Re: Simultaneous post/get?

At 5:46 PM +0100 6/11/06, Stut wrote: >tedd wrote: >>At 4:35 PM +0100 6/11/06, Stut wrote: >>>The form, with onsubmit="return sndReq()". sndReq does the AJAX image thing >>>(although I don't know why you're using AJAX here, >> >>I'm using ajax because it's a method to inject an image in a DOM div without >>having to reload the current page. >> >>All I want to do is present an image during the "wait". >> >>Is there an easier way to do this? > >There is no need to hit the server for this. Simply include "display: >none;" in the style for either the img tag or the div containing it so >it's not shown when the page initially loads. In the onsubmit for the >form change that display to 'block' to show the image. This also avoids >the need to postpone posting the form since the image has already loaded. > >Image... > ><img id="waitimg" src="/whatever.gif" style="display: none;" >/> > >Form... > ><form ... onsubmit="document.getElementById('waitimg').style.display = >'block'; return true;"> Bingo! That works slick ! While I *think* I know css, it would have taken me a long while before I would have turned to css to solve this. Your solution works much better than the convoluted code I was writing. It's clear that I need to understand js better. Thanks much Stut. tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com