How to display a temporary popup

Report · Sep 16, 2009

I have a page with a form that when the submit button is pressed, calls another page, but there's a 5 to 10 second delay before the second form displays. I'd like to be able to display a "Please Wait" message either in a popup or on the page itself. I tried using an alert box, but that requires pressing an OK button before the new page gets called. I checked the html createPopup method, and it indicates that it only works in IE. I don't know how to make the message appear on the original form after the submit button is pressed.

Is it possible to make a hidden box/field/whatever visible via a java script or something? Is there any way to make a popup that will go away when the new page is displayed? If not, what can I do to accomplish this?

Report · Sep 18, 2009

I haven't tried it myself, but a Google search for jQuery progress indicator brings up a lot of results.

Report · Sep 19, 2009

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Plugins/category/43

Don't let all th geek code scare you. Go down the list, click on the bold name of the ones that look interesting, once you go to the details page for the plug in look for a demo link - these will take you to a demo so you can see it in action.

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Report · Sep 21, 2009

Thanks for the help. I'm on it like white on snow.