$('.messages_error').fadeOut('slow');

Hi Dhrup

Thanks Bussy for the quick response.

Where is this located? Which file do i need to change? I want to apply this to both system messages and error messages as many users complaining the message dissapears to fast.

hi,

you should change second line

    $('.messages').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);
    $('.messages').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 40000);

this file located at  "views/default/messages/messages/list.php"

by changing it to 40000 it will display 40 seconds . 

i'm trying to change the time display of the system messages located on the login or registration pages. i tried the code above, but it seems to only control system messages after the user is successfully logged in.

Changing the time depends on Elgg version.

ok. i'm using 1.7.10

i just upgraded to 1.7.14. if anyone knows how to do this, i would appreciate the help

guys, i figured it out. on the theme i'm using, those parameters are set on the index page.

and of course u r gonna post the code you used to fix that here soon ain't you ?

If you have increased your default jquery version to something above 1.4 you can simply add a 

$('.messages_error').delay(30000).fadeOut();

which will delay the fade out for 30 seconds.