jQuery: how to display progress for an indeterminate process?

Question

The documentation on the jQuery progressBar says that this UI widget is not suitable for displaying progress of indeterminate length.

It recommends one of two alternatives:
- an indeterminate progressBar, which is "coming soon".
- a spinner animation

I think a jQuery spinner is a textbox with up/down arrows to inc/dec the value. In other words, an input widget.

That can't be what the doc meant.

using jQuery, How do I display indeterminate progress?

Answer 1

I guess this is not a jQuery question... it's just a matter of animation.

You'll probably be fine by displaying an animated image just like the ones available from e.g. Ajax Load

Answer 2

By spinner, I think they mean an animated graphic which endlessly loops, or spins. Like this:

Answer 3

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