Feature Request: Would like to ability to change the loading message on the fly

[phillpafford]

I know you can set it as a default message with:
$.mobile.loadingMessage

But I wanted to display maybe a transition or status message and the ability to upload the message for longer load times.

Example:

if the loading message is displayed, set the text to (what ever message you want, but lets stick to LOADING), if Loading is displayed for more than 2 seconds, change the message to: STILL LOADING..., and if the message is still loading after 4 seconds display another message: OKAY THIS MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE...

The message and time intervals should be configurable

[toddparker]

Hi - Can you please add this to the feature request page, link to this issue and close it. This may already be there so check first. That way, we can re-open when we're ready to tackle this.
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/wiki/Feature-Requests

All feature requests should be handled this way to we can keep the noise down in the tracker. Thanks!

[surajkala]

Try this

        <a onclick="$('.ui-loader h1').text('my custom loading msg..');" href="module.php">News</a>

[phillpafford]

kinda works, but I wanted to display multiple messages if load times are long. For example: first message would be 'loading...' if loading takes longer than 2 seconds change the 'loading...' message to 'still loading...' if long than 5 seconds change the 'still loading...' message to 'you must be searching for a needle in a haystack...'

[surajkala]

i dont know if this is the best way to do it.. but the below code shud get ur job done

<script type="text/javascript">
function updateloading()
{
$('.ui-loader h1').text('loading...');
setTimeout('$(".ui-loader h1").text("still loading...");', 500)
}
</script>

<a onclick="onclick="updateloading();" href="module.php">blog</a>

[toddparker]

I think @surajkala's example is pretty simple and would work. We could add a way to set this value eventually, but this is pretty concise and easy to set with custom scripting like this. @phillpafford - could you please add this to the feature request wiki page and close this issue.

[phillpafford]

Already added under core and has been closed. Thanks

[jaspermdegroot]

This will be possible in 1.2 with the new loader widget.