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# Nova - Customization/Notifications *Source: https://nova.laravel.com/docs/v5/customization/notifications* --- - [Community](https://discord.com/invite/laravel) - [Blog](https://blog.laravel.com) ##### Get Started - [Installation](/docs/v5/installation) - [Release Notes](/docs/v5/releases) - [Upgrade Guide](/docs/v5/upgrade) ##### Resources - [The Basics](/docs/v5/resources/the-basics) - [Fields](/docs/v5/resources/fields) - [Dependent Fields](/docs/v5/resources/dependent-fields) - [Date Fields](/docs/v5/resources/date-fields) - [File Fields](/docs/v5/resources/file-fields) - [Repeater Fields](/docs/v5/resources/repeater-fields) - [Field Panels](/docs/v5/resources/panels) - [Relationships](/docs/v5/resources/relationships) - [Validation](/docs/v5/resources/validation) - [Authorization](/docs/v5/resources/authorization) ##### Search - [The Basics](/docs/v5/search/the-basics) - [Global Search](/docs/v5/search/global-search) - [Scout Integration](/docs/v5/search/scout-integration) ##### Filters - [Defining Filters](/docs/v5/filters/defining-filters) - [Registering Filters](/docs/v5/filters/registering-filters) ##### Lenses - [Defining Lenses](/docs/v5/lenses/defining-lenses) - [Registering Lenses](/docs/v5/lenses/registering-lenses) ##### Actions - [Defining Actions](/docs/v5/actions/defining-actions) - [Registering Actions](/docs/v5/actions/registering-actions) ##### Metrics - [Defining Metrics](/docs/v5/metrics/defining-metrics) - [Registering Metrics](/docs/v5/metrics/registering-metrics) ##### Digging Deeper - [Dashboards](/docs/v5/customization/dashboards) - [Menus](/docs/v5/customization/menus) - [Notifications](/docs/v5/customization/notifications) - [Authentication](/docs/v5/customization/authentication) - [Impersonation](/docs/v5/customization/impersonation) - [Tools](/docs/v5/customization/tools) - [Resource Tools](/docs/v5/customization/resource-tools) - [Cards](/docs/v5/customization/cards) - [Fields](/docs/v5/customization/fields) - [Filters](/docs/v5/customization/filters) - [CSS / JavaScript](/docs/v5/customization/frontend) - [Assets](/docs/v5/customization/assets) - [Localization](/docs/v5/customization/localization) - [Stubs](/docs/v5/customization/stubs) On this page - [Overview](#overview) - [Sending Notifications](#sending-notifications) - [Opening Remote Action URLs in New Tabs](#opening-remote-action-urls-in-new-tabs) - [Notification Icons](#notification-icons) - [Disabling Notifications](#disabling-notifications) - [Enabling Unread Notifications Count](#enabling-unread-notifications-count) Digging Deeper # Notifications Learn how to send notifications to Nova users. ## [​](#overview) Overview Nova notifications allow you to notify Nova users of events within your application, such as a report being ready to download or of an invoice that needs attention. Nova notifications are displayed within a slide-out menu that can be accessed via the “bell” icon within Nova’s top navigation menu.  ## [​](#sending-notifications) Sending Notifications To send a notification, you simply need to send a `NovaNotification` instance to a user’s `notify` method. Of course, before getting started, you should ensure that your user model is [notifiable](https://laravel.com/docs/notifications). Nova notifications may be generated via the `NovaNotification` class, which provides convenient methods like `message`, `action`, `icon`, and `type`. The currently supported notification types include `success`, `error`, `warning`, and `info`: Copy Ask AI ``` use Laravel\Nova\Notifications\NovaNotification; use Laravel\Nova\URL; // ... $request->user()->notify( NovaNotification::make() ->message('Your report is ready to download.') ->action('Download', URL::remote('https://example.com/report.pdf')) ->icon('download') ->type('info') ); ``` You may also send a Nova notification by including the `NovaChannel` in the array of channels returned by a notification’s `via` method: Copy Ask AI ``` use Laravel\Nova\Notifications\NovaNotification; use Laravel\Nova\Notifications\NovaChannel; use Laravel\Nova\URL; // ... /** * Get the notification's delivery channels * * @param mixed $notifiable * @return array */ public function via($notifiable) { return [NovaChannel::class]; } /** * Get the nova representation of the notification * * @return array */ public function toNova() { return (new NovaNotification) ->message('Your report is ready to download.') ->action('Download', URL::remote('https://example.com/report.pdf')) ->icon('download') ->type('info'); } ``` #### [​](#opening-remote-action-urls-in-new-tabs) Opening Remote Action URLs in New Tabs When defining a notification action, the `openInNewTab` method may be invoked to instruct Nova to open the given URL in a new browser tab: Copy Ask AI ``` return (new NovaNotification) ->action( 'Download', URL::remote('https://example.com/report.pdf') )->openInNewTab() ``` #### [​](#notification-icons) Notification Icons Nova utilizes the free [Heroicons](https://heroicons.com/) icon set by [Steve Schoger](https://twitter.com/steveschoger). Therefore, you may simply specify the name of one of these icons when providing the icon name to the Nova notification’s `icon` method. ## [​](#disabling-notifications) Disabling Notifications If you wish to completely disable notifications inside Nova, you can call the `withoutNotifications` method from your `App/Providers/NovaServiceProvider`: app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php Copy Ask AI ``` /** * Boot any application services. */ public function boot(): void { parent::boot(); Nova::withoutNotificationCenter(); } ``` ## [​](#enabling-unread-notifications-count) Enabling Unread Notifications Count By default, Nova shows a visual indicator when there are unread notifications inside the notification center. If you would like Nova to show the number of unread notifications, you can call the `showUnreadCountInNotificationCenter` method from your `App/Providers/NovaServiceProvider`: app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php Copy Ask AI ``` /** * Boot any application services. */ public function boot(): void { parent::boot(); Nova::showUnreadCountInNotificationCenter(); } ``` Was this page helpful? YesNo [Menus](/docs/v5/customization/menus)[Authentication](/docs/v5/customization/authentication) ⌘I