Of course as soon as I post something I found this older post by Rey...
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg16936.html
It looks like it does what I need... unless anyone has any other
suggestions - or something's been improved since then.
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Priest, James (NIH/NIEHS) [C]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:37 PM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [jQuery] ajaxStart - need a bit of help
>
>
> I'm building a form - I've got one field where I'm allowing
> the user to
> select a radio button (selecting a division) and then doing
> an Ajax call
> to populate a related text field with a name. I've got a little
> animated 'ajaxy' graphic that pops up to show activity:
>
>
> // get division director - via radio button (divisionID) - ajax
> call
> $("input:radio[name='divisionid']").click(function() {
> var foo = $(this).fieldValue();
> $.ajax({
> type: "GET",
> url: "index.cfm?action=telework.getchief",
> dataType: "html",
> cache: false,
> data: "divisionid=" + foo,
> success: function(msg) {
> $('#approval_2_Yes_2').val(foo);
> $('#approval_2_Yes_2display').val(msg);
> // alert('Division ID = ' + foo);
> }
> });
> });
> // show loading graphic
> $('#loading').ajaxStart(function() {
> $(this).show();
> }).ajaxStop(function() {
> $(this).hide();
> });
>
> But now I'm adding a few fields which are using Jorn's
> autocomplete. One
> of these fields is right next to the radio buttons above - and when I
> enter data - the Ajax call kicks off and my graphic for the
> other field
> shows up :\
>
> If it possible to define WHICH Ajax call you want the
> ajaxStart applied
> too? Or is there a better way to tackle this??
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
