but since you already specify the target element for the .load() at some point, you'll already have it to put in the callback?
function doLoad(el, url) { var contEl = $(el) contEl .append('<img id="loadIcon" src="loading.png" />'); contEl .load( url, function(){ contEl .remove('#loadIcon'); }); } <a href=# onclick="doload('#myContainer','http:// www.google.co.uk')">load</a> On Mar 6, 10:14 am, Alexandre Plennevaux <aplennev...@gmail.com> wrote: > yes, thanks but that does not help my specific need: what i need to > know is if the ajax object stores the container in which it will load > the content in a property that i can retrieve, so that the load > animation goes on top of it. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:11 AM, ryan.j <ryan.joyce...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > oh and it may or may not be any use, but you can grab all manner of > > nice animated loading graphics here...http://www.ajaxload.info/