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I'm trying to make a header that appears at a certain place of the page.
So what I'm doing is checking the scroll to top of the page and the top offset of the element after which the header should appear. If the scrollTop is greater than offset the header is shown, otherwise it disappears.
But! When I scroll to the place, the header position is constantly switching between top: -13% and top: -12.999998%. After some time it finally shows the header but it never disappears.
What am I doing wrong?!
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/5k5s016f/
Well, i think the problem is that the .animate() functions are running constantly, causing the animations to "restart" before its ends.
It is not the most beautiful solution, but just adding a flag that controls the execution of the functions and a timeout to run the handler less frequently solves the problem.
https://jsfiddle.net/5k5s016f/2/
var visible = false;
$(window).scroll(function() {
setTimeout(function(){
var height = $(window).scrollTop();
var $page2 = $("#page2");
var offset = $page2.offset().top;
if (height > offset) {
if (visible) {
return;
}
visible = true;
$(".floating-header").show().animate({
top: 0
});
} else {
if (!visible) {
return;
}
visible = false;
$(".floating-header").animate({
top: "-13%"
});
}
}, 200)
});
The issue you are seeing is because each time a scroll event gets called animation queues up. If you wait long enough, you can see that the animation to set top to 0 actually works.
You can use the stop() function to stop all animation before attempting to run another one.
Something like this
if (height > offset) {
$(".floating-header").stop().show().animate({
top: "0"
}, 700);
} else {
$(".floating-header").stop().animate({
top: "-13%"
}, 700);
}
A couple of improvements I can suggest are
Debounce the scroll event handler
Check the current state of the header before queuing animation. i.e. do not try to hide it if it is already hidden and vice versa
Your logic is all messed up. Basically, you want to make sure that you are only animating when you absolutely need to - no more, no less. And since scroll events happen hundreds of times... constantly rapid firing as the user scrolls... you want to make sure you are doing the least amount of work possible during each scroll event. This especially means that you don't want to be querying the DOM on every scroll event if you don't have to (ps. $('selector') is a dom query). Take a look at this fiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/5k5s016f/6/
Looks like I'm last to the party due to interruptions, but since I wrote it up I'll post the answer FWIW.
jsFiddle Demo
You need to debounce your code. Here is a simple system, but studing Ben Alman's explanation/examples is also recommended.
var $m1 = $('#m1'), $m2 = $('#m2'); //TESTING ONLY
var $win = $(window), $page2 = $("#page2"), $hdr=$(".floating-header");
var $offset = $page2.offset().top;
var hvis = false, curpos;
$win.scroll(function() {
curpos = $win.scrollTop();
$m1.html(curpos); //TESTING ONLY
$m2.html($offset);//TESTING ONLY
if ( curpos > $offset ) {
if ( !hvis ){
hvis = true;
//$m1.html(curpos);
$hdr.finish().animate({
top: "0"
}, 700);
}
} else {
if ( hvis ){
$hdr.finish().animate({
top: "-60px"
}, 700);
hvis = false;
}
}
});
html,
body {
height: 100vh;
width: 100vw;
}
#page1,
#page2,
#page3 {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
background-color: #fff;
}
.floating-header {
position: fixed;
top: -60px;
background-color: #000;
width: 100%;
height: 60px;
}
.msg{position:fixed;bottom:10px;height:30px;width:80px;text-align:center;}
.msg{padding-top:10px;}
#m1 {left:3px; border:1px solid orange;background:wheat;}
#m2 {right:3px;border:1px solid green; background:palegreen;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<header class="floating-header">Header</header>
<div id="page1">
<p>Page1</p>
</div>
<div id="page2">
<p>Page2</p>
</div>
<div id="page3">
<p>Page3</p>
</div>
<div id="m1" class="msg"></div>
<div id="m2" class="msg"></div>
I have a page with a lot of GIFs.
<img src="gif/1303552574110.1.gif" alt="" >
<img src="gif/1302919192204.gif" alt="" >
<img src="gif/1303642234740.gif" alt="" >
<img src="gif/1303822879528.gif" alt="" >
<img src="gif/1303825584512.gif" alt="" >
What I'm looking for
1 On page load => Animations for all gifs are stopped
2 On mouseover => Animations starts for that one gif
3 On mouseout => Animation stops again for that gif
I suppose this can be done in Jquery but I don't know how.
No, you can't control the animation of the images.
You would need two versions of each image, one that is animated, and one that's not. On hover you can easily change from one image to another.
Example:
$(function(){
$('img').each(function(e){
var src = $(e).attr('src');
$(e).hover(function(){
$(this).attr('src', src.replace('.gif', '_anim.gif'));
}, function(){
$(this).attr('src', src);
});
});
});
Update:
Time goes by, and possibilities change. As kritzikatzi pointed out, having two versions of the image is not the only option, you can apparently use a canvas element to create a copy of the first frame of the animation. Note that this doesn't work in all browsers, IE 8 for example doesn't support the canvas element.
I realise this answer is late, but I found a rather simple, elegant, and effective solution to this problem and felt it necessary to post it here.
However one thing I feel I need to make clear is that this doesn't start gif animation on mouseover, pause it on mouseout, and continue it when you mouseover it again. That, unfortunately, is impossible to do with gifs. (It is possible to do with a string of images displayed one after another to look like a gif, but taking apart every frame of your gifs and copying all those urls into a script would be time consuming)
What my solution does is make an image looks like it starts moving on mouseover. You make the first frame of your gif an image and put that image on the webpage then replace the image with the gif on mouseover and it looks like it starts moving. It resets on mouseout.
Just insert this script in the head section of your HTML:
$(document).ready(function()
{
$("#imgAnimate").hover(
function()
{
$(this).attr("src", "GIF URL HERE");
},
function()
{
$(this).attr("src", "STATIC IMAGE URL HERE");
});
});
And put this code in the img tag of the image you want to animate.
id="imgAnimate"
This will load the gif on mouseover, so it will seem like your image starts moving. (This is better than loading the gif onload because then the transition from static image to gif is choppy because the gif will start on a random frame)
for more than one image just recreate the script create a function:
<script type="text/javascript">
var staticGifSuffix = "-static.gif";
var gifSuffix = ".gif";
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".img-animate").each(function () {
$(this).hover(
function()
{
var originalSrc = $(this).attr("src");
$(this).attr("src", originalSrc.replace(staticGifSuffix, gifSuffix));
},
function()
{
var originalSrc = $(this).attr("src");
$(this).attr("src", originalSrc.replace(gifSuffix, staticGifSuffix));
}
);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img class="img-animate" src="example-static.gif" >
<img class="img-animate" src="example-static.gif" >
<img class="img-animate" src="example-static.gif" >
<img class="img-animate" src="example-static.gif" >
<img class="img-animate" src="example-static.gif" >
</body>
That code block is a functioning web page (based on the information you have given me) that will display the static images and on hover, load and display the gif's. All you have to do is insert the url's for the static images.
I think the jQuery plugin freezeframe.js might come in handy for you. freezeframe.js is a jQuery Plugin To Automatically Pause GIFs And Restart Animating On Mouse Hover.
I guess you can easily adapt it to make it work on page load instead.
The best option is probably to have a still image which you replace the gif with when you want to stop it.
<img src="gif/1303552574110.1.gif" alt="" class="anim" >
<img src="gif/1302919192204.gif" alt="" class="anim" >
<img src="gif/1303642234740.gif" alt="" class="anim" >
<img src="gif/1303822879528.gif" alt="" class="anim" >
<img src="gif/1303825584512.gif" alt="" class="anim" >
$(window).load(function() {
$(".anim").src("stillimage.gif");
});
$(".anim").mouseover(function {
$(this).src("animatedimage.gif");
});
$(".anim").mouseout(function {
$(this).src("stillimage.gif");
});
You probably want to have two arrays containing paths to the still and animated gifs which you can assign to each image.
found a working solution here:
https://codepen.io/hoanghals/pen/dZrWLZ
JS here:
var gifElements = document.querySelectorAll('img.gif');
for(var e in gifElements) {
var element = gifElements[e];
if(element.nodeName == 'IMG') {
var supergif = new SuperGif({
gif: element,
progressbar_height: 0,
auto_play: false,
});
var controlElement = document.createElement("div");
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol loading g"+e;
supergif.load((function(controlElement) {
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol paused";
var playing = false;
controlElement.addEventListener("click", function(){
if(playing) {
this.pause();
playing = false;
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol paused";
} else {
this.play();
playing = true;
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol playing";
}
}.bind(this, controlElement));
}.bind(supergif))(controlElement));
var canvas = supergif.get_canvas();
controlElement.style.width = canvas.width+"px";
controlElement.style.height = canvas.height+"px";
controlElement.style.left = canvas.offsetLeft+"px";
var containerElement = canvas.parentNode;
containerElement.appendChild(controlElement);
}
}
Pure JS implementation https://jsfiddle.net/clayrabbit/k2ow48cy/
(based on canvas solution from https://codepen.io/hoanghals/pen/dZrWLZ)
[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.myimg'), function(elem) {
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function(event) {
elem.previousElementSibling.getContext('2d').drawImage(img, 0, 0);
};
img.src = elem.getAttribute('data-src');
elem.onmouseover = function(event) {
event.target.src = event.target.getAttribute('data-src');
};
elem.onmouseout = function(event) {
event.target.src = "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
};
});
.mydiv{
width: 320px;
height: 240px;
position: relative;
}
.mycanvas, .myimg {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
}
<div class="mydiv">
<canvas class="mycanvas" width=320 height=240></canvas>
<img class="myimg" data-src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Byana3FscAMGQ/giphy.gif">
</div>
You can solve this by having a long stripe that you show in steps, like a filmstrip. Then you can stop the film on any frame.
Example below (fiddle available at http://jsfiddle.net/HPXq4/9/):
the markup:
<div class="thumbnail-wrapper">
<img src="blah.jpg">
</div>
the css:
.thumbnail-wrapper{
width:190px;
height:100px;
overflow:hidden;
position:absolute;
}
.thumbnail-wrapper img{
position:relative;
top:0;
}
the js:
var gifTimer;
var currentGifId=null;
var step = 100; //height of a thumbnail
$('.thumbnail-wrapper img').hover(
function(){
currentGifId = $(this)
gifTimer = setInterval(playGif,500);
},
function(){
clearInterval(gifTimer);
currentGifId=null;
}
);
var playGif = function(){
var top = parseInt(currentGifId.css('top'))-step;
var max = currentGifId.height();
console.log(top,max)
if(max+top<=0){
console.log('reset')
top=0;
}
currentGifId.css('top',top);
}
obviously, this can be optimized much further, but I simplified this example for readability
A more elegant version of Mark Kramer's would be to do the following:
function animateImg(id, gifSrc){
var $el = $(id),
staticSrc = $el.attr('src');
$el.hover(
function(){
$(this).attr("src", gifSrc);
},
function(){
$(this).attr("src", staticSrc);
});
}
$(document).ready(function(){
animateImg('#id1', 'gif/gif1.gif');
animateImg('#id2', 'gif/gif2.gif');
});
Or even better would be to use data attributes:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.animated-img').each(function(){
var $el = $(this),
staticSrc = $el.attr('src'),
gifSrc = $el.data('gifSrc');
$el.hover(
function(){
$(this).attr("src", gifSrc);
},
function(){
$(this).attr("src", staticSrc);
});
});
});
And the img el would look something like:
<img class="animated-img" src=".../img.jpg" data-gif-src=".../gif.gif" />
Note: This code is untested but should work fine.
For restarting the animation of a gif image, you can use the code:
$('#img_gif').attr('src','file.gif?' + Math.random());
Related answer, you can specify the number of playbacks on a gif. The below gif has 3 playbacks associated with it (10 second timer, 30 second playback total). After 30 seconds have passed since page load, it stops at "0:01".
Refresh the page to restart all 3 playbacks
You have to modify the gif itself. An easy tool is found here for modifying GIF playbacks https://ezgif.com/loop-count.
To see an example of a single-loop playback gif in action on a landing page, checkout this site using a single playback gif https://git-lfs.github.com/
This answer builds on that of Sourabh, who pointed out an HTML/CSS/JavaScript combo at https://codepen.io/hoanghals/pen/dZrWLZ that did the job. I tried this, and made a complete web page including the CSS and JavaScript, which I tried on my site. As CodePens have a habit of disappearing, I decided to show it here. I'm also showing a simplified stripped-to-essentials version, to demonstrate the minimum that one needs to do.
I must also note one thing. The code at the above link, whose JavaScript Sourabh copies, refers to a JavaScript constructor SuperGif() . I don't think Sourabh explained that, and neither does the CodePen. An easy search showed that it's defined in buzzfeed /
libgif-js , which can be downloaded from https://github.com/buzzfeed/libgif-js#readme . Look for the control that the red arrow below is pointing at, then click on the green "Code" button. (N.B. You won't see the red arrow: that's me showing you where to look.)
A menu will pop up offering various options including to download a zip file. Download it, and extract it into your HTML directory or a subdirectory thereof.
Next, I'm going to show the two pages that I made. The first is derived from the CodePen. The second is stripped to its essentials, and shows the minimum you need in order to use SuperGif.
So here's the complete HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the first page. In the head of the HTML is a link to libgif.js , which is the file you need from the zip file. Then, the body of the HTML starts with some text about cat pictures, and follows it with a link to an animated cat GIF at https://media.giphy.com/media/Byana3FscAMGQ/giphy.gif .
It then continues with some CSS. The CodePen uses SCSS, which for anyone who doesn't know, has to be preprocessed into CSS. I've done that, so what's in the code below is genuine CSS.
Finally, there's the JavaScript.
<html>
<head>
<script src="libgif-js-master/libgif.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="width: 600px; margin: auto; text-align: center; font-family: arial">
<p>
And so, the unwritten law of the internet, that any
experiment involving video/images must involve cats in
one way or another, reared its head again. When would
the internet's fascination with cats come to an end?
Never. The answer is "Never".
</p>
<img src='https://media.giphy.com/media/Byana3FscAMGQ/giphy.gif' class='gif' />
</div>
<style>
img.gif {
visibility: hidden;
}
.jsgif {
position: relative;
}
.gifcontrol {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
cursor: pointer;
transition: background 0.25s ease-in-out;
z-index: 100;
}
.gifcontrol:after {
transition: background 0.25s ease-in-out;
position: absolute;
content: "";
display: block;
left: calc(50% - 25px);
top: calc(50% - 25px);
}
.gifcontrol.loading {
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);
}
.gifcontrol.loading:after {
background: #FF9900;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
.gifcontrol.playing {
/* Only show the 'stop' button on hover */
}
.gifcontrol.playing:after {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out;
border-left: 20px solid #FF9900;
border-right: 20px solid #FF9900;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.gifcontrol.playing:hover:after {
opacity: 1;
}
.gifcontrol.paused {
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}
.gifcontrol.paused:after {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 25px 0 25px 50px;
border-color: transparent transparent transparent #ff9900;
}
</style>
<script>
var gifElements = document.querySelectorAll('img.gif');
for(var e in gifElements) {
var element = gifElements[e];
if(element.nodeName == 'IMG') {
var supergif = new SuperGif({
gif: element,
progressbar_height: 0,
auto_play: false,
});
var controlElement = document.createElement("div");
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol loading g"+e;
supergif.load((function(controlElement) {
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol paused";
var playing = false;
controlElement.addEventListener("click", function(){
if(playing) {
this.pause();
playing = false;
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol paused";
} else {
this.play();
playing = true;
controlElement.className = "gifcontrol playing";
}
}.bind(this, controlElement));
}.bind(supergif))(controlElement));
var canvas = supergif.get_canvas();
controlElement.style.width = canvas.width+"px";
controlElement.style.height = canvas.height+"px";
controlElement.style.left = canvas.offsetLeft+"px";
var containerElement = canvas.parentNode;
containerElement.appendChild(controlElement);
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
When I put the page on my website and displayed it, the top looked like this:
And when I pressed the pink button, the page changed to this, and the GIF started animating. (The cat laps water falling from a tap.)
To end, here's the second, simple, page. Unlike the first, this doesn't have a fancy Play/Pause control that changes shape: it just has two buttons. The only thing the code does that isn't essential is to disable whichever button is not relevant, and to insert some space between the buttons.
<html>
<head>
<script src="libgif-js-master/libgif.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button type="button" onclick="play()"
id="play_button"
style="margin-right:9px;"
>
Play
</button>
<button type="button" onclick="pause()"
id="pause_button"
>
Pause
</button>
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Byana3FscAMGQ/giphy.gif"
id="gif"
/>
<script>
var gif_element = document.getElementById( "gif" );
var supergif = new SuperGif( {
gif: gif_element,
progressbar_height: 0,
auto_play: false
} );
supergif.load();
function play()
{
var play_button = document.getElementById( "play_button" );
play_button.disabled = true;
var pause_button = document.getElementById( "pause_button" );
pause_button.disabled = false;
supergif.play();
}
function pause()
{
var play_button = document.getElementById( "play_button" );
play_button.disabled = false;
var pause_button = document.getElementById( "pause_button" );
pause_button.disabled = true;
supergif.pause();
}
pause_button.disabled = true;
</script>
</body>
</html>
This, plus the example.html file in libgif-js, should be enough to get anyone started.
There is only one way from what I am aware.
Have 2 images, first a jpeg with first frame(or whatever you want) of the gif and the actual gif.
Load the page with the jpeg in place and on mouse over replace the jpeg with the gif. You can preload the gifs if you want or if they are of big size show a loading while the gif is loading and then replace the jpeg with it.
If you whant it to bi linear as in have the gif play on mouse over, stop it on mouse out and then resume play from the frame you stopped, then this cannot be done with javascript+gif combo.
Adding a suffix like this:
$('#img_gif').attr('src','file.gif?' + Math.random());
the browser is compelled to download a new image every time the user accesses the page. Moreover the client cache may be quickly filled.
Here follows the alternative solution I tested on Chrome 49 and Firefox 45.
In the css stylesheet set the display property as 'none', like this:
#img_gif{
display:'none';
}
Outside the '$(document).ready' statement insert:
$(window).load(function(){ $('#img_gif').show(); });
Every time the user accesses the page, the animation will be started after the complete load of all the elements. This is the only way I found to sincronize gif and html5 animations.
Please note that:
The gif animation will not restart after refreshing the page (like pressing "F5").
The "$(document).ready" statement doesn't produce the same effect of "$(window).load".
The property "visibility" doesn't produce the same effect of "display".
css filter can stop gif from playing in chrome
just add
filter: blur(0.001px);
to your img tag then gif freezed to load via chrome performance concern :)
I have a script which is dynamically adding a class every time the user moves their mouse in/out of the box (whenever they do, it makes the box larger). I am hoping to make this process loop, so that the large box goes back to a small box. I have attempted to use a if statement to check if the box has the class of "large" then it will revert the class back to "small" in the hopes that the document would repeat itself. Didnt work. Can you suggest any way of achieving this using similar code? I would hope to get this to work with 4 separate classes. Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/cs31g61q/1/
var container=$("#container");
var box=$("#box");
box.mouseenter(function(){
$('#box').removeClass("small");
$('#box').addClass("medium");
});
box.mouseleave(function(){
container.on("mouseenter", "#box", function(){
$(this).removeClass("medium");
$(this).addClass("large");
});
});
<div id="container">
<div id="box" class="small">
</div>
</div>
Does the below snippet produce your desired result?
Snippet:
var box = $('#box');
var classes = ['small', 'medium', 'large'];
var iterator = 0;
box.mouseenter(function () {
$(this).removeClass();
$(this).addClass(classes[iterator]);
iterator += 1;
iterator = iterator > classes.length - 1 ? 0 : iterator;
});
.small {
width: 100px;
height:100px;
background: #000;
}
.medium {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
background: green;
}
.large {
width:400px;
height: 400px;
background: blue;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<div id="box" class="small"></div>
</div>
This is basically iterating through a set of classes, applying them one by one on every single time mouse enters #box.
Hope this helps.
Fiddle here.
Check your logic: you only need one event listener - it should respond to either mouseenter or mouseleave and cycle through the classes (small, medium, large).
Below is a very simple approach, as demonstrated in the Fiddle above.
// Set up the event listener: every mouseenter or mouseleave
$(document).on('mouseenter mouseleave', "#box", function(){
var currentClass = $('#box').attr("class");
var newClass = ''; // TBD in switch statement.
switch(currentClass) {
case('small'):
newClass = 'medium';
break;
case('medium'):
newClass = 'large';
break;
case('large'):
default:
newClass = 'small';
break;
}
// Remove the current class, add new one.
$('#box').removeClass();
$('#box').addClass(newClass);
});
I am trying to add a scroll event which will change the background of a div which also acts as the window background (it has 100% width and height). This is as far as I get. I am not so good at jquery. I have seen tutorials with click event listeners. but applying the same concept , like, returning scroll event as false, gets me nowhere. also I saw a tutorial on SO where the person suggest use of array. but I get pretty confused using arrays (mostly due to syntax).
I know about plugins like waypoints.js and skrollr.js which can be used but I need to change around 50-60 (for the illusion of a video being played when scrolled) ... but it wont be feasible.
here is the code im using:-
*
{
border: 2px solid black;
}
#frame
{
background: url('1.jpg') no-repeat;
height: 1000px;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function(){
for ( i=0; i = $.scrolltop; i++)
{
$("#frame").attr('src', ''+i+'.jpg');
}
});
</script>
<body>
<div id="frame"></div>
</body>
Inside your for loop, you are setting the src attribute of #frame but it is a div not an img.
So, instead of this:
$("#frame").attr('src', ''+i+'.jpg');
Try this:
$("#frame").css('background-image', 'url(' + i + '.jpg)');
To bind a scroll event to a target element with jQuery:
$('#target').scroll(function() {
//do stuff here
});
To bind a scroll event to the window with jQuery:
$(window).scroll(function () {
//do stuff here
});
Here is the documentation for jQuery .scroll().
UPDATE:
If I understand right, here is a working demo on jsFiddle of what you want to achieve.
CSS:
html, body {
min-height: 1200px; /* for testing the scroll bar */
}
div#frame {
display: block;
position: fixed; /* Set this to fixed to lock that element on the position */
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
z-index: -1; /* Keep the bg frame at the bottom of other elements. */
}
Javascript:
$(document).ready(function() {
switchImage();
});
$(window).scroll(function () {
switchImage();
});
//using images from dummyimages.com for demonstration (300px by 300px)
var images = ["http://dummyimage.com/300x300/000000/fff",
"http://dummyimage.com/300x300/ffcc00/000",
"http://dummyimage.com/300x300/ff0000/000",
"http://dummyimage.com/300x300/ff00cc/000",
"http://dummyimage.com/300x300/ccff00/000"
];
//Gets a valid index from the image array using the scroll-y value as a factor.
function switchImage()
{
var sTop = $(window).scrollTop();
var index = sTop > 0 ? $(document).height() / sTop : 0;
index = Math.round(index) % images.length;
//console.log(index);
$("#frame").css('background-image', 'url(' + images[index] + ')');
}
HTML:
<div id="frame"></div>
Further Suggestions:
I suggest you change the background-image of the body, instead of the div. But, if you have to use a div for this; then you better add a resize event-istener to the window and set/update the height of that div with every resize. The reason is; height:100% does not work as expected in any browser.
I've done this before myself and if I were you I wouldn't use the image as a background, instead use a normal "img" tag prepend it to the top of your page use some css to ensure it stays in the back under all of the other elements. This way you could manipulate the size of the image to fit screen width better. I ran into a lot of issues trying to get the background to size correctly.
Html markup:
<body>
<img src="1.jpg" id="img" />
</body>
Script code:
$(function(){
var topPage = 0, count = 0;
$(window).scroll( function() {
topPage = $(document).scrollTop();
if(topPage > 200) {
// function goes here
$('img').attr('src', ++count +'.jpg');
}
});
});
I'm not totally sure if this is what you're trying to do but basically, when the window is scrolled, you assign the value of the distance to the top of the page, then you can run an if statement to see if you are a certain point. After that just simply change run the function you would like to run.
If you want to supply a range you want the image to change from do something like this, so what will happen is this will allow you to run a function only between the specificied range between 200 and 400 which is the distance from the top of the page.
$(function(){
var topPage = 0, count = 0;
$(window).scroll( function() {
topPage = $(document).scrollTop();
if(topPage > 200 && topPage < 400) {
// function goes here
$('#img').attr('src', ++count +'.jpg');
}
});
});
Is it possible to set the cursor to 'wait' on the entire html page in a simple way? The idea is to show the user that something is going on while an ajax call is being completed. The code below shows a simplified version of what I tried and also demonstrate the problems I run into:
if an element (#id1) has a cursor style set it will ignore the one set on body (obviously)
some elements have a default cursor style (a) and will not show the wait cursor on hover
the body element has a certain height depending on the content and if the page is short, the cursor will not show below the footer
The test:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#id1 {
background-color: #06f;
cursor: pointer;
}
#id2 {
background-color: #f60;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="id1">cursor: pointer</div>
<div id="id2">no cursor</div>
Do something
</body>
</html>
Later edit...
It worked in firefox and IE with:
div#mask { display: none; cursor: wait; z-index: 9999;
position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%;
width: 100%; background-color: #fff; opacity: 0; filter: alpha(opacity = 0);}
<a href="#" onclick="document.getElementById('mask').style.display = 'block'; return false">
Do something</a>
The problem with (or feature of) this solution is that it will prevent clicks because of the overlapping div (thanks Kibbee)
Later later edit...
A simpler solution from Dorward:
.wait, .wait * { cursor: wait !important; }
and then
Do something
This solution only shows the wait cursor but allows clicks.
If you use this slightly modified version of the CSS you posted from Dorward,
html.wait, html.wait * { cursor: wait !important; }
you can then add some really simple jQuery to work for all ajax calls:
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).ajaxStart(function () { $("html").addClass("wait"); });
$(document).ajaxStop(function () { $("html").removeClass("wait"); });
});
or, for older jQuery versions (before 1.9):
$(document).ready(function () {
$("html").ajaxStart(function () { $(this).addClass("wait"); });
$("html").ajaxStop(function () { $(this).removeClass("wait"); });
});
I understand you may not have control over this, but you might instead go for a "masking" div that covers the entire body with a z-index higher than 1. The center part of the div could contain a loading message if you like.
Then, you can set the cursor to wait on the div and don't have to worry about links as they are "under" your masking div. Here's some example CSS for the "masking div":
body { height: 100%; }
div#mask { cursor: wait; z-index: 999; height: 100%; width: 100%; }
This seems to work in firefox
<style>
*{ cursor: inherit;}
body{ cursor: wait;}
</style>
The * part ensures that the cursor doesn't change when you hover over a link. Although links will still be clickable.
I have been struggling with this problem for hours today.
Basically everything was working just fine in FireFox but (of course) not in IE.
In IE the wait cursor was showing AFTER the time consuming function was executed.
I finally found the trick on this site:
http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-37185.html
Code:
//...
document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
setTimeout(this.SomeLongFunction, 1);
//setTimeout syntax when calling a function with parameters
//setTimeout(function() {MyClass.SomeLongFunction(someParam);}, 1);
//no () after function name this is a function ref not a function call
setTimeout(this.SetDefaultCursor, 1);
...
function SetDefaultCursor() {document.body.style.cursor = 'default';}
function SomeLongFunction(someParam) {...}
My code runs in a JavaScript class hence the this and MyClass (MyClass is a singleton).
I had the same problems when trying to display a div as described on this page. In IE it was showing after the function had been executed. So I guess this trick would solve that problem too.
Thanks a zillion time to glenngv the author of the post. You really made my day!!!
Easiest way I know is using JQuery like this:
$('*').css('cursor','wait');
css: .waiting * { cursor: 'wait' }
jQuery: $('body').toggleClass('waiting');
Why don't you just use one of those fancy loading graphics (eg: http://ajaxload.info/)? The waiting cursor is for the browser itself - so whenever it appears it has something to do with the browser and not with the page.
To set the cursor from JavaScript for the whole window, use:
document.documentElement.style.cursor = 'wait';
From CSS:
html { cursor: wait; }
Add further logic as needed.
Try the css:
html.waiting {
cursor: wait;
}
It seems that if the property body is used as apposed to html it doesn't show the wait cursor over the whole page. Furthermore if you use a css class you can easily control when it actually shows it.
Here is a more elaborate solution that does not require external CSS:
function changeCursor(elem, cursor, decendents) {
if (!elem) elem=$('body');
// remove all classes starting with changeCursor-
elem.removeClass (function (index, css) {
return (css.match (/(^|\s)changeCursor-\S+/g) || []).join(' ');
});
if (!cursor) return;
if (typeof decendents==='undefined' || decendents===null) decendents=true;
let cname;
if (decendents) {
cname='changeCursor-Dec-'+cursor;
if ($('style:contains("'+cname+'")').length < 1) $('<style>').text('.'+cname+' , .'+cname+' * { cursor: '+cursor+' !important; }').appendTo('head');
} else {
cname='changeCursor-'+cursor;
if ($('style:contains("'+cname+'")').length < 1) $('<style>').text('.'+cname+' { cursor: '+cursor+' !important; }').appendTo('head');
}
elem.addClass(cname);
}
with this you can do:
changeCursor(, 'wait'); // wait cursor on all decendents of body
changeCursor($('#id'), 'wait', false); // wait cursor on elem with id only
changeCursor(); // remove changed cursor from body
I used a adaptation of Eric Wendelin's solution. It will show a transparent, animated overlay wait-div over the whole body, the click will be blocked by the wait-div while visible:
css:
div#waitMask {
z-index: 999;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
cursor: wait;
background-color: #000;
opacity: 0;
transition-duration: 0.5s;
-webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s;
}
js:
// to show it
$("#waitMask").show();
$("#waitMask").css("opacity"); // must read it first
$("#waitMask").css("opacity", "0.8");
...
// to hide it
$("#waitMask").css("opacity", "0");
setTimeout(function() {
$("#waitMask").hide();
}, 500) // wait for animation to end
html:
<body>
<div id="waitMask" style="display:none;"> </div>
... rest of html ...
My Two pence:
Step 1:
Declare an array. This will be used to store the original cursors that were assigned:
var vArrOriginalCursors = new Array(2);
Step 2:
Implement the function cursorModifyEntirePage
function CursorModifyEntirePage(CursorType){
var elements = document.body.getElementsByTagName('*');
alert("These are the elements found:" + elements.length);
let lclCntr = 0;
vArrOriginalCursors.length = elements.length;
for(lclCntr = 0; lclCntr < elements.length; lclCntr++){
vArrOriginalCursors[lclCntr] = elements[lclCntr].style.cursor;
elements[lclCntr].style.cursor = CursorType;
}
}
What it does:
Gets all the elements on the page. Stores the original cursors assigned to them in the array declared in step 1. Modifies the cursors to the desired cursor as passed by parameter CursorType
Step 3:
Restore the cursors on the page
function CursorRestoreEntirePage(){
let lclCntr = 0;
var elements = document.body.getElementsByTagName('*');
for(lclCntr = 0; lclCntr < elements.length; lclCntr++){
elements[lclCntr].style.cursor = vArrOriginalCursors[lclCntr];
}
}
I have run this in an application and it works fine.
Only caveat is that I have not tested it when you are dynamically adding the elements.
BlockUI is the answer for everything. Give it a try.
http://www.malsup.com/jquery/block/
This pure JavaScript seems to work pretty well ... tested on FireFox, Chrome, and Edge browsers.
I'm not sure about the performance of this if you had an overabundance of elements on your page and a slow computer ... try it and see.
Set cursor for all elements to wait:
Object.values(document.querySelectorAll('*')).forEach(element => element.style.cursor = "wait");
Set cursor for all elements back to default:
Object.values(document.querySelectorAll('*')).forEach(element => element.style.cursor = "default");
An alternative (and perhaps a bit more readable) version would be to create a setCursor function as follows:
function setCursor(cursor)
{
var x = document.querySelectorAll("*");
for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++)
{
x[i].style.cursor = cursor;
}
}
and then call
setCursor("wait");
and
setCursor("default");
to set the wait cursor and default cursor respectively.
Lots of good answers already, but none of them mentions the <dialog> element.
Using this element we can create a solution similar to the masking <div>.
Here we use showModal() to "hide" elements, and we use ::backdrop to set the cursor style to wait on the entire page:
function showWaitDialog() {
document.getElementById('id_dialog').showModal();
}
#id_dialog, #id_dialog::backdrop {
cursor: wait;
}
<button onclick="showWaitDialog()">click me</button>
<dialog id="id_dialog">busy...</dialog>
The dialog is hidden by default, and can be shown using either the show() method, or the showModal() method, which prevents clicking outside the dialog.
The dialog can be forced to close using the close() method, if necessary.
However, if your button links to another page, for example, then the dialog will disappear automatically as soon as the new page is loaded.
Note that the dialog can also be closed at any time by hitting the Esc key.
CSS can be used to style the dialog however you like.
The example uses the html onclick attribute, just for simplicity. Obviously, addEventListener() could also be used.
Late to the party but simply give the Html tag an id by targeting
document.documentElement
and in the CSS place at the top
html#wait * {
cursor: wait !important;
}
and simply remove it when you want to stop this cursor.