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YUI Library Examples: Container Family: Creating a Modal "Loading" Panel

Container Family: Creating a Modal "Loading" Panel

A common use case for the Panel Control involves using it to display "please wait" text and images to indicate that the application is busy doing something. As this page loads, a modal "please wait"-style Panel Control instance appears and the remainder of the page dims. When the content for the container is loaded (consisting of lorem ipsum text), the panel and its modaliy mask fade away and the page returns to a normal interactive state.

Using Panel as a Modal "Please Wait" or "Loading" Indicator

The Panel can be used to display a temporary message is automatically dismissed when a task has completed. In this tutorial, we will build a Panel that will be displayed while content is being loaded from an external data source, and will be dismissed when the content has finished loading.

We will start by instantiating a Panel and configuring it to display an image and some text in its body. We set it's zindex to be higher than other positioned elements on the page and enable the modal property, so that the panel is displayed with a modal mask:

We will also need to place a container for the content that will be dynamically loaded:

Finally, we will set up our Connection object and configure its callback to load the content into the container element and close the Panel after the content has finished loading. If the connection is successful, the content will be loaded into the container and the Panel will be hidden. If the connection fails, an error message will be displayed in the container.

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