# Badge

The **\<Badge>** component is a container that can be attached to another component for tagging.

>  **NOTE**
>
>  This component is supported since API version 7. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.


## Required Permissions

None


## Child Components

This component supports only one child component.


## APIs

Method 1: Badge(value: {count: number, position?: BadgePosition, maxCount?: number, style: BadgeStyle})

Create a badge.

**Parameters**
| Name| Type| Mandatory| Default Value| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| count | number | Yes| - | Number of notifications.|
| position | BadgePosition | No| BadgePosition.RightTop | Position to display the badge relative to the parent component.|
| maxCount | number | No| 99 | Maximum number of notifications. When the maximum number is reached, only **maxCount+** is displayed.|
| style | BadgeStyle | Yes| - | Style of the **\<Badge>** component, including the text color, text size, badge color, and badge size.|

Method 2: Badge(value: {value: string, position?: BadgePosition, style: BadgeStyle})

Creates a badge based on the given string.

- Parameters
  | Name| Type| Mandatory| Default Value| Description|
  | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
  | value | string | Yes| - | Prompt content.|
  | position | BadgePosition | No| BadgePosition.RightTop | Position to display the badge relative to the parent component.|
  | style | BadgeStyle | Yes| - | Style of the **<Badge>** component, including the text color, text size, badge color, and badge size.|

- BadgeStyle
  | Name| Type| Mandatory| Default Value| Description|
  | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
  | color | [ResourceColor](ts-types.md#resourcecolor) | No| Color.White | Text color.|
  | fontSize | number \| string | No| 10 | Text size.|
  | badgeSize | number \| string | Yes| - | Badge size.|
  | badgeColor | [ResourceColor](ts-types.md#resourcecolor) | No| Color.Red | Badge color.|

- BadgePosition enums
  | Name| Description|
  | -------- | -------- |
  | RightTop | The badge is displayed in the upper right corner of the parent component.|
  | Right | The badge is vertically centered on the right of the parent component.|
  | Left | The badge is vertically centered on the left of the parent component.|


## Example

```ts
// xxx.ets
@Entry
@Component
struct BadgeExample {
  @State counts: number = 1
  @State message: string = 'new'

  build() {
    Flex({ justifyContent: FlexAlign.SpaceAround }) {
      Badge({
        count: this.counts,
        maxCount: 99,
        style: { color: 0xFFFFFF, fontSize: 16, badgeSize: 20, badgeColor: Color.Red }
      }) {
        Button('message')
          .onClick(() => {
            this.counts++
          })
          .width(100).height(50).backgroundColor(0x317aff)
      }.width(100).height(50)

      Badge({
        value: this.message,
        style: { color: 0xFFFFFF, fontSize: 9, badgeSize: 20, badgeColor: Color.Blue }
      }) {
        Text('message')
          .width(80).height(50).fontSize(16).lineHeight(37)
          .borderRadius(10).textAlign(TextAlign.Center).backgroundColor(0xF3F4ED)
      }.width(80).height(50)

      Badge({
        value: ' ',
        position: BadgePosition.Right,
        style: { badgeSize: 6, badgeColor: Color.Red }
      }) {
        Text('message')
          .width(90).height(50).fontSize(16).lineHeight(37)
          .borderRadius(10).textAlign(TextAlign.Center).backgroundColor(0xF3F4ED)
      }.width(90).height(50)
    }.width('100%').margin({ top: 5 })
  }
}
```

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