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title: "FlashMessages ViewHelper <f:flashMessages>"
manual: "Fluid ViewHelper Reference"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:typo3-fluid-flashmessages@main"
source: "Global/FlashMessages.rst"
rendered: "2026-09-25T05:46:13+00:00"
---

# FlashMessages ViewHelper `<f:flashMessages>` {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages}

This ViewHelper renders the [Flash messages](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ApiOverview/FlashMessages/FlashMessagesApi.html#flash-messages-api)
(if there are any) as an unsorted list.

![Screenshot of two flash message one with success and one with warning severity](../Images/FlashMessageExamples.png)

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: [FlashMessagesViewHelper.php (GitHub)](https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/blob/main/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/FlashMessagesViewHelper.php).

**Table of contents**

-   [Quick start: Simple flash message output](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:quick-start-simple-flash-message-output@main)
-   [Adding and displaying flash messages in Extbase](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:adding-and-displaying-flash-messages-in-extbase@main)
-   [Using a specific flash message queue in plain classes](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:using-a-specific-flash-message-queue-in-plain-classes@main)
-   [Output flash messages with a custom layout](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:output-flash-messages-with-a-custom-layout@main)
-   [Argument of the FlashMessages ViewHelper](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:argument-of-the-flashmessages-viewhelper@main)

## Quick start: Simple flash message output {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages-example-simple}

You can use the following tag within any Extbase template:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/Something/DoSomething.fluid.html**

```html
<f:flashMessages />
```

It displays the flash messages with a standard bootstrap compatible layout.

## Adding and displaying flash messages in Extbase {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages-extbase}

Within an Extbase [controller](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ExtensionArchitecture/Extbase/Controller/ActionController.html#extbase-action-controller)
(extending `\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Controller\ActionController`) you
can call method `addFlashMessage()` to add flash messages to the message queue:

**packages/my_extension/Classes/Controller/MyController.php**

```php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MyVendor\MyExtension\Controller;

use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Type\ContextualFeedbackSeverity;
use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Controller\ActionController;

class MyController extends ActionController
{
  public function demonstrateFlashMessagesAction(): ResponseInterface
  {
    $this->addFlashMessage('This is a success message.');
    $this->addFlashMessage('This is a warning.', 'Warning Headline', ContextualFeedbackSeverity::WARNING);
    return $this->htmlResponse();
  }
}

```

As mentioned above, they will be displayed when a `<f:flashMessages>` is displayed within any action
of the same controller:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/My/DemonstrateFlashMessages.fluid.html**

```html
<f:layout name="MyLayout"/>
<f:section name="Content">
    <f:flashMessages />
</f:section>

```

If you want to display the flash messages in any place outside of the controller
you can use the identifier `extbase.flashmessages.<pluginNamespace>`, for example:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/Other/SomeForm.fluid.html**

```html
<f:layout name="MyLayout"/>
<f:section name="Content">
    <f:flashMessages queueIdentifier="extbase.flashmessages.tx_myextension_myplugin"/>
</f:section>

```

## Using a specific flash message queue in plain classes {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages-queueidentifier}

When you use the FlashMessages ViewHelper outside of the Extbase context,
supplying the [queueIdentifier](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:viewhelper-argument-typo3-cms-fluid-viewhelpers-flashmessagesviewhelper-queueidentifier@main)
is mandatory.

When you add a message manually to the queue, you can specify an arbitrary
identifier:

```php
// private \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Messaging\FlashMessageService $flashMessageService;

$messageQueue = $this->flashMessageService->getMessageQueueByIdentifier('myQueue');
```

You can then display messages of only this one queue using the identifier:

```html
<f:flashMessages queueIdentifier="myQueue" />
```

## Output flash messages with a custom layout {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages-example-custom}

Using the argument [as](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3viewhelper:viewhelper-argument-typo3-cms-fluid-viewhelpers-flashmessagesviewhelper-as@main)
you can receive all flash messages in a variable and then handle the rendering
yourself within the `<f:flashMessages>` tag:

**packages/my_extension/Resources/Private/Templates/Something/DoSomething.fluid.html**

```html
<f:flashMessages as="flashMessages">
  <dl class="messages">
    <f:for each="{flashMessages}" as="flashMessage">
      <dt>{flashMessage.code}</dt>
      <dd>{flashMessage.message}</dd>
    </f:for>
  </dl>
</f:flashMessages>
```

## Argument of the FlashMessages ViewHelper {#typo3-fluid-flashmessages-arguments}

-   **as**

    -   *Type:* string

    The name of the current flashMessage variable for rendering inside

-   **queueIdentifier**

    -   *Type:* string

    Flash-message queue to use