Locally, I had to put delays on my server code to actually allow this to be visible. Once I was convinced things were working, I removed the delay and I don't think I ever so it now.
On 11 October 2011 15:08, Phil Petree <phil.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm with you Richard. > > I have a hidden div that loads the spinner and in the AJAX onCreate I > disable the form and unhide the div while in the onComplete I hide the div > and enable the form. > > What I have found is that if the AJAX call starts and completes quickly then > the spinner never gets displayed as the browser is smart enough not to do > a repaint if not needed. > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On 11 October 2011 00:04, nelian <i...@myskills.co.za> wrote: >> > I am somewhat new to AJAX, but one thing that I have not touch upon is >> > the following - >> > >> > When my App is making an AJAX call, from the users perspective it >> > seems to be doing nothing, how does one go about freezing the page >> > (Not sure what else to call it) and indicate to the user that >> > something is happening? >> > (I have seen it on a couple of sites, but cannot seem to find an >> > example at the moment) >> > >> > Thanks in advance for the help >> > >> > Ian >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> I use the Ajax.Responders >> (http://api.prototypejs.org/ajax/Ajax/Responders/) to allow me to >> handle the creation and completion of all AJAX requests. >> >> In my requests, I fade in a little spinner image after 0.25s. It fades >> out on completion. >> >> So, if the request is handled in handled in under 0.25s, then no spinner. >> >> This seems to work quite well for me. >> >> -- >> Richard Quadling >> Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc >> @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc : Fantasy Shopper @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea : fan.sh/6/370 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
