I give you a plus one for this. The way I use it, is I just have a 'onclick="javascript:$.blockUI({ backgroundColor: '#f00', color: '#fff'});" ' and notice that it does not 'return false' so that the click gets handled by the form handler.
On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:36:15 AM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: > > I use this: http://jquery.malsup.com/block/#overview. If it's an Ajax > form, you can use .ajaxStart() and .ajaxStop() to start and stop the UI > blocking. > > Anthony > > On Monday, December 31, 2012 9:30:29 AM UTC-5, Pradeeshnarayan wrote: >> >> In my Web2py application I have a form >> >> form = FORM( >> INPUT(_type='text') >> ... >> ... >> ,_ajax=True >> ) >> >> if form.accepts(request,session): >> do something >> # This action will take some time to complete, So I need a waiting >> message in users view, until this action completes >> >> I would greately appreciate any suggestion. >> >> >> --