CSS loader

A couple of simple examples of loaders using only one div and CSS.

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Why

Usually it's common to show a loader to the users when they must wait something in a web application (an ajax request or a form submit, etc). _Gif_image loaders was great but using CSS we can avoid the image request, also it's easier for customise and maintain and it's more cool.

toc

• Install
• Setup
• Examples
  • default
  • double
  • bar
  • border
  • ball
  • smartphone
  • clock
• Contributing
• Browser Support

Install

npm install pure-css-loader

Also you can clone the repository or download the zip file and get main CSS file that it's located in: dist/css-loader.css.

Setup

Add the CSS file in your project and add the link to the file:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/css-loader.css">

Select the loader and add the HTML corresponding to it, To show the loader, you need to add the helper css class is-active. And to hide the loader, it's just follow the inverse, removing the css helper from the loader. You can do it with JavaScript.

<!-- Loader -->
<div class="loader loader-default"></div>

<!-- Loader active -->
<div class="loader loader-default is-active"></div>

Examples

Default

<div class="loader loader-default is-active"></div>

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Variations

data-text: it's to add a Loading text into the loader. Just add the data-text attribute.

<div class="loader loader-default is-active" data-text></div>

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It's also possible to change the text, just passing a value to the attribute data-text.

<div class="loader loader-default is-active" data-text="Custom text"></div>

blink: passing the blink attribute, you can add a simple fade animation to the text loader

<div class="loader loader-default is-active" data-text blink></div>

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half: a half loader.

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They variations half, data-text and blink work together. 😄

Double

<div class="loader loader-double is-active"></div>

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Bar

<div class="loader loader-bar is-active"></div>

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Variations

Like the loader example, it's also possible pass the data-text and blink attributes.

<div class="loader loader-bar is-active" data-text></div>
<!-- -->
<div class="loader loader-bar is-active" data-text="Custom text"></div>
<!-- -->
<div class="loader loader-bar is-active" data-text blink></div>

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rounded: passing the rounded attribute, it's possible to add a simple border-radius to the loader.

<div class="loader loader-bar is-active" data-text rounded></div>

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Border

<div class="loader loader-border is-active"></div>

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Variations

Like the loader example, it's also possible pass the data-text and blink attributes.

<div class="loader loader-border is-active" data-text></div>
<!-- -->
<div class="loader loader-border is-active" data-text="Custom text"></div>
<!-- -->
<div class="loader loader-border is-active" data-text blink></div>

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Ball

<div class="loader loader-ball is-active"></div>

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Variations

shadow: a version of the ball with inset shadow.

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Smartphone

<div class="loader loader-smartphone is-active"></div>

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Variations

w/ screen text: it's possible to pass an attribute to loader and show a simple text inside the screen. Like the others one, if we only pass the attribute, a default loading text shows; but you can pass a custom text. Just remember that can't be a big word (our smartphone screen is small).

<!-- default loading text -->
<div class="loader loader-smartphone is-active" data-screen></div>

<!-- custom text -->
<div class="loader loader-smartphone is-active" data-screen="hello"></div>

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Clock

<div class="loader loader-clock is-active"></div>

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Contributing

1. Clone this repository.
2. npm install and gulp
3. Open => http://localhost:300
4. Make your magic contribution.
5. Open a PR with a new branch describing your changes. <o/

Browser Support

All examples use CSS animation which is supported by most current browsers.

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Based on Can i Use. One thing to note is the CSS file has no browsers prefixes, but you can easily add and increase the support of the browsers.

Licence

MIT License © Raphael Fabeni