# Alert / Toast on Worldmap (with timeout)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alert-toast-on-worldmap-with-timeout/100876>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-contrib-web-worldmap\
**Created:** [30 April 2026 12:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alert-toast-on-worldmap-with-timeout/100876 "2026-04-30T12:21:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [2 May 2026 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alert-toast-on-worldmap-with-timeout/100876/17 "2026-05-02T15:12:33Z")

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Along with a follow-up in that thread that covers using Leaflet directly which would allow you to easily connect Node-RED to a custom instance of Leaflet very easily.

> [@Can I use the Worldmap nodes with UIBUILDER? (Yes)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-i-use-the-worldmap-nodes-with-uibuilder-yes/87890/2):
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> By the way, using the [LeafletJS](https://leafletjs.com) library directly (this is the same library that worldmap uses) is not really much harder since UIBUILDER already provides comms between Node-RED and the browser. Add the leaflet js library and css to your page, add a div with an id="map" (so you can use leaflet's examples). Then add the example code from their website. To send a user click on the map back to Node-RED: function onMapClick(e) { // console.log('leaflet click', e) uibuilder.send({topic: 'le…

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