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I'm trying to use http://spin.js.org/ to create a spinner on my site that starts spinning when an AJAX post fires and stops when it completes. I'm struggling to get the spinner working at all, though.
I have a node app and am templating with EJS. Under the usage section, spin.js's website says:
import {Spinner} from 'spin.js';
var opts = {
lines: 13, // The number of lines to draw
length: 38, // The length of each line
width: 17, // The line thickness
radius: 45, // The radius of the inner circle
scale: 1, // Scales overall size of the spinner
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
color: '#ffffff', // CSS color or array of colors
fadeColor: 'transparent', // CSS color or array of colors
opacity: 0.25, // Opacity of the lines
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
direction: 1, // 1: clockwise, -1: counterclockwise
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
fps: 20, // Frames per second when using setTimeout() as a fallback in IE 9
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
top: '50%', // Top position relative to parent
left: '50%', // Left position relative to parent
shadow: none, // Box-shadow for the lines
position: 'absolute' // Element positioning
};
var target = document.getElementById('foo');
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
I'm not sure where the import {Spinner} from 'spin.js' is supposed to go? I've searched around a lot and haven't been able to find out how to actually implement this. I found this example of a jquery plugin for spin.js but I'm struggling with that one as well. Any help would be much appreciated!
As of right now, this is what I have:
<div id="spinnerContainer" class="spinner" style="width:100px;height:100px;background-color: Gray; color:black;">
</div>
<script src="/scripts/spin.js/spin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
var opts = {
lines: 20, // The number of lines to draw
length: 0, // The length of each line
width: 15, // The line thickness
radius: 42, // The radius of the inner circle
scale: 0.85, // Scales overall size of the spinner
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
color: '#41d62b', // CSS color or array of colors
fadeColor: 'transparent', // CSS color or array of colors
opacity: 0.05, // Opacity of the lines
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
direction: 1, // 1: clockwise, -1: counterclockwise
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 74, // Afterglow percentage
fps: 20, // Frames per second when using setTimeout() as a fallback in IE 9
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
top: '50%', // Top position relative to parent
left: '50%', // Left position relative to parent
shadow: 0, // Box-shadow for the lines
position: 'absolute' // Element positioning
};
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
</script>
The script to load in spin.js is finding the file correctly, but then I get the error Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token export referencing the line export { Spinner }; from spin.js
I also get an error saying Uncaught ReferenceError: Spinner is not defined which I assume is related to the error above but I'm not sure.

Perhaps all you want is to use a CDN version if you aren't set up to manage imports
var opts = {
lines: 20, // The number of lines to draw
length: 0, // The length of each line
width: 15, // The line thickness
radius: 42, // The radius of the inner circle
scale: 0.85, // Scales overall size of the spinner
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
color: '#41d62b', // CSS color or array of colors
fadeColor: 'transparent', // CSS color or array of colors
opacity: 0.05, // Opacity of the lines
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
direction: 1, // 1: clockwise, -1: counterclockwise
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 74, // Afterglow percentage
fps: 20, // Frames per second when using setTimeout() as a fallback in IE 9
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
top: '50%', // Top position relative to parent
left: '50%', // Left position relative to parent
shadow: 0, // Box-shadow for the lines
position: 'absolute' // Element positioning
};
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/spin.js/2.3.2/spin.js"></script>
<div id="spinnerContainer" class="spinner" style="width:100px;height:100px;background-color: Gray; color:black;">
</div>

I was getting same error open the CDN file from #charlietfl answer copy it and replace it with your spin.js file. It will work.

spinner on form submit

I’m looking to build a script thats open a spinner on form submit or select change.
I’d like to use spin.js, (this is a working example from the developer):
var opts = {
lines: 11, // The number of lines to draw
length: 15, // The length of each line
width: 10, // The line thickness
radius: 30, // The radius of the inner circle
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
direction: 1, // 1: clockwise, -1: counterclockwise
color: '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed: 0.6, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow: false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel: false, // Whether to use hardware acceleration
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
top: 'auto', // Top position relative to parent in px
left: 'auto' // Left position relative to parent in px
};
var spinner = null;
var spinner_div = 0;
$(document).ready(function() {
spinner_div = $('#spinner').get(0);
$("#btn-spin").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
if(spinner == null) {
spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(spinner_div);
} else {
spinner.spin(spinner_div);
}
});
});
so.. when i click on my submit button
<input id="btn-spin" type="submit" name="next" value="Continua" class="button-big"/>
or when i change a value on my select
<select name="billing_country" onChange="this.form.submit();">
{billing_country_options}
</select>
I’d like to:
add “lightbox-is-open” and “lightbox-is-fixed” classes to HTML
remove “hidden” class from my glasspane div
start (or show) the spinner
wait 500ms
submit the button or the select (and then other page will be loaded)
someone can help me please?
it’s too hard, a very difficult puzzle for me, (i’m a sound engineer, not a web developer)
thanks so much

Assuming that you have initialized your spinner correctly, we can listen to either the form submit or select change events using jQuery, and avoid using inline JS. For your <select>, just remove the inline JS.
$(function() {
// Remember to use 'var'
var spinner_div = $('#spinner').get(0),
spinner,
opts = {
// Opts go here
},
showSpinner = function() {
// Add 'lightbox-is-open' and 'lightbox-is-fixed' classes to HTML
$('html').addClass('lightbox-is-open lightbox-is-fixed');
// Remove 'hidden' class from '.glasspane'
$('.glasspane').removeClass('hidden');
// Show spinner
if(spinner == null) {
spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(spinner_div);
} else {
spinner.spin(spinner_div);
}
// Submit form after 500ms
var timer = window.setTimeout(function() {
$('form').submit();
}, 500);
};
// Bind events
$('form').on('submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
showSpinner();
});
$('#btn-spin').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
showSpinner();
});
$('select').on('change', showSpinner);
});

How to display page loading indicator using spin.js

I am learning how to use Spin.js so that a loading indicator (the spinner) can be shown while the web page is loading.
I got it working but I am not sure whether I am calling the spin/stop in the proper page lifecycle. Is it possible to show the spinner before $(window).ready ?
<script type="text/javascript">
var spinner;
$(window).ready(function loadingAnimation() {
var opts = {
lines: 13, // The number of lines to draw
length: 7, // The length of each line
width: 4, // The line thickness
radius: 10, // The radius of the inner circle
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
color: '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow: false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel: false, // Whether to use hardware acceleration
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
top: 'auto', // Top position relative to parent in px
left: 'auto' // Left position relative to parent in px
};
var target = $("body")[0];
spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
});
window.onload = function() {
spinner.stop();
};
For the working example, please see http://sgratrace.appspot.com/industry.html

I created an object to control the spinning:
Rats.UI.LoadAnimation = {
"start" : function(){
var opts = {
lines : 13, // The number of lines to draw
length : 7, // The length of each line
width : 4, // The line thickness
radius : 10, // The radius of the inner circle
corners : 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
rotate : 0, // The rotation offset
color : '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed : 1, // Rounds per second
trail : 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow : false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel : false, // Whether to use hardware acceleration
className : 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
zIndex : 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
top : $(window).height()/2.5, // Manual positioning in viewport
left : "auto"
};
var target = $("body")[0];
return new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
},
"stop" : function(spinner){
spinner.stop();
}
};
When the DOM is loaded, I start spinning:
$(document).ready(function(){
// Once the DOM is loaded, start spinning
spinner = Rats.UI.LoadAnimation.start();
pageUI();
});
When the entire page is loaded, I stop spinning:
$(window).load(function(){
// Once the page is fully loaded, stop spinning
Rats.UI.LoadAnimation.stop(spinner);
});
What's the difference between window.onload vs $(document).ready()
See the full code on my github repo:
https://github.com/seahrh/sgratrace/blob/master/war/js/rats.js
https://github.com/seahrh/sgratrace/blob/master/war/index.html

How do I modify the jQuery aToolTip plugin to "flip" to left when approaching the right margin?

I am using aToolTip and need to have the tooltips flip from a normal lower left placement, to a right placement to keep them from going off the page.
I did a little research, and with a little help, I was able to modify the code to a little to allow for a working "flip" on a single image. The image is referred to as hat_icon, and that code is below:
$(function() {
//$("#wrap a[title]").tooltips();
//$("#page-wrap a[title]").tooltips();
// $('a').aToolTip({
// $('a').aToolTip({
$("a:not(.tooltipquestion, .accountnav, #hat_icon)").aToolTip({
// no need to change/override
closeTipBtn: 'aToolTipCloseBtn',
toolTipId: 'aToolTip',
// ok to override
// fixed: false, // Set true to activate fixed position
fixed: false, // Set true to activate fixed position -- chris/peter 12/9
clickIt: false, // set to true for click activated tooltip
// inSpeed: 200, // Speed tooltip fades in
inSpeed: 400, // Speed tooltip fades in --chris/peter 12/9
outSpeed: 400, // Speed tooltip fades out
tipContent: '', // Pass in content or it will use objects 'title' attribute
toolTipClass: 'defaultTheme', // Set class name for custom theme/styles
xOffset: 15, // x position
yOffset: -50, // y position
onShow: null, // callback function that fires after atooltip has shown
onHide: null // callback function that fires after atooltip has faded out
});
jQuery('a.accountnav,#hat_icon').hover(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
jQuery('#aToolTip').css({'border-radius':'12px 0 12px 12px'});
}, 1000);
}, function(){
setTimeout(function(){
jQuery('#aToolTip').css({'border-radius':'12px 12px 12px 0'});
},500);
});
jQuery('a.accountnav,#hat_icon').aToolTip({
fixed: false,
xOffset: -250,
yOffset: -50,
});
jQuery('#hat_icon').aToolTip({
fixed: false,
xOffset: -250,
yOffset: -80,
});
});
I know there is a way to detect collision using something like position: (collision: "flipfit flip"), but I do not know how to implement it properly. Can you help me?

To flip
Find this:
$('#'+settings.toolTipId).css({
top: (el.pageY - $('#'+settings.toolTipId).outerHeight() - settings.yOffset),
left: (el.pageX + settings.xOffset)
});
And replace by this:
A_TOP = (el.pageY - $('#'+settings.toolTipId).outerHeight() - settings.yOffset);
if(A_TOP<0){
A_TOP = 40;
}
A_LEFT = (el.pageX + settings.xOffset);
WindowWidth = ($(window).width()-$('#'+settings.toolTipId).outerWidth());
if(A_LEFT>WindowWidth){
A_LEFT -= $('#'+settings.toolTipId).outerWidth();
}
$('#'+settings.toolTipId).css({
top: A_TOP,
left: A_LEFT,
whiteSpace:"nowrap"
});

How to make a spinner work using Spin.js?

Hello guys,
I am new at JavaScript and after tons of research on the Internet and failed attempts on implementing a spinner I decided to ask you.
I am using Spin.js ( http://fgnass.github.com/spin.js/#v1.2.6 ). It seems to be an great tool, but I simply cannot make it work. My question is what I doing wrong? I cannot really figure it out. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you so much.
Here is my piece of code:
<script src="Scripts/Spin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function spinnerInit() {
var opts = {
lines: 13, // The number of lines to draw
length: 7, // The length of each line
width: 4, // The line thickness
radius: 10, // The radius of the inner circle
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
color: '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow: false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel: false, // Whether to use hardware acceleration
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
top: 'auto', // Top position relative to parent in px
left: 'auto', // Left position relative to parent in px
visibility: true
};
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
//target.style.display = "block";
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#btnPerformSave').click(function () {
spinnerInit();
});
});
</script>
<div id="spinnerContainer" class="spinner" style="width: 100%; height: 150%;
position: absolute; z-index: 100; background-color: Gray;
left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;right: 0">
</div>

Try replacing
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
with
$('#spinnerContainer').after(new Spinner(opts).spin().el);
You need to append the html element the spin method creates to the dom
Here is an example to get you started http://jsfiddle.net/5CQJP/1/

I am not sure if this question ever got answered, but for those who are still looking for an answer:
I found out that I needed to move the javascript underneath the spinnerContainer div. I believe this would also work if you put the javascript in an onload event. Here is what I did:
<div id="spinnerContainer" class="spinner" style="width:100px;height:100px;background-color: Gray;">
</div>
<script src="Scripts/Spin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var opts = {
lines: 13, // The number of lines to draw
length: 7, // The length of each line
width: 4, // The line thickness
radius: 10, // The radius of the inner circle
corners: 1, // Corner roundness (0..1)
rotate: 0, // The rotation offset
color: '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow: false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel: false, // Whether to use hardware acceleration
className: 'spinner', // The CSS class to assign to the spinner
zIndex: 2e9, // The z-index (defaults to 2000000000)
top: 'auto', // Top position relative to parent in px
left: 'auto' // Left position relative to parent in px
};
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
var spinner = new Spinner(opts).spin(target);
</script>

Here is my answer. Works great.
//Declare Script
<script src="Scripts/spin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<button id="btnSearchClick">Search</button>
//Displays Loading Spinner
<div id="loading">
<div id="loadingcont">
<p id="loadingspinr">
</p>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
//On button click load spinner and go to another page
$("#btnSearchClick").click(function () {
//Loads Spinner
$("#loading").fadeIn();
var opts = {
lines: 12, // The number of lines to draw
length: 7, // The length of each line
width: 4, // The line thickness
radius: 10, // The radius of the inner circle
color: '#000', // #rgb or #rrggbb
speed: 1, // Rounds per second
trail: 60, // Afterglow percentage
shadow: false, // Whether to render a shadow
hwaccel: false // Whether to use hardware acceleration
};
var trget = document.getElementById('loading');
var spnr = new Spinner(opts).spin(trget);
//Go another page.
window.location.href = "http://www.example.com/";
});
</script>

Try this:
var target = document.getElementById('spinnerContainer');
//target.style.display = "block";
var spinner = new Spinner(opts);
If you use jQuery:
$(target).html(spinner.el);
If not, as in the documentation:
target.innerHtml = '';
target.appendChild(spinner.el);
I didn't try this but it should work. If a problem occurs, just let me know.

I know this is way late but I am curious if you ever got this to work. I'll tell you one dumb thing I was doing for a bit and didn't realize it. I was making the spinner the same color as the background it would be showing up against and that's why I couldn't see it. Also I used JQuery as seen here https://gist.github.com/its-florida/1290439
Worked like a charm