---
status: "published"
title: "Notification UI Components"
label: "UI Components"
description: "Use the NotificationsPopover component or build custom notification UIs with the provided React hooks."
order: 2
---

MakerKit provides a ready-to-use `NotificationsPopover` component and React hooks for building custom notification interfaces.

## NotificationsPopover

The default notification UI: a bell icon with badge that opens a dropdown list.

```tsx
import { NotificationsPopover } from '@kit/notifications/components';

function AppHeader({ accountId }: { accountId: string }) {
  return (
    <header>
      <NotificationsPopover
        accountIds={[accountId]}
        realtime={false}
      />
    </header>
  );
}
```

### Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `accountIds` | `string[]` | Yes | Account IDs to fetch notifications for |
| `realtime` | `boolean` | Yes | Enable Supabase Realtime subscriptions |
| `onClick` | `(notification) => void` | No | Custom click handler |

### How accountIds works

Pass all account IDs the user has access to. For a user with a personal account and team memberships:

```tsx
import { useUserWorkspace } from '@kit/accounts/hooks/use-user-workspace';

function NotificationsWithAllAccounts() {
  const { account, accounts } = useUserWorkspace();

  // Include personal account + all team accounts
  const accountIds = [
    account.id,
    ...accounts.filter(a => !a.is_personal_account).map(a => a.id)
  ];

  return (
    <NotificationsPopover
      accountIds={accountIds}
      realtime={false}
    />
  );
}
```

The built-in layouts handle this automatically. You only need to configure `accountIds` for custom implementations.

### Custom click handling

By default, clicking a notification with a `link` navigates using an anchor tag. Override this with `onClick`:

```tsx
import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation';

function CustomNotifications({ accountId }: { accountId: string }) {
  const router = useRouter();

  return (
    <NotificationsPopover
      accountIds={[accountId]}
      realtime={false}
      onClick={(notification) => {
        if (notification.link) {
          // Custom navigation logic
          router.push(notification.link);
        }
      }}
    />
  );
}
```

### What the component renders

- **Bell icon** with red badge showing unread count
- **Popover dropdown** with notification list on click
- **Each notification** shows:
  - Type icon (info/warning/error with color coding)
  - Message body (truncated at 100 characters)
  - Relative timestamp ("2 minutes ago", "Yesterday")
  - Dismiss button (X icon)
- **Empty state** when no notifications

The component uses Shadcn UI's Popover, Button, and Separator components with Lucide icons.

## React hooks

Build custom notification UIs using these hooks from `@kit/notifications/hooks`.

### useFetchNotifications

Fetches initial notifications and optionally subscribes to real-time updates.

```tsx
'use client';

import { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
import { useFetchNotifications } from '@kit/notifications/hooks';

type Notification = {
  id: number;
  body: string;
  dismissed: boolean;
  type: 'info' | 'warning' | 'error';
  created_at: string;
  link: string | null;
};

function CustomNotificationList({ accountIds }: { accountIds: string[] }) {
  const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<Notification[]>([]);

  const onNotifications = useCallback((newNotifications: Notification[]) => {
    setNotifications(prev => {
      // Deduplicate by ID
      const existingIds = new Set(prev.map(n => n.id));
      const unique = newNotifications.filter(n => !existingIds.has(n.id));
      return [...unique, ...prev];
    });
  }, []);

  useFetchNotifications({
    accountIds,
    realtime: false,
    onNotifications,
  });

  return (
    <ul>
      {notifications.map(notification => (
        <li key={notification.id}>{notification.body}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
}
```

**Parameters:**

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `accountIds` | `string[]` | Account IDs to fetch for |
| `realtime` | `boolean` | Subscribe to real-time updates |
| `onNotifications` | `(notifications: Notification[]) => void` | Callback when notifications arrive |

**Behavior:**

- Fetches up to 10 most recent non-dismissed, non-expired notifications
- Uses React Query with `refetchOnMount: false` and `refetchOnWindowFocus: false`
- Calls `onNotifications` with initial data and any real-time updates

### useDismissNotification

Returns a function to dismiss (mark as read) a notification.

```tsx
'use client';

import { useDismissNotification } from '@kit/notifications/hooks';

function NotificationItem({ notification }) {
  const dismiss = useDismissNotification();

  const handleDismiss = async () => {
    await dismiss(notification.id);
    // Update local state after dismissing
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <span>{notification.body}</span>
      <button onClick={handleDismiss}>Dismiss</button>
    </div>
  );
}
```

The function updates the `dismissed` field to `true` in the database. RLS ensures users can only dismiss their own notifications.

## Notification type

All hooks work with this type:

```typescript
type Notification = {
  id: number;
  body: string;
  dismissed: boolean;
  type: 'info' | 'warning' | 'error';
  created_at: string;
  link: string | null;
};
```

## Building a custom notification center

Full example combining the hooks:

```tsx
'use client';

import { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
import {
  useFetchNotifications,
  useDismissNotification,
} from '@kit/notifications/hooks';

type Notification = {
  id: number;
  body: string;
  dismissed: boolean;
  type: 'info' | 'warning' | 'error';
  created_at: string;
  link: string | null;
};

export function NotificationCenter({ accountIds }: { accountIds: string[] }) {
  const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<Notification[]>([]);
  const dismiss = useDismissNotification();

  const onNotifications = useCallback((incoming: Notification[]) => {
    setNotifications(prev => {
      const ids = new Set(prev.map(n => n.id));
      const newOnes = incoming.filter(n => !ids.has(n.id));
      return [...newOnes, ...prev];
    });
  }, []);

  useFetchNotifications({
    accountIds,
    realtime: true, // Enable real-time
    onNotifications,
  });

  const handleDismiss = async (id: number) => {
    await dismiss(id);
    setNotifications(prev => prev.filter(n => n.id !== id));
  };

  if (notifications.length === 0) {
    return <p>No notifications</p>;
  }

  return (
    <div className="space-y-2">
      {notifications.map(notification => (
        <div
          key={notification.id}
          className="flex items-center justify-between p-3 border rounded"
        >
          <div>
            <span className={`badge badge-${notification.type}`}>
              {notification.type}
            </span>
            {notification.link ? (
              <a href={notification.link}>{notification.body}</a>
            ) : (
              <span>{notification.body}</span>
            )}
          </div>
          <button onClick={() => handleDismiss(notification.id)}>
            Dismiss
          </button>
        </div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}
```

This gives you full control over styling and behavior while leveraging the built-in data fetching and real-time infrastructure.

## Related documentation

- [Notifications overview](/docs/next-supabase-turbo/notifications): Feature overview and architecture
- [Configuration](/docs/next-supabase-turbo/notifications/notifications-configuration): Enable/disable notifications and real-time
- [Sending notifications](/docs/next-supabase-turbo/notifications/sending-notifications): Create notifications from server code
- [Database schema](/docs/next-supabase-turbo/notifications/notifications-schema): Table structure and RLS policies