That is pretty cool. I created a Spinner app which is a standalone that responds to AppleScript commands or Sockets. Since it is a standalone, it runs under it's own thread. I created internal commands to show or hide itself, as well as setting the displayed message. Using browser widgets seems a better implementation though.
Bob S > On May 2, 2023, at 08:23, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > It has long annoyed me that the spinner widget doesn’t actually spin when you > need it to - during lockScreen or when a database fetch blocks everything. > Animated gifs are no better. > > Inspired by some comment over at the forum, I embarked on building myself a > tool for crafting spinners animated in browser widgets, as those would > continue spinning in a heavenly layer of its own, no matter what traffic jams > occur down on LC ground level… > > Of course the project grew bigger than initially planned, as they do, and is > not finished yet, as they never are - but at least I have something good > enough to use, and good enough to share (I think). > > The stack is designed for use it in the LC IDE, to craft the spinner (or > whatever animation you want) and then copy the browser widget (or just the > htmlText) to wherever you want to use it. The code is completely > self-sufficient (html and css all crammed in). > One can obviously make any kind of repeating animation with it (within the > limits of the current css animation lib), not only spinners. > > Here is a link to the gitHub rep: > https://github.com/wheninspace/WIS_BrowserAnimation > > And here is a web deployment of it (LC10 dp5), just to prove that the > resulting code also works on web. > https://wheninspace.com/browseranimation/ > (Make sure to click the "Show examples” button to see some cool examples… :) > > Please let me know if you find it useful (or how to improve it, if it isn't). > > /Andreas > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
