@momsfriendlydevco/angular-ui-loader

angular-ui-loader

Generic page loading control in plain JS + Angular, designed to be as small as possible.

This module ships with an Angular wrapper ($loader) but can be addressed either as $loader (Angular) or Loader (vanilla JavaScript).

Demo available here

This component was built by the really cool guys at Moms Friendly Development Company.

Loader.start('doing-something');

// Do something complicated

Loader.stop('doing-something');

Or mix up foreground + background loading:

Loader.start('doing-something-foreground');
Loader.startBackground('doing-something-background');

// Do something complicated

Loader.stop('doing-something-foreground');

// Much later...

Loader.stop('doing-something-background');

Installation

Vanilla JavaScript + Core install

• Install the library with npm i --save @momsfriendlydevco/angular-ui-loader

• Include the dist/loader.css and dist/loader.js files as high as possible within your <head/> element:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/@momsfriendlydevco/angular-ui-loader/dist/loader.css"/>
<script src="node_modules/@momsfriendlydevco/angular-ui-loader/dist/loader.js"></script>

Angular install (optional)

• Install the core files as above

• Include the dist/ng-loader.js after the main Angular module has loaded:

<script src="node_modules/@momsfriendlydevco/angular-ui-loader/dist/ng-loader.js"></script>

• Add the angular-ui-loader module into the angular.app() call:

var app = angular.module("app", [
	'angular-ui-loader',
]);

• You should now have access to the $loader service which exposes the Loader API.

See the demo HTML file for an example file layout.

API

Loader.loading

Boolean indicating if we are doing any loading.

Loader.loadingBackground

Boolean indicating if we are doing any background loading.

Loader.loadingForeground

Boolean indicating if we are doing any foreground loading.

Loader.isActive()

Returns true if the loader is active for either foreground or background loading.

Loader.isForeground()

Returns true if the loader is loading in the foreground.

Loader.isBackground()

Returns true if the loader is loading in the background.

Loader.start([id='default'], [foreground=true])

Add an ID to the loader process. If foreground is truthy (the default) it will be treated as a foreground process, if falsy it will be treated as a background process.

Loader.startBackground([id='default'])

Convenience function to register a process in the background. This function is the same as Loader.start(id, false).

Loader.stop([id='default'])

Release an ID from loading.

Loader.clear()

Clear all ID's from loading.

There is more functionality to tweak inside the JavaScript file. See its internal documentation for details.

Angular API

In al cases the Angular API mirrors the regular API with the exception that the class is instanciated as $loader:

angular
.module('app')
.component('myComponent', {
	controller: function($loader) {

		// Start the load indicator
		$loader.start($scope.$id);

		// Do something complicated
		SomePromise
			.then(data => {})
			.finally(()=> $loader.stop($scope.$id))
	},
});

CSS classes

The base CSS of this component supports the following CSS classes:

CSS Class	Applied When	Description
loading	Loading	Applied to the body element during any loading operation
loading-foreground	Foreground loading	Applied to the body element during a foreground loading operation
loading-foreground-closing	Foreground load end	Applied temporarily to the body element to run any CSS animations to close out foreground loading
loading-background	Background loading	Applied to the body element during a background loading operation
loading-background-closing	Background load end	Applied temporarily to the body element to run any CSS animations to close out background loading
hidden-loading	Loading	Utility class which sets display:none to any element it is applied to when the page is in any loading operation
hidden-loading-background	Background loading	As above but only for background loading events
hidden-loading-foreground	Foreground loading	As above but only for foreground loading events
visible-loading	Finished loading	Utility class which sets items as visible when the page has finished any loading operation
visible-loading-background	Background loading	As above but for background loading events
visible-loading-foreground	Foreground loading	As above but for foreground loading events

NOTES:

• Foreground and Background loading events are mutually exclusive. A body element will not have loading-foreground and loading-background applied at the same time.
• There are no "loaded" styles. If you want this behaviour use not(body.loading) instead.
• The module applies the .loading-(foreground|background)-closing style temporarily (default is 1s) to allow closing CSS transitions. The main loading-(foreground|background) style does not remain attached, if you wish for the element to remain visible you will have to add an override for visibility for the loading-*-closing styles. See the stylesheet for examples.

Angular Events

When using Angular the following events are also emitted via the $rootScope.$broadcast() function:

Event	Parameters	Description
$loaderStart	(id)	Emitted when a specific start request is fired
$loaderStop	(id)	Emitted when a specific stop request is fired
$loaderStopAll	()	Emitted when all loaders have stopped
$loaderUpdateState	(states)	Emitted when we update the loading state. states is an object with three boolean properties: loading, foreground, background