Dan! That works BEAUTIFULLY! Thanks for the tip...I'll be adding that one to my toolbox. I never knew that was possible.
_____ From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan G. Switzer, II Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:57 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Display loading image while alternate image loads. Andy, You can use the onerror event of an image to determine if an image loaded or not. Also, you could load the image using JS's Image object-that way you could display a "loading" image. Here's some example code: http://www.rgagnon.com/jsdetails/js-0083.html -Dan _____ From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Matthews Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:50 PM To: [jQuery] Subject: [jQuery] Display loading image while alternate image loads. I have a default image loaded into an img tag with an id of "specialImage". I also have a select box which displays a list of vehicles. The value of each option is a filename (75682.jpg, 75123.jpg, etc.). When the user selects a vehicle, I want to change the src of the img tag but I'm running into a few issues that I'm not sure how to get around. 1) Because I'm not using an AJAX call, I don't know if the file actually exists on the server. A few images are then showing as broken which is a big no no. 2) The images being loaded in aren't huge, but they might be 40k or so. Because I'm simply changing the src, I can't display a loading image while the requested image is loading. Are there ways around this? I'm thinking I could do an AJAX call to get the response headers for the file. When I trigger the AJAX call, I'd display the loading image. Then, if the response comes back 200, then I can display the actual file, if not, I can display a "no image available" image. Any thoughts on this method? Is there a better way to do this? ____________________________________ Andy Matthews Senior ColdFusion Developer Office: 615.627.9747 Fax: 615.467.6249 www.dealerskins.com <http://www.dealerskins.com/> Total customer satisfaction is my number 1 priority! If you are not completely satisfied with the service I have provided, please let me know right away so I can correct the problem, or notify my manager Aaron West at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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