Spinner

Indicates that the system is busy performing an action, such as loading, processing, or retrieving information. While the action is in progress, the execution of other views in the same page is stalled.

Configuration properties

Under Configuration, set or modify the appearance and behavior properties for the view.

Screen size
A configuration property that has the Screen Sizes icon The Screen Sizes icon beside the property name can have different values for each screen size. If you do not set a value, the screen size inherits the value of the next larger screen size as its default value.
Theme definitions
Theme definitions specify the colors and styles for a view and determine its appearance. You can preview the look and feel of views in the theme editor. See Themes.

The appearance configuration properties for the Spinner view are shown in the following table:

Table 1. Appearance configuration properties for the Spinner view
Appearance configuration property Description Data type
Size The Screen Sizes icon The size of the spinning indicator. String

Events

Set or modify the event handlers for the view in the Events properties. You can set events to be triggered programmatically or when a user interacts with the view. For information about how to define and code events, see User-defined events.

The Spinner view has the following types of event handlers:

  • On close: Activated when the spinner window is closed. For example:
    ${Output_Text1}.setText("Document has finished loading");
    where Output_Text1 is the control ID of the output text.
  • On show: Activated when the spinner window is opened. For example:
    me.setLabel("Loading document...");
  • On load: Activated when the page loads. For example:
    me.show();

Methods

For detailed information on the available methods for the Spinner view, see the Spinner JavaScript API.

Additional resources

For information about how to create a coach or page, see Building coaches.
For information about standard properties (General, Configuration, Positioning, Visibility, and HTML Attributes), see View properties.