Information display in Cosmos

There are multiple floating panels available for designers to use within Cosmos. 

• Modal dialogs are exclusively used in the creation of new cases within Cosmos.   
• Confirmation dialogs are exclusively used for confirming critical actions, such as deleting cases or progress on a task. 
• Popovers are rich content that may have small contextual forms or information available and should not be used for long-form task work. 
• Tooltips are exclusively used on mouse hover or keyboard focus to provide small read-only content back to a user, especially on icon-only buttons. 

Each of the components informs users about the state of work in Cosmos but is used differently. 

• Toast notifications are exclusively used to share that a user’s interaction is handled successfully. 
• Banners are used exclusively to show critical information about a specific application or task. For example, if the application goes offline for scheduled maintenance or there is a server error on form submission, use a critical banner. If the form requires a critical issue to be aware of before taking action, you might use a warning banner. Informational banners are less common but are displayed at lower importance than a warning. 
• Status badges are used as a quick visual element to show the current status of a whole case at a glance. The badges are typically seen in tables and case summary panels. 

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