Problem:- I have added a loader div with id “spin-loader” on my web page to show processing of code. Its default style is display:none. Whenever I need to do any code processing, I start with jquery code as shown below:
function someFun() {
$('#spin-loader').show();
// ajax code
// some javascript or jquery processing
$('#spin-loader').hide();
}
I was facing a weird issue in this. Normally, it works perfectly. Loading icon div is displayed as it is the first line whenever someFun() function is called and it is hidden when ajax or normal javascript code processing is completed due to the last line inside function someFun(). The div having id “spin-loader” has my own CSS properties to show some code under processing.
For a lot of pages, it worked. But for one page, it didn’t work. Loading icon div is not displayed, but ajax and javascript code worked. Without Loading icon div, we never know code is in progress. The page should become a little faded and elements of the page should not be clickable until code is in progress. But, due to the CSS of the loader div being not changed to “display:block”, the user can click anywhere on the page.
Let’s see how I resolved the issue.
Solution
First I added a line debugger; at the start to check whether the loader div becomes visible or not. My code becomes as follows:
function someFun() {
debugger;
$('#spin-loader').show();
// ajax code
// some javascript or jquery processing
$('#spin-loader').hide();
}
While testing, the developer tool where the console tab is displayed should be open.
During testing, I observed that it processes the line $(‘#spin-loader’).show(); and loader div is displayed. But whenever I remove the line debugger; , the loading div does not become visible whenever the function someFun() is called.
Then I modify the code as follows and it worked:
function someFun() {
$('#spin-loader').show();
setTimeout(function() {
// ajax code
// some javascript or jquery processing
$('#spin-loader').hide();
}, 10);
}
I put the whole code inside the setTimeout() function except the first line. Maybe the browser is busy with heavy code work and it didn’t process the first line. When I gave a few 10ms which is very very small, then the first line was also executed and the rest of the code also worked perfectly.
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