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spinning
Fullscreen spinner overlay.
Try it out in requirebin!
Usage
var Spinning = require('spinning');
var spinner = Spinning().text('loading...').light().size(200);
setTimeout(function () {
spinner.remove();
}, 2000);
API
Spinning()
Create a new fullscreen spinner overlay and attach it to <body> when it's
loaded.
Spinning#remove()
Remove Spinning from the DOM.
Spinning#in(ms)
Set fade-in duration to ms. Defaults to 1000.
Spinning#out(ms)
Set fade-out duration to ms. Defaults to 300.
Spinning#*
See spinner-browserify for the rest of the api.
Installation
With npm do
$ npm install spinning
Then bundle for the client using browserify.
License
Copyright (c) 2013 Julian Gruber <julian@wayla.com>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
FAQs
Fullscreen spinner overlay
We found that spinning demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 29 Jul 2013
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