callout

Full documentation: https://webawesome.com/docs/components/callout

<wa-callout> Stable Since 3.0

Callouts display important messages inline with surrounding content. Use them to highlight tips, warnings, errors, or other information users should not miss.

<wa-callout>
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  This is a standard callout. You can customize its content and even the icon.
</wa-callout>

Examples

Variants

Set the variant attribute to change the callout’s variant.

<wa-callout variant="brand">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  <strong>This is super informative</strong><br />
  You can tell by how pretty the callout is.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="success">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-check"></wa-icon>
  <strong>Your changes have been saved</strong><br />
  You can safely exit the app now.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="neutral">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="gear"></wa-icon>
  <strong>Your settings have been updated</strong><br />
  Settings will take effect on next login.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="warning">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="triangle-exclamation"></wa-icon>
  <strong>Your session has ended</strong><br />
  Please login again to continue.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="danger">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-exclamation"></wa-icon>
  <strong>Your account has been deleted</strong><br />
  We're very sorry to see you go!
</wa-callout>

Appearance

Use the appearance attribute to change the callout’s visual appearance (the default is filled-outlined).

<wa-callout variant="brand" appearance="accent">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="square-check"></wa-icon>
  This <strong>accent</strong> callout draws attention
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="brand" appearance="filled-outlined">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="fill-drip"></wa-icon>
  This callout is both <strong>filled</strong> and <strong>outlined</strong>
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="brand" appearance="filled">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="fill"></wa-icon>
  This callout is only <strong>filled</strong>
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="brand" appearance="outlined">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="lines-leaning"></wa-icon>
  Here's an <strong>outlined</strong> callout
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout variant="brand" appearance="plain">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="font"></wa-icon>
  No bells and whistles on this <strong>plain</strong> callout
</wa-callout>

Sizes

Use the size attribute to change a callout’s size.

<wa-callout size="xs">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  Extra-small callout for minimal emphasis.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout size="s">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  Small callout for a bit of emphasis.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout size="m">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  Medium callout, the default size.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout size="l">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  Large callout for more emphasis.
</wa-callout>

<br />

<wa-callout size="xl">
  <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon>
  Extra-large callout for maximum emphasis.
</wa-callout>

Without Icons

Icons are optional. Simply omit the icon slot if you don’t want them.

<wa-callout variant="brand"> Nothing fancy here, just a simple callout. </wa-callout>

Styling

You can customize the callout’s appearance mostly by setting regular CSS properties. background, border, border-radius, color, padding, margin, etc. work as expected.

Importing

If you’re using the autoloader or a hosted project, components load on demand — no manual import needed. To cherry-pick a component manually, use one of the following snippets.

**CDN**

Import this component directly from the CDN:

import 'https://ka-f.webawesome.com/webawesome@3.6.0/components/callout/callout.js';

**npm**

After installing Web Awesome via npm, import this component:

import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/callout/callout.js';

**Self-Hosted**

If you’re self-hosting Web Awesome, import this component from your server:

import './webawesome/dist/components/callout/callout.js';

**React**

To import this component for React 18 or below, use the following code:

import WaCallout from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/react/callout/index.js';

Slots

Learn more about using slots.

Name	Description
(default)	The callout’s main content.
`icon`	`

Attributes & Properties

Learn more about attributes and properties.

Name	Description	Reflects
`appearance` appearance	`‘accent’ \\| ‘filled’ \\| ‘outlined’ \\| ‘plain’ \\| ‘filled-outlined’` The callout’s visual appearance. Type
`css`	`CSSResultGroup \\| undefined` One or more CSSResultGroup to include in the component’s shadow root. Host styles are automatically prepended. Type Default [styles, variantStyles, sizeStyles]
`size` size	`‘xs’ \\| ‘s’ \\| ‘m’ \\| ‘l’ \\| ‘xl’ \\| ‘small’ \\| ‘medium’ \\| ‘large’` The callout’s size. Type Default ‘m’
`variant` variant	`brand` The callout’s theme variant. Defaults to if not within another element with a variant. Type ‘brand’ \| ‘neutral’ \| ‘success’ \| ‘warning’ \| ‘danger’ Default ‘brand’

CSS parts

Learn more about CSS parts.

Name	Description	CSS selector
`icon`	The container that wraps the optional icon.	`::part(icon)`
`message`	The container that wraps the callout’s main content.	`::part(message)`

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