# Basic Usage

Put the component into your template

```markup
<template>
    <FlashMessage/>
</template>
```

&#x20;You can pass a string as position property to set up default position of messages block. Valid values: **'right bottom'**, **'right top'**, **'left bottom'**, **'left top'**.

```markup
<FlashMessage :position="right bottom"/>
```

Now you can access flash message by using global EventBus alias (that is "flashMessage" by default) of your Vue instance

```javascript
this.flashMessage.show({
	status: 'error',
	title: 'Error Message Title',
	message: 'Oh, you broke my heart! Shame on you!'
});
```


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