is there a way to show a loading spinner to show t...
# suitescripta
Abe Rudy
02/15/2019, 4:27 PMis there a way to show a loading spinner to show that a suitelet is processing data and have something show while that is happening? i.e. My suitelet is approving journal entries, and there are a bunch, so would like to show a spinner of some sort…is there anything native in NS for this?
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jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:27 PMMy approach here has evolved over time.
The most important thing to do is prevent the user from making the request multiple times (i.e. by clicking the button again before the first request has returned).
jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:28 PMI usually would find the button html using js and set the
disableddivdivjkabot
02/15/2019, 5:29 PMMy current thinking is to just set a boolean flag in the script at the start of the processing function that acts as a sempahore to prevent the function from executing concurrently.
This is simpler than disabling the button.
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creece
02/15/2019, 5:31 PMan alternative approach ive seen/used is to not let a suitelet sit and process. Save the data off to a file and let another process pick it up. Then there's no need for the spinner.
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jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:31 PMI also think instead of finding the button, I can just put a div over the whole page that intercepts click events, and put a loading widget in the middle of it.
jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:32 PMAn alternative to a loading spinner entirely is a message you can display using
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creece
02/15/2019, 5:32 PMalso that
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jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:34 PM@creece Lol I picked that up from you actually.
Imo problem with saving a file and then processing later is the user doesn't get any feedback of when the process is done / if it ever succeeded / were any problems
jkabot
02/15/2019, 5:34 PME.g. a suitelet that takes some data and makes a new record. User usually wants to press submit and have that take them to the new record. Not sit around and find out if it got made later.
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creece
02/15/2019, 5:38 PMyeah i should prob clarify that it depends on your use case
creece
02/15/2019, 5:38 PMyou can have the script email as well... lots of options
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Abe Rudy
02/15/2019, 6:49 PMfor our use case, the
divAbe Rudy
02/15/2019, 6:50 PMwe don’t want the user to navigate away from the suitelet, as it is being used for a few different things, so it would be complete, and the user would be redirected back to the suitelet to continue working.
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jkabot
02/15/2019, 7:35 PMthe library that @battk linked in the other thread looks like it has a page blocking spinner built into it
if you ever needed your own spinner, it's pretty simple
https://jsfiddle.net/k7Lryc69/
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creece
02/15/2019, 8:33 PMfrom a design standpoint, you also dont want your users sitting on a page for a min or 2
creece
02/15/2019, 8:34 PMits not always avoidable though in netsuite
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Abe Rudy
02/15/2019, 8:36 PM@creece agreed, but #netsuite
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creece
02/15/2019, 8:57 PMyep
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