[jQuery] Re: AJAX Callbacks - How to show Ajax request status using a loading image?

[Isaak Malik]

Place this part of code outside your function and inside the jQuery
on-DOM-ready function:

$(function()
{
   $('#content1').ajaxSend(function(e,r,s)
   {
      $(this).html('Loading data, please wait...');
   }
});

Note that your functions must not be inside the on-DOM-ready function. So
your final result should be like this:

function showUser(str)
{
    $('#content1').load("select.php?q="+str);
}

$(function()
{
   $('#content1').ajaxSend(function(e,r,s)
   {
      $(this).html('Loading data, please wait...');
   }
});

Also, check if #content1 is a visible element. In other words: see that you
didn't use display: none on it.

-- 
Isaak Malik
Web Developer